Humphrey Lyttelton

**CrabGirl** · 04-26-2008, 01:43 AM

Has died.

The radio wont be the same without him.

I don't expect many of you noobs to understand my sentiments but he was fab.

And, damnit, he wasn't even on my dead list.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7367385.stm

**nioin3k** · 04-26-2008, 02:17 AM

He looks like a zombie...

**JPaul** · 04-26-2008, 10:25 AM

Humphrey Lyttelton was old school genious. We won't see his like again, they are quite literally a dying breed.

Requiescant In Pace

**mrnobody** · 04-26-2008, 02:20 PM

RIP :rip:

**Skweeky** · 04-26-2008, 02:28 PM

For some reason I always thought it was ' Recquiem in pace'. Is it merely the difference between present tense and subjunctive future?

**Snee** · 04-27-2008, 03:10 AM

He had a face for radio.

RIP and stuff.

Got any favourite excerpts and stuff you'd like to share, like?

I'd never herd of him or owt.

**CrabGirl** · 04-27-2008, 05:50 PM

Listen to any of "I'm sorry I haven't a clue" on the BBC website. It's a panel game on BBC Radio 4.

He had the gift of getting away with being absolutely filthy on daytime radio by being good humoured and tongue in cheek.

**JPaul** · 04-27-2008, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by Skweeky

For some reason I always thought it was ' Recquiem in pace'. Is it merely the difference between present tense and subjunctive future?

I don't know, that's just the way I learned it, for singing hymns in Latin.

Actually I think I may have made a mistake anyway. Requiescant in Pace may refer to the plural, as in may they rest in peace. I think the singular might be Requiescat in pace (without the "n") I'm not sure though.