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Title: One of my "heroes" is dead...
Post by: Anonymous on September 16, 2006, 01:11:59 AM

Raymond Baxter:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5350436.stm

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Post by: Dingo on September 16, 2006, 01:38:04 AM

R.I.P. Raymond........He was a common man with an uncommon ability to enthuse and entertain an audience with an authorative air......

We can aspire:smile:

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Post by: OldBloke on September 16, 2006, 07:10:04 AM

Fond memories of him too.:sad:

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Post by: Doorman on September 16, 2006, 12:09:09 PM

Part of my formative years he was. Top man.

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Post by: Maus on September 16, 2006, 12:56:16 PM

I'm a little too young to remember him too well, but I'm sure he was still presenting Tomorrow's World when I watched it as a wee one. Whatever happened to those good, and accessible, science shows like TW and Sky at Night?

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Post by: Blunt on September 16, 2006, 03:05:48 PM

and a war hero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Baxter) to boot

The Sky at Night (http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/spaceguide/skyatnight/) is still going strong Maus

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