John Savident DEAD

[AGinAg (37)]

I say

BBC News - John Savident: Coronation Street's Fred Elliott dies aged 86

John Savident: Coronation Street's Fred Elliott dies aged 86

The star was best known for playing Fred Elliott in the ITV soap.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[jivafox]

Definitely one I thought was already long gone.

He visited our school once and I had him sign the only thing I had on me - a copy of the novel of “The Silence of the Lambs”.

 

[VoR]

Is he the poor old queen who got in a bit of a scandal once when he was robbed/beaten up by a rent boy he'd brought home?

I'm sure I remember something like that, but it may just have been toxic 90s tabloid stuff.

 

[Iguana]

Definitely one I thought was already long gone.

He visited our school once and I had him sign the only thing I had on me - a copy of the novel of “The Silence of the Lambs”.

Well that's the most jiva thing I've ever heard

 

[VoR]

Just looked it up on Wikipedia. Nasty story, but I must admit the last line tickled me.

On 1 December 2000, Savident was stabbed twice in the neck at his home in Manchester by Michael Smith, who claimed he was acting in self-defence. Savident said at the time, "I suddenly felt somebody come up behind me and whizz me round so I was face down on the bed and then I felt a prick on my throat". Smith demanded three thousand pounds from Savident, and the keys to his classic Morgan sports car. Savident had met Smith in Heenans bar, following a personal appearance at an event for World AIDS Day. They then went to Savident's home – apparently to discuss the theatre – which Smith claimed was a euphemism for sex.

That is some proper old-school faggotry

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Wasn't he doing an "acting class" in his home with an attractive young man?

 

[dmlaw]

I’m sure that any number of homosexuals of that generation were face down on a bed when they suddenly felt a prick on the throat.

 

[Kratz]

It's like when Tory MPs would disappear into a bush on Hampstead Heath to discuss economic policy

 

[ButterTart]

It's like when Tory MPs would disappear into a bush on Hampstead Heath to discuss economic policy

Absolutely believable in Liz Truss's case. She strikes me as entirely thick enough to send out an urgent memo asking to speak to someone in privet.

 

[untilted]

I thought he died years ago! And yes, I also remember him more so for the outrageous canal st story than his actual acting these days.

Anyway, RIP

 

[octophone]

Absolutely believable in Liz Truss's case. She strikes me as entirely thick enough to send out an urgent memo asking to speak to someone in privet.

That's a double Basil.

 

[Inner Smile]

I SAY I SAY ASHLEH

Fred was a classic Corrie character from a time when the show was actually brilliant. The fake thai bride story was GOLD!

 

[Kratz]

I SAY I SAY ASHLEH

Fred was a classic Corrie character from a time when the show was actually brilliant. The fake thai bride story was GOLD!

Yes wasn’t she actually from Eccles?

 

[Inner Smile]

Yes wasn’t she actually from Eccles?

Stacey from Didsbury

 

[Inner Smile]

"Haddock Lil! Well she's the dead spit of her!"