Famous Obituaries

A glass of Claret, headphones on with Leonard Cohen's voice caressing the mind as the early morning becomes irrelevant. Cheers to his memory. 

I'm sure Leonard will be treated well by his faith.

I was saddened to hear of the death of Rabbi Lionel Blue, who many people in the UK will remember as a witty contributor to 'Thought for the Day' on BBC Radio 4.  I feel privileged to have heard Rabbi Blue give a talk (consisting of theology as interpreted by Jewish humour)  at our local church. Afterwards he fielded a question and answer session, with his own take on God and humanity. Lionel Blue was a free thinker who inspired others  'not to take it so heavy'. Sadly missed.                                                  

Tommy Allsup. Fabulous American guitarist. 

 Lord Snowdon, famous photographer who hated to use artificial lighting. An inspiration to me and many others who love photography. Married Princess Margaret.  

Snowdon was a great 'old school' portrait photographer who took many photographs of high society and famous people. There is a collection of his pictures on the National Gallery Website 

The thoughtful quality of his work speaks for itself. I wonder how he would have felt about the 'point-and-shoot' mentality of many modern snappers.

He might have taken a quick look at PoE. 

I have a book of his portraits and they still look very good. They are well exposed and sharp. Also they convey a lot about the subjects. Trends change but quality still counts.