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Linda Smith - 1957 - 2006
Teuchter Started conversation Feb 28, 2006
Deeply sorry to hear that Linda Smith - one of Radio 4s funniest women - died today.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4759968.stm
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JulesK Posted Feb 28, 2006
That's very sad 
I enjoyed her style of humour a lot, we were often on the same wavelength 
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kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 Posted Feb 28, 2006
I heard this on the way home 
I shall miss her
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Magwitch - My name is Mags and I am funky. Posted Feb 28, 2006
Sad news indeed. I enjoyed listening to and watching her.
Far too young....
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Mu Beta Posted Feb 28, 2006
This is tragic, it really is.
It makes me wonder why I engage with such frivolities as Death Lists when we lose amazing people such as this.
B
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Trin Tragula Posted Feb 28, 2006
Oo, no 
I half-heard the story on the radio, travelling home, but completely missed the name - so I just found out by reading this now.
A very funny woman - her and Jeremy Hardy on the News Quiz used to be my favourite pairing.
Very sad.
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I'm not really here Posted Feb 28, 2006
This was my married name! Sent a chill down my spine.
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Tabitca Posted Feb 28, 2006
she'll be sadly missed. a great sense of humour.
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F F Churchton Posted Feb 28, 2006
This is the first I've heard of it:
Goodbye, Linda Truely an inspiration to female comics!
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Orcus Posted Mar 1, 2006
Sad indeed, a work colleague of mine's mother has just been given 1-6 months to live with incurable liver cancer. She is also 48 - too young.
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azahar Posted Mar 1, 2006
I was very shocked and saddened when I read this in the paper this morning. In fact, I still am.
az
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echomikeromeo Posted Mar 1, 2006
I didn't even know she was ill.
I loved to hear her on News Quiz, Just a Minute and ISIHAC. I'm glad that Jeremy Hardy wrote the obituary. It seeems a bit more fitting that way.
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WanderingAlbatross - Wing-tipping down the rollers of life's ocean. Posted Mar 1, 2006
Too young, too much left to give
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Percy "Thrills" Thrillington ("I shall write to the lead singer of Echo & The Bunnymen!") Posted Mar 1, 2006
Such a shame.
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alji's Posted Mar 1, 2006
Linda Smith was President of the British Humanist Association.
She will be missed by everyone who has had the good fortune the hear her speak.
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azahar Posted Mar 4, 2006
For those of you who missed the very moving (and very funny) News Quiz tribute to Linda Smith yesterday, you can listen again here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/newsquiz.shtml
Truly it was often hard to know whether to laugh or cry, so did a bit of both . . .
az
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echomikeromeo Posted Mar 4, 2006
Our favourite radio comedians never really die. There are always repeats, or CDs - you can listen to Willie Rushton or Peter Jones, for example, any time you like.
I'm not really sure whether that's good or bad.
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TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office Posted Apr 30, 2006
http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1720290,00.html
A wonderful person. Witty and warm-hearted. What more could you ask for?
TRiG.
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Linda Smith - 1957 - 2006
- 1: Teuchter (Feb 28, 2006)
- 2: JulesK (Feb 28, 2006)
- 3: kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 (Feb 28, 2006)
- 4: Magwitch - My name is Mags and I am funky. (Feb 28, 2006)
- 5: Mu Beta (Feb 28, 2006)
- 6: Trin Tragula (Feb 28, 2006)
- 7: I'm not really here (Feb 28, 2006)
- 8: Tabitca (Feb 28, 2006)
- 9: F F Churchton (Feb 28, 2006)
- 10: Orcus (Mar 1, 2006)
- 11: azahar (Mar 1, 2006)
- 12: echomikeromeo (Mar 1, 2006)
- 13: WanderingAlbatross - Wing-tipping down the rollers of life's ocean. (Mar 1, 2006)
- 14: Percy "Thrills" Thrillington ("I shall write to the lead singer of Echo & The Bunnymen!") (Mar 1, 2006)
- 15: alji's (Mar 1, 2006)
- 16: azahar (Mar 4, 2006)
- 17: echomikeromeo (Mar 4, 2006)
- 18: TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office (Apr 30, 2006)
- 19: equestrian_statue (Apr 30, 2006)
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