Kenneth Kendall has died 14-12-2012

On 15/12/2012 07:39, Bill Wright wrote:
Mick wrote:
FORMER broadcaster and gallery owner Kenneth Kendall has died on the
14-12-2012

In 1955 Mr Kendall, became the first televised BBC news reader and he
went on to work for ITN and become the presenter of the game show
Treasure Hunt.
He suffered a stroke at his Cowes Isle of Wight art gallery in
mid-November and had been receiving treatment at Hospital since then.

According to the BBC, Mr Kendall's agent confirmed he had died
peacefully.

Older members here will remember him I am sure.

Mick IOW

It never occurred to me that he was gay.

Bill
It's a prerequisite for working at the Beeb

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RufusOldboots wrote:
On 15/12/2012 07:39, Bill Wright wrote:
Mick wrote:
FORMER broadcaster and gallery owner Kenneth Kendall has died on the
14-12-2012

In 1955 Mr Kendall, became the first televised BBC news reader and he
went on to work for ITN and become the presenter of the game show
Treasure Hunt.
He suffered a stroke at his Cowes Isle of Wight art gallery in
mid-November and had been receiving treatment at Hospital since then.

According to the BBC, Mr Kendall's agent confirmed he had died
peacefully.

Older members here will remember him I am sure.

Mick IOW

It never occurred to me that he was gay.

Bill
It's a prerequisite for working at the Beeb

not if you were an engineer, it wasn't.

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On 15/12/2012 07:39, Bill Wright wrote:

It never occurred to me that he was gay.

I wondered how long it would take for that to come up.

He was one of the old school; what he did when he wasn't reading the
news was none of our damn business. I was happy that he read it well.
Never watched treasure hunt though...

Andy

On 15/12/2012 20:01, charles wrote:
In article ,
RufusOldboots wrote:
On 15/12/2012 07:39, Bill Wright wrote:
It never occurred to me that he was gay.

Bill
It's a prerequisite for working at the Beeb

not if you were an engineer, it wasn't.


Quite so. As many females in and around Evesham discovered over the years.

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Chris

My memories of it were mainly that Anneka's and Annabelle's rear ends
wiggled centre-of-shot rather more than was strictly necessary.

On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:45:02 +0000, Andy Champ
wrote:

Never watched treasure hunt though...
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On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:30:39 -0000, Max Demian
wrote:

FORMER broadcaster and gallery owner Kenneth Kendall has died on the
14-12-2012

I think it's rather selfish to die so close to Christmas. Think of all
those
superfluous presents.

One of my former colleagues dropped dead on the day itself (10 years
ago next week). We never ascertained whether it was before or after
dinner.

A colleague of my BiL committed suicide on the way home on Boxing day (he
jumped in front of a train)

Nice Christmas present for his family

tim

"Andy Champ" wrote in message
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On 15/12/2012 07:39, Bill Wright wrote:

It never occurred to me that he was gay.

I wondered how long it would take for that to come up.

He was one of the old school; what he did when he wasn't reading the news
was none of our damn business.

Except that in that era the people trawling your private life for skeletons
didn't see it like that.

There were many gay celebs who were terrified of being "outed".

tim

On 16/12/2012 12:32, tim..... wrote:
A colleague of my BiL committed suicide on the way home on Boxing day
(he jumped in front of a train)

Nice Christmas present for his family

Not too nice for the train driver either.

Andy

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"Paul Ratcliffe" wrote in message
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On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:30:39 -0000, Max Demian
wrote:

FORMER broadcaster and gallery owner Kenneth Kendall has died on the
14-12-2012

I think it's rather selfish to die so close to Christmas. Think of all
those
superfluous presents.

One of my former colleagues dropped dead on the day itself (10 years
ago next week). We never ascertained whether it was before or after
dinner.

A colleague of my BiL committed suicide on the way home on Boxing day (he
jumped in front of a train)

Oops

I meant Christmas Eve :-(


Nice Christmas present for his family

tim

On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 07:39:33 +0000, Bill Wright
wrote:

It never occurred to me that he was gay.

Stood out a bit, with the fondness of the pink ties, but it never
bothered me in the slightest. Why should it?

I suppose you'd have us all turn into mouth-breathing hypocrites while
others have to read the Guardian.

Your attitude disgusts me.