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RIP Dennis Waterman

50 replies

ExtraordinaryBehaviour · 08/05/2022 16:30

I am actually really sad, I loved him in Minder.

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Matchingcollarandcuffs · 08/05/2022 16:32

My dad grew up in the same block of flats as Dennis and Robert Powell, they ask used to play football together, he's out for lunch, haven't the heart to tell him

Crocky · 08/05/2022 16:32

That is sad.

Thatsnotmygame · 08/05/2022 16:32

Ah no😪

Crocky · 08/05/2022 16:33

I have very fond memories of watching minder with my dad as a child.

Floralnomad · 08/05/2022 16:35

RIP , I have only happy memories of watching the programmes he is in , the pilot episode of New Tricks is a classic .

Topseyt123 · 08/05/2022 16:37

Very sad. I loved him in Minder.

woodhill · 08/05/2022 16:37

Oh no, yes Minder and the theme toons

Redshoeblueshoe · 08/05/2022 16:38

So sad to hear this.
RIP Dennis

Pallisers · 08/05/2022 16:39

Oh I am so sorry to hear this. New Tricks got DH and me through lockdown - every night.

Mumwantingtogetitright · 08/05/2022 16:43

My best mate's mum had a massive crush on him when we were growing up. It gave us a lot of laughs. RIP Dennis.

Bunty55 · 08/05/2022 16:44

I went right off him when I learned how he abused Rula Lenska - punching and slapping her.

HermioneWeasley · 08/05/2022 16:44

Wasn’t he a domestic abuser? Didn’t Rula Lenska speak out at a time when it was absolutely taboo for victims to say anything?

Sortilege · 08/05/2022 16:46

RIP Dennis.

timestheyarechanging · 08/05/2022 16:47

That's sad. He came to my christening in 1971 as was dating my godmother.

Phos · 08/05/2022 16:48

Very unexpected. I was wanting to rewatch New Tricks this week, will have to dig some episodes out.

OrangeCinnamonCroissant · 08/05/2022 16:50

Matchingcollarandcuffs · 08/05/2022 16:32

My dad grew up in the same block of flats as Dennis and Robert Powell, they ask used to play football together, he's out for lunch, haven't the heart to tell him

Putney? He used to give my husbands Nan a lift to Sainsburys. Lovely lad by all accounts.

Florenz · 08/05/2022 16:52

A great actor and a great singer. RIP.

WilmaFlintstone1 · 08/05/2022 16:52

Unapologetic wife beater yes.

Also a good actor and perfect comic timing.

PattyDuke · 08/05/2022 16:52

A feature of my childhood - The Sweeney, Minder and earlier still Up the Junction..RIP.

SomePeopleAreJustIdiots · 08/05/2022 16:55

I am gutted . He once bought me a drink in a bar . He was with Rula Lenska- we were poor students

a lovely man

StopStartStop · 08/05/2022 16:57

"Sherry, Mrs Wembley?"
"Just the one."
"Just the one."
Rest in peace.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 08/05/2022 16:58

Loved Dennis. RIP

clarepetal · 08/05/2022 16:59

Loved him in The Life and Loves of a She Devil. A total shit.

RIP

ExtraordinaryBehaviour · 08/05/2022 17:00

I didn't know about the DV 😧

For me, as many above it was part of my childhood, watching him in Minder that I loved and the Sweeny that I didn't.

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tkwal · 08/05/2022 17:02

I will think of him the way he left New Tricks, roaring off in a red mustang with a big smile on his face. RIP