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Norris McWhirter 1926-2004

Norris McWhirter 1926-2004

2 Responses to “Norris McWhirter 1926-2004”

  1. Phil Says:

    Crikey, I didn\’t know his brother was murdered by the IRA, or that he timed the famous sub-4 minute mile by Roger Bannister. I thought he was just that bloke from Record Breakers…

  2. Matt Says:

    …and I wasn\’t aware of his far right political views; ones which I don\’t agree with. Still, he seemed like a nice chap who took pleasure in recounting lots of trivial facts about world records etc. Gotta admire him for that.

    Other sad news recently was the \”death of Caron Keating\”:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3625995.stm. She was the only reason I watched Blue Peter in my early teens :-)

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