Heroes

People who I should say “thanks” to before they die.

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Bernard Cribbins
The comic songs, the character acting, the stories on Jackanory, the unmistakeable voice, the Wombles. Bernard I salute you!

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Rolf Harris
Needs no introduction. Painter, singer, musician, cartoonist, presenter and all round good egg. Rolf I salute you!

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Frankie Howerd
Too late I know. Master of the double entendre. I love wordplay, and Frankie’s affectations just made me laugh out loud. Get your titters out!

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Paul Simon
Genius singer/songwriter. Graceland is still one of my favourite albums. I know he had help on there, but even so. And there’s all the other stuff before that too. Genius.

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Edward Tufte
Sometimes you read a book which makes sense of a whole lot of things you only had an inkling of before. Such was the The Visual Display of Quantitative Information for me. Prof. Tufte, I salute you.

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Phil Collins
Drummer, singer, songwriter, wearer of tank tops. I’ve grown up with his music and performances from the Genesis days, and while our tastes went separate ways for a while there, his farewell concert DVD left me with a lump in my throat. PC, I salute you.