Darthritis1
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Luke Gray Looks At… Bohemian Rhapsody (A Film Retrospective)
I hope it's not your last Luke because I've just watched it and I really enjoyed it. I loved your 'Freddie' and 'Roger' and you made great use of clips and audio. Very entertaining. Keep em coming.
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From Wembley Stadium to DIT Discos - Forum talks to Paul Prenter. 1987.
Wow. Thank you Joxer, this is a great find and very interesting. So Paul turned down requests to return to his old post did he?!!! ???? Yep of course he did, the lying, self righteous twat. The interview has sour grap...
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Is Dr Gordon Atkinson alive?
http://m.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary-archived.aspx?n=f-gordon-atkinson&pid=163477478 He died in 2013.
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clarification of Thor Arnold's role in Freddie's life
LOTV wrote: Serious question @Thor: Do you think he should have done more for AIDS awareness? I know I comeback to this regularly. The man is a legend to me, but I can't help but feeling this blots his copy book. I kn...
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clarification of Thor Arnold's role in Freddie's life
Costa86 wrote: Wasn't the Paul Prenter The Sun story in 1986, when Freddie returned from Japan, in September I think? Not May 1987. You're thinking of a different article Costa. Prenter's betrayal was published in May...
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clarification of Thor Arnold's role in Freddie's life
It's to Freddie's credit that he managed to remain upbeat with all the crap he had to deal with, especially from the British gutter press. Anyway, on a much lighter note. Peter Freestone says that you all watched the...
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clarification of Thor Arnold's role in Freddie's life
SmokyQuartz wrote: Thor I believe Freddie gave a good response to the bowels of hades a few days later and spoke about how Prenter had no respect for his friends. He once said he was too intelligent to go to the sun o...
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clarification of Thor Arnold's role in Freddie's life
SmokyQuartz wrote: Rainbow61 wrote: Great name change! I wonder if "The Sun" is the equivalent to the National Inquirer here in the states? Rubbish paper, let's put it this way, I would be embarassed to be seen buying...
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clarification of Thor Arnold's role in Freddie's life
Oh I agree, it's utterly immoral. I felt a bit dirty even attaching those pictures. In the UK, The Sun is often rechristened The Scum but The Bowels of Hades is very apt. That's its name from now on. It'll be because...
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clarification of Thor Arnold's role in Freddie's life
Another of the headlines.
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clarification of Thor Arnold's role in Freddie's life
captainjory wrote: And apparently Freddie let him stay in his flat rent free and even gave him spending money for Xmas...and the dude wrecked the place Yes, and I also read somewhere that he pretended to have been mug...
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clarification of Thor Arnold's role in Freddie's life
Ps this was in May 1987. Prenter went back to Ireland and died there of AIDS in August 1991.
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clarification of Thor Arnold's role in Freddie's life
Paul Prenter went to the British tabloid The Sun (that paper is as trash as it gets) and sold personal stories and private photos of Freddie for £32,000. The stories were front cover 'news' over several days. This inc...
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clarification of Thor Arnold's role in Freddie's life
Yeah, it was on Channel 5. I didn't see it at the time; I watched it a few years later (It's on Youtube). I can totally believe you were misled as Channel 5 is known as a trashy channel but at least you and Lee both c...
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The worst Queen video in your opinon is?
I love watching 'It's a Hard Life' for the expressions on Brian, Roger and John's faces. You can positively see them cursing Freddie haha
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clarification of Thor Arnold's role in Freddie's life
Ok, attempt number 2. On the topic of intolerance. I'm under 50 but over 40 (21 in my head) but I remember those times. As a hetero female I wasn't directly affected but the intolerance was quite marked. I was 21 when...
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clarification of Thor Arnold's role in Freddie's life
I've just posted another blank message. I'll try again lol. This forum doesn't like me.
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clarification of Thor Arnold's role in Freddie's life
thundergod wrote: Yes Smoky, Freddie knew that we could be trusted with keeping his best interests always in mind. As I have said, if I were him in the '80's, I would have concealed my sexuality too. It was SUCH an in...
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clarification of Thor Arnold's role in Freddie's life
thundergod wrote: If my arthritis gets any worse, my typing will look like Darthritis's...Blank! Just kidding my partner in bad health! OMG hahahaha Mr Arnold :D no idea how that happened. Long day at work and my brai...
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clarification of Thor Arnold's role in Freddie's life