Bruce Forsyth

I always feel sad when an entertainer who has been around for much of my life dies.

Sunday Night at the London Palladium was a must see in our house when I was a teenager and my own children loved the Generation Game.

He was a talented jazz musician and although his jokes were terrible his appearance on HIGNFY made me laugh.

He had a good innings.

I have never liked his public persona at all ( I have no idea what he was like in private of course.)
He did have quite a few talents, especially dancing, and years ago was very popular on gameshows, something which is not so easy as it looks I bet.

Any room behind the sofa ? save a little space for me I didn't know him so didnt dislike him personally but I found him like most celebrities so blooming egotistical and frankly annoying I think the celebration on BBC was way over the top
People who do wonderful things die every day without a mention I also think someone who's got to 89 (or more if a previous poster is correct) had a rich and totally blest life don't need all the tears and horror 'Brucie is dead' it's normal to die and to die at 89 with your loving family around you is a huge blessing

What were his political views then I m intrigued ? also what the heck is HIGNFY.?

Have I got News for you , the programme that made his comeback

He supported the Conservative Party.

I think he got a lot of coverage because many people of different generations will have memories of him. He has been around since the 1950s and was pivotal in shows like the London Palladium and the Generation Game, which whole families watched together and which attracted huge audiences. Younger generations will have seen him in programmes like HIGNFY and Strictly. I think it was quite an achievement for a man in his 80's to continue in show business though I agree it was time for him to leave Strictly.

Of course, dying is normal, especially at an advanced age, but just because someone is very old it doesn't mean that nobody cares when they die - thank goodness for that.

Oh blimey there's a big difference between not caring and not wanting to watch all the ott stuff, the adoration, the end,ess going over and over
It seemed he had a very caring family so that's all that matters surely

Why on earth does it matter which party he supported? I had no idea he was involved in any way. (Not like some of the leftie lovies who lend their name to their cause. Give me a while and I'll come up with some names apart from Izzard).
To me he was a wonderful all-round entertainer, quite unique in his field. Some of the comments on here strike me as really spiteful and seems to call out to today's thread about why are we always moaning. As others have said he has been around since our childhood, he is (was) a connection to times past when our little family would watch him together on The Palladium, Generation Game and so many other programmes.. Just because he was 89 years old it does not make his passing any easier for his family and friends. (That is an amazing age to me, we don't generally make it to old bones). Rest easy Bruce, thank you so much for all the laughter and memories.

A great entertainer who didn't have to use bad language to be popular - other 'comedians' should take note!

Alima I simply said that I did not like his politics and someone asked me what his politics were.

If you read what I said, I was saying that although I personally didn't like his politics, I admired his talent and stamina and had fond memories - as many people have - of some of the programmes he hosted.

Incidentally, celebrities who support Labour are often referred to derisively, e.g. as "lefty lovies", and yet no such labels are given to those supporting the Conservatives, such as Andrew Lloyd Weber, Alan Sugar, Jim Davidson, Katy Hopkins, Peter Stringfellow, Vinnie Jones, et al. I wonder why that is.

The Conservatives? surely not! thats him out of the window!!
He was certainly an accomplished showman, and his dancing was on a par with Fred Astair who was his inspiration as a young boy, truly astonishing.

Of course it's terribly sad when someone dies but, at 89, it's hardly a surprise surely? I agree with OP-when you consider what's going on in the world, his death should not be first item or, indeed, be such a long item on the news. A prog followed which covered his life.

There are programmes about lots of "celebrities" when they die. There's just been one about Glen Campbell which was enjoyed by many. It isn't obligatory to watch these tributes.

Of course, more news should be devoted to really important issues but that's a different issue. As someone said recently, there has been more air time given to "Love Island" than to the plight of civilians caught up in the fighting in Yemen. In fact Yemen seems to be something the media is studiously avoiding.

I didn't know about his politics which means that he did not make a big issue out of it, unlike some celebrities, for which I will admire him.

He was talented and an entertainer of the old school, whether one liked him or not and, as far as we know, a very nice and decent man - unlike many who have been found to have had unsavoury tendencies.