RIP Partrick Moore

Soni

British astronomer Patrick Moore, who helped map the moon and inspired generations of star gazers with decades of television broadcasts, died on Sunday aged 89.

Peddle Up!

The loss of one of life's great characters. RIP

Soni

I didnt realise until a minute ago after reading Wikipedia, but his fiance died in world war 2 she was driving an ambulance and it was hit by a bomb, he never married or had children, how sweet and loyal is that.

tim_wand

No Moore Mr Night Sky!

Was Watching Sky at Night and a program on the Voyager Satelites on BBC 4 into the late hours last night the guy was a real character. will be sadly missed.

Ouija

A great loss to xylophone playing everywhere.

thegreatdivide

Yes, the bitter, righter than right wing, homophobic, misogynistic, anti immigration stargazer has shuffled off. He liked cats though.

finchy

tim wand wrote:

No Moore Mr Night Sky!

Was Watching Sky at Night and a program on the Voyager Satelites on BBC 4 into the late hours last night the guy was a real character. will be sadly missed.

I've just watched last week's episode of the Sky at Night - he seemed far perkier than he had in recent months. I wonder if he realised the end was coming and wanted to put in a good show?

pinno

What I liked about him was the speed at which he talked using no commas full stops or pauses and thats why the sky at night was only 10 minutes long because that was the budget given to him by the BBC and he had to fit an hour programme into just 10 minutes so he went along lickety split and not a single hesitation for the 103 regular viewers that tuned in to him regualrly on a Sunday night late and until the next time goodbye.

metronome

Moore's delivery and inflection is bananas... This following short story is great... Who knows what's going on though...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG9Rk-JqNtU

Cleat Eastwood

haha thats like an undiscovered sam becket play written on one of the days he actually smiled.

mrushton

thegreatdivide wrote:

Yes, the bitter, righter than right wing, homophobic, misogynistic, anti immigration stargazer has shuffled off. He liked cats though.

Who also lied about his age to get into the RAF and flew in bombers (Pathfinders) over Germany. Moved out after his heart condition was discovered he went into bomb defusal. Figure on those two alone he gets respect. He was an eccentric product of his time. Worth reading his obituary in eg the Guardian

seanoconn

I met Patrick Moore once. The conversation went like this.

PM "Is this the train to Victoria?"

Me "No. You want the other platform. "

PM's footsteps walking away. I think he liked me.

natrix

thegreatdivide wrote:

Yes, the bitter, righter than right wing, homophobic, misogynistic, anti immigration stargazer has shuffled off.

At least he wasn't a paedophile, although now that he's dead................

Peddle Up!

How did I forget this tour de force of bonkers Mooreness? :roll: