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Vale Richard Harris

Sat, 26 Oct 2002, 06:57 am

Pamela15 posts in thread

I've just heard on the news that Richard Harris has died. He was in a London hospital being treated for Hodkins Disease.

RIP.

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Re: I don't think that I can take it...

Fri, 1 Nov 2002, 10:07 am

Leah Maher

The version I have (which is very similar) is that the song was a product of a bet between the wonderful Mr Harris and a music producer friend. Mr Producer said that he could take any song no matter how ridiculous, with any singer, no matter how untalented and make it a hit. Mr Harris took the bet, penned the lyrics over several bottles of scotch and, despite what he maintained was a truely terrible singing voice, sung it himself.

Needless to say, Mr Producer won the bet.

I think the real truth of the story has faded into uban mythology now.....

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Vale Richard Harris— Pamela26 Oct 2002

Re: Vale Richard Harris— Amanda Chesterton27 Oct 2002
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Re: Vale Richard Harris— crgwllms27 Oct 2002
- Re: Vale Richard Harris— Walter Plinge29 Oct 2002
  - Re: Vale Richard Harris— crgwllms29 Oct 2002
    - Re: Vale Richard Harris— Walter Plinge31 Oct 2002
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        Re: I don't think that I can take it...— crgwllms1 Nov 2002
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        Re: I don't think that I can take it...— Walter Plinge1 Nov 2002
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        Re: I don't think that I can take it...— Leah Maher1 Nov 2002
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        Re: There will be another song for me, for I will sing it...— crgwllms2 Nov 2002
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        Re: I don't think that I can take it...— Pamela1 Nov 2002
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        Re: The 'immortal' Derek Jacobi— crgwllms2 Nov 2002
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        Re: The 'immortal' Derek Jacobi— Pamela2 Nov 2002

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