Patrick Moore has died!

DH said he saw him not too long ago and in his opinion he seemed to be failing. 89 is a good age and I am pleased for him that he was at home.

Stargazer extraodrinaire. Such enthusiasm and knowledge.

I took my son to see him many years ago as I assumed then he wouldn't be around for much longer. We also made the mistake of going to see Ken Dodd at round about the same time but managed to escape at the interval.RIP Patrick Moore; lets hope you're somewhere up there amongst the stars...

R.I.P[ sad]

Google 'Patrick Moore Misogynist' and you might get a shock!

Makes you wonder what kind of relationship he had with his mother. Feel rather sorry for anyone with such blinkered views.

Oh Crimson, how could seeing Doddie ever be a mistake? He's the only comic to ever have caused me to roll in the aisle - and a mucky aisle it was, too, all gum and tram tickets... It was a very long time ago - he's probably finished his act by now...

We probably went at the wrong time. I'd read how he used to get people crying with laughter and then bring them back down again with a song, but his act seemed very anachronistic. I loved comedians like Arthur Askey [my aunt and uncle did the music halls with him] so I assumed I'd like Ken Dodd as well. We'd heard that, if you stay till the second half it goes on until the early hours of the morning and we couldn't face it, but that's probably where we went wrong because I usually find that, with anything to do with the theatre, the second half is always the best.

Patrick Moore will be sorely missed such a facinating man.
When I worked selling retirement properties we always held an offical opening once the development had all the communial area's completed and at least 75% of the apartments reserved and Ken Dodd did a lot of the opening ceremonies for us or if he was not available (the beverly sisters) we always got Ken and his times where 3pm -5pm and you could guarentee we would still be there at 10pm or later depending how many people could stay he never told the same joke twice and was lovely to all the people he spoke to,such a gent.

Sir Patrick Moore, RIP, and thank you for all the brilliant insights into space that you gave us, you encouraged a lot of interest in both young and old, and could speak to people both skilled and those of us who knew nothing of space but you treated us all equally and gained a lot of fans with your infectious enthusiasm.Whenever we look at the stars we will think of you.

Obviously not a surprise given his age, but still very sad. Perhaps he has been reunited with his girlfriend at last. Hope the BBC will keep The Sky at Night going, it's one of the few programmes where there's always something new to say.

Lovely man,

RIP

Lovely man? I have read some of the things he had to say about women!

Yes, he was a notorious misogynist and thought that there should be a BBC for men, and a separate one for women. I still enjoyed Sky at Night, as women and men didn't come into it!

Thank you, Sir Patrick , for the charming animal poems and for the xylophone playing too. What a talented man.

I was very sad to hear of Sir Patrick's death. He inspired my son to become an astronomer and we have always watched The Sky at night. DS believes the programme will die with the presenter because he is a hard act to follow.

An inspirational man to many - not too many that can claim that. I believe he fought in the war too. Sad news.

I think a lot of his ideas about women were a generational thing. I think my father in law and my father held pretty much the same views. My father had the sense to keep his quiet when my mother and I were around though.

I hope the Sky at Night continues, perhaps with guest presenters like Brian May, Brian Cox, Dara O'Briain and NASA personalities.

His views about women in the BBC were quite comical, really:
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6634255.stm
He was of his time! And a true eccentric.

Did his outdated views do any harm? We're all entitled to be outspoken so long as nobody is upset by thoughtless remarks.

Hmm - I think some militant women's libbers might have been a bit upset by his remarks at the time, Merlot! (and it wasn't that long ago...)

Oh, that word 'militant' again! Obviously not militant enough, or there would be more women in the Cabinet, on the boards of the top 100 companies, and women would not still be being battered and mutilated. I didn't find Moore's misogyny amusing and his many talents did not excuse it. Try putting 'black people' into his utterances wherever he says 'women'. Still funny?
(Now wait for the inevitable 'lighten up', 'get a sense of humour'......)