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[hoofing it]

At least this gem of a guy died at home in leeds and not at his house in Glencoe,not many neigbours about

[jerry]

Whilst I readily acknowledge the huge amount of money raised by him for charity I cant but agree with terbert here. To me there was always something "not quite right" about him and Im afraid I mean that more in a slightly "creepy old man" sense than "atypical eccentric Englishman". Whatever your feelings on Louis Theroux certainly Sir Jimmy didnt come out too well in that documentary. As for the persistent rumours around his sexual preferences or his masonic links who knows. Doesnt seem to be any hard evidence to back up a lot of the former claims at all but I dont doubt that there was a "darker" side to the man in some sense

[TheBoy]

I used to live a few hundred yards from Stoke Mandeville Hospital, and he was a familiar sight there. I've had the pleasure of meeting him in his apartment there.

Eccentric, unique, either love or loath, he did an awful lot for charity. RIP

[Dishevelled Den]

Whilst I readily acknowledge the huge amount of money raised by him for charity I cant but agree with terbert here. To me there was always something "not quite right" about him and Im afraid I mean that more in a slightly "creepy old man" sense than "atypical eccentric Englishman". Whatever your feelings on Louis Theroux certainly Sir Jimmy didnt come out too well in that documentary. As for the persistent rumours around his sexual preferences or his masonic links who knows. Doesnt seem to be any hard evidence to back up a lot of the former claims at all but I dont doubt that there was a "darker" side to the man in some sense

Yes, I'm inclined to agree with a lot of that Jerry but - as TB says - would acknowledge his many charitable works.

Very much a 'Marmite' character I would suggest (especially amongst his contemporaries in the business).

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Slightly strange oddball eccentric. Never married. Kept all his dead mother's clothes. Did many good things for charity. I liked him. An enigma.

[Lioned]

Always a bit creepy and many rumours about having a 'darker' side,there have been but a few quite guarded tributes that i have seen for such a well known celebrity.And he lied (or forgot) about never having been to Jersey childrens home Haut de la Garenne,when the police claimed he'd been there several times and had pictures of him sitting out on the lawn with the children.   

[redelitev6]

Whilst I readily acknowledge the huge amount of money raised by him for charity I cant but agree with terbert here. To me there was always something "not quite right" about him and Im afraid I mean that more in a slightly "creepy old man" sense than "atypical eccentric Englishman". Whatever your feelings on Louis Theroux certainly Sir Jimmy didnt come out too well in that documentary. As for the persistent rumours around his sexual preferences or his masonic links who knows. Doesnt seem to be any hard evidence to back up a lot of the former claims at all but I dont doubt that there was a "darker" side to the man in some sense
  Lets be honest, how many of us don't have a "dark side"?

[Rods2]

RIP a classic eccentric Englishman. Achieved much good in his life and entertained millions of people, for which I'm sure he will be remembered. 

[cam2502]

Whilst I readily acknowledge the huge amount of money raised by him for charity I cant but agree with terbert here. To me there was always something "not quite right" about him and Im afraid I mean that more in a slightly "creepy old man" sense than "atypical eccentric Englishman". Whatever your feelings on Louis Theroux certainly Sir Jimmy didnt come out too well in that documentary. As for the persistent rumours around his sexual preferences or his masonic links who knows. Doesnt seem to be any hard evidence to back up a lot of the former claims at all but I dont doubt that there was a "darker" side to the man in some sense

agree with every word you said. i remember watching the louis theroux film and thinking he was just plain mean!

[millwall]

now then now then hows about that then   jimmy was a bit oddball but had a heart of gold

[Webby the Bear]

what happened in the louis theroux doc??? didnt see that.

[jerry]

Think bits of it are still on youtube Webby. He talks about his time running nightclubs and puts in a slightly NormanBates turn where he keeps all of his (deceased) mum's clothes still in her old flat. As for the latter,well everyone deals with grief differently but he makes some rather strange unguarded comments which sort of go against his more public personna should I say....

[Webby the Bear]

Think bits of it are still on youtube Webby. He talks about his time running nightclubs and puts in a slightly NormanBates turn where he keeps all of his (deceased) mum's clothes still in her old flat. As for the latter,well everyone deals with grief differently but he makes some rather strange unguarded comments which sort of go against his more public personna should I say....

nice! i hope her rotten corpse aint kept in the basement!