R.I.P. Jimmy Savile

[Jimpav]

Might be a bit wasted on our foreign friends but he certainly brightened up my childhood and dare say a few of yours.

Shame someone couldn't fix it for Jim.

[OtterFFC]

Now then, now then . . . RIP Sir Jimmy

[epsomraver]

Very sad, a really genuine bloke from humble beginnings, did so much for others

[MJG]

A strange man (and anyone who saw the Louis Theroux programe would agree), but met him once at a Hospital awards do, and had time for everyone as well as quite funny.

[Burt]

RIP - he was a part of my childhood, and his charitable work was superb.

[WhiteJC]

RIP, fix it was required viewing when I was a kid

[mrska]

a Character.. RIP

[FatFreddysCat]

loved Jim'll fix it. Tried chatting my mum up many years ago when she worked for HR Owens. No i dont think he did .

[White Noise]

loved Jim'll fix it. Tried chatting my mum up many years ago when she worked for HR Owens. No i dont think he did .

Wasn't that about 9 months before you were born??

The likeness is uncanny -

[FatFreddysCat]

loved Jim'll fix it. Tried chatting my mum up many years ago when she worked for HR Owens. No i dont think he did .

Wasn't that about 9 months before you were born??

The likeness is uncanny -

Hahaha, the only likeness is my hair  is rapidly turning his colour  :035:

[leonffc]

RIP Jimmy.

Sent from an Ipad built in to my massive armchair whilst smoking a cigar

[Berserker]

I have often been past his cottage  in Glencoe and thought of my Jim will fix it dream of riding a speedway bike, my dream never came true. RIP Jimmy, i don't care if you were a bit eccentic i'm sure your heart was in the right place

[SHADY1]

RIP J S
I have to admit though I always wondered about Jimmy and have been waiting for some dodgy allegations to be made against him... I'm happy to be wrong......unless !!

[FatFreddysCat]

RIP J S
I have to admit though I always wondered about Jimmy and have been waiting for some dodgy allegations to be made against him... I'm happy to be wrong......unless !!

Does have that look about him dosen't he?

[TheDaddy]

Brilliant but strange fellow part of my childhood and a great fund raiser now remember to "Clunk Click even on the shortest trip"

[stevehawkinslidingtackle]

I had a mate run the London Marathon in 1991 in 3hrs 40, and said he overtook a laboring Jimmy Saville 3 times !
Serious question marks about whether he was using his bus pass !
RIP Jim.

[Rupert]

At Mass this morning the priest said that, when he was hospital chaplain at Stoke Mandeville, they never knew if Jimmy Saville was around during the Mass (he was a Catholic) as he sat in the sacristy with the door propped open, so as not to cause any disturbance from the rest of the congregation, but they knew he had been there afterwards as the collection was always up.
He also admitted that he was never really able to warm to him, even though he greatly admired the man for all his charitable work.
I suppose he has managed something that many of us would want, a busy, productive life and a lot of people thinking the world is a poorer place once we are gone.

[HatterDon]

I remember him as a DJ and as a television personality. Jim'll Fix It was a good show, but you had to adjust yourself to his eccentricities. Most of mah fella 'muricans thought he was weird, but I quite enjoyed watching him.

Remember when he co-hosted a broadcast with Dr. David Owen? To my memory it was the only partisan thing he ever did. I often wondered if it damaged his career.

[The Equalizer]

Music owes an incredible amount to Sir Jimmy. He created the very first discos by connecting two turntables and mixing two songs into each other. An incredibly simple, yet completely world-changing thing to do.

RIP Sir Jim

[BalDrick]

Always found the guy very creepy. Put it like this, he'd be somewhere near the Chuckle Brothers and Jacko in my list of potential babysitters.

Cue lots of abuse no doubt. Yes he did a lot of work for charidee, doesn't alter the fact I always found him a real creep.