Albert Riddle
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Post by Albert Riddle on Feb 19, 2023 21:02:17 GMT
Just heard the sad news
World of sport anchorman dickie Davies has passed
aged 94
he anchored the show from 68-85
RIP Dickie
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Post by Nightfly on Feb 19, 2023 21:06:34 GMT
Sad news. Such a charismatic presenter and a mainstay of 70s sports coverage. I hadn't realised until reading the obit that he took over World of Sport from Eamon Andrews. RIP.
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Post by John Steed on Feb 19, 2023 21:14:57 GMT
R.I.P. Dickie Davies
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Post by The Saint on Feb 19, 2023 21:17:33 GMT
Sad news, RIP Dickie Davies
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Post by Gene Hunt on Feb 19, 2023 21:50:02 GMT
Very sad news.
R.I.P Dickie.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Feb 19, 2023 22:26:20 GMT
Very sad news.
Often parodied by others he seemed to be forever on our tellies, I'd never have put him at 94 though.
R.I.P. Dickie
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Post by Del Boy on Feb 19, 2023 23:19:40 GMT
Sad news indeed. Dickie was an iconic sports broadcaster and a big part of the nations Saturday afternoons during the 1970s and 80s.
RIP Dickie
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Post by Vienna on Feb 20, 2023 8:53:36 GMT
Sad news  RIP Dickie |
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Post by Perfect Pseudonym on Feb 20, 2023 11:09:17 GMT
I can't remember how long ago it was that I last thought of Dickie Davies. So although this news is undoubtedly sad, I was nonetheless pleased to learn that he had lived a long old life while absent from my memory.
I can never see his face without seeing a backdrop of assorted admin staff milling around trying to look busy. I wonder if during lockdown and he happened to use Zoom whether he had that as a virtual background. He should have done.
Have got the World of Sport theme in my head right now.
RIP Dickie. An iconic and an until very recently forgotten memory from my youth.
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Post by Windy Miller on Feb 20, 2023 11:34:38 GMT
A perennial of ITV's World Of Sport presentations
Dickie Davies between horse racing, bouts of Big Daddy, and the classified results - the proper way to spend a Saturday afternoon
Thank you and RIP Dickie Davies
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