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UNPLANNED DOWNTIME: 12th Oct 23:45

RIP Cheggers

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JonathangusJonathangus Frets: 4080
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42313706

There goes another part of our collective childhoods.  RIP Keith.
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  • Guitar_SlingerGuitar_Slinger Frets: 1489
    Cheggers Pops Off! :/ Just heard it on Radio Merseyside.
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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679

    fuck's sake


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  • DominicDominic Frets: 15285
    Just seen this........sad ,he had his drink issues in the past but was a sweet soul
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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 15603
    Ahh. What an energetic bundle of joy he could be. Sad,RIP Keith. 
    I’ll handle this Violet, you take your three hour break. 
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  • TonyRTonyR Frets: 908
    edited December 2017
    During the summer Mrs R and I were going to go to Pocklington (which isn’t too far from us) for “It’s a Pockout” as Cheggers was going to be hosting it. As it was he pulled out due to illness and didn’t end up going.

    Didn’t realise his illness was that serious.
    We are all Chameleons...
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  • freakboy1610freakboy1610 Frets: 1178
    Very sad news. RIP Cheggers.
    Link to my trading feedback
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  • KilgoreKilgore Frets: 8107
    Bugger. Only 60. RIP Cheggers.
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  • tone1tone1 Frets: 4930
    He never failed to make me smile...R.I.P Cheggers..He’s definitely a ‘Smile because it happened, don’t cry because it’s over’ 
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  • lasermonkeylasermonkey Frets: 1940
    Aw, man! That's really sad.
     RIP buddy, you brightened my childhood and for that, I'll always be thankful.
    My wife asked me to stop singing Wonderwall.
    I said maybe.....
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  • mudslide73mudslide73 Frets: 2921
    RIP Keith. I was a big fan of Swap Shop as a nipper. He, Noel, Maggie Philbin and John Craven were a great team. 
    "A city star won’t shine too far"


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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 20197

    I'm genuinely sad to hear about this.  His programmes were always a little bit rubbish but that never stopped me watching them, and he always seemed like a really nice chap.

    Does anyone remember a BBC kids' programme called Kim & Co, around 1975?  It was about a group of kids who travelled around Europe having various adventures (it was an international co-production, so quite a decent budget).  I'm sure there was an episode where they met a young Cheggers, playing a pop star(!) but the show seems to have been pretty much erased from history.

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  • thumpingrugthumpingrug Frets: 2803
    This made me sad.  Keith was one of the good guys.  Yes he had drink issues for a while though Im not sure the public were aware of it, but to die of an unusual lung disorder seems unfair.    

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  • cruxiformcruxiform Frets: 2339


    RIP Cheggers.
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  • lustycourtierlustycourtier Frets: 3115
    Met him quite a few times when he was comparing 80s festivals and he was always. Lovely lovely man. Sad news 
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  • BodBod Frets: 1206
    I opened the bedroom curtains one morning and was greeted by Cheggers standing outside my house preparing for an outside broadcast for some breakfast show or other.  He spotted me, took a big drag from his fag, smiled, waved and shouted hello.  He seemed a nice chap and gave me a nice little anecdote to post on the internet one day.
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  • jonnyburgojonnyburgo Frets: 11799
    Didn’t seem to have a bad bone in his body, and he could take the piss out of himself. RIP Cheggers.
    "OUR TOSSPOT"
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  • notanonnotanon Frets: 569
    Was this COPD then? 
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  • axisusaxisus Frets: 27656
    Such a shame, he always seemed like the ultimate chirpy chappie. Happy memories of him smiling away on TV 
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  • monkey42monkey42 Frets: 330
    Years ago, I was on a sky tv programme to which Keith hosted. The act before us (a young female singer) fluffed her lines and broke down in tears. Keith immediately sprung onto the stage and comforted her and also said she could return on a future episode. I was 18 at the time but impressed by his genuine compassion.

    RIP Keith Chegwin
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  • westwest Frets: 974

    notanon said:
    Was this COPD then? 
    idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ....
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  • munckeemunckee Frets: 11457
    My dad got mercilessly mocked for buying a bmw and finding out it was owned by cheggers at the height of his drink problems.

    Was genuinely sad to hear he died, death of celebrities normally doesn't bother me one way or the other, however with him I am not at all surprised to read from celebrities that he was exactly the same off camera.
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  • dogloaddogload Frets: 1495
    Dear old Cheggers. Still, we'll always have this


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  • usedtobeusedtobe Frets: 3841
    Lebarque said:
    Crying with laughter, here. Bless him!
     so if you fancy a reissue of a guitar they never made in a colour they never used then it probably isn't too overpriced.

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  • cruxiformcruxiform Frets: 2339
    That was hilarious! 
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