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Who was a famous name when you were growing up that young people today wouldn't have heard of?

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Brettthepei · 22/06/2023 00:06

Hearsay

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HRTQueen · 22/06/2023 00:11

Bruce Grobbelaar (not sure why he popped into my head and I had to look up how to spell his surname but he was well known)

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PithyUsername · 22/06/2023 00:17

Larry Grayson

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Northernsouloldies · 22/06/2023 00:29

Mike yarwood... Even as a kid I thought he was boring as fuck. Ooo Betty.... Oh fuck off Mike. 😁

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Guineapigwoes · 22/06/2023 00:32

Anne diamond 💎

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HotSince82 · 22/06/2023 00:32

Timmy Mallett

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ATerrorofLeftovers · 22/06/2023 00:33

Evel Knievel

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Chatillon · 22/06/2023 00:38

Jacques Cousteau

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SleepingStandingUp · 22/06/2023 00:40

Heath Ledger

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autieawesome · 22/06/2023 01:04

Timmy mallet
Stefan Dennis
Bubla ranks

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pippapipps · 22/06/2023 01:10

Sam fox

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EnjoyingTheSilence · 22/06/2023 01:11

Gene Hackman

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CC4712 · 22/06/2023 01:12

Lucille Ball
Doris Day
Shirley Temple
(film actors I watched as a child)

Bros
River Phoenix
Health Ledger

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CuteCillian · 22/06/2023 01:14

Tom Baker
John Noakes

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wafflyversatile · 22/06/2023 01:44

Nick Berry
Mandy Smith
Sid Vicious
Jasper Carrot
Kelly monteith

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wafflyversatile · 22/06/2023 01:47

Kenny Everett
Nick kamen

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DaftyLass · 22/06/2023 01:48

Anna Nicole Smith

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myveryownelectrickitten · 22/06/2023 02:13

Marti Caine
Edwina Currie
Dan Quayle
Tiffany
Patrick Moore
Clive Anderson

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merrymelodies · 22/06/2023 02:15

Madness

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exLtEveDallas · 22/06/2023 05:35

Madness are still touring, so I doubt it!

Erika Rowe

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SpringIntoChaos · 22/06/2023 05:36

Valerie Singleton 😳

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booktokbear · 22/06/2023 05:39

Rod, Jane and Freddy!

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foreverbasil · 22/06/2023 05:42

Northernsouloldies · 22/06/2023 00:29

Mike yarwood... Even as a kid I thought he was boring as fuck. Ooo Betty.... Oh fuck off Mike. 😁

That was Michael Crawford

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foreverbasil · 22/06/2023 05:43

I'll add Dick Emery.... wtf was that about?

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sudo · 22/06/2023 05:45

When I was VERY young ...

Hughie Green

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MrsSchadenfreude · 22/06/2023 05:45

Larry Grayson
Danny La Rue
Tom O’Connor
Charlie Chester

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