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a kennedy

(29,661 posts) Fri Aug 24, 2018, 12:14 PM Aug 2018

Robin Leach has died......76 years old

https://www.cnn.com

I watched the lifestyles of the rich and famous.

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Robin Leach has died......76 years old (Original Post) a kennedy Aug 2018 OP

I can hear his voice now. Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #1

ok... no tears here lapfog_1 Aug 2018 #2

Crap......sorry to hear this......he is a pig. a kennedy Aug 2018 #7

Champagne dreams and caviar wishes... ADX Aug 2018 #3

Screw that guy, he gave us people like Donald Trump! RockRaven Aug 2018 #4

Yeah... that's been my thought all along... This idolizing of wealth, sans morals, was propagated hlthe2b Aug 2018 #8

I feel the same way. 😠 n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Aug 2018 #10

I always wanted him to do "Lifestyles of the Broke and Lonely". ret5hd Aug 2018 #5

He was only in his early 40s when the show was at its peak?! John Fante Aug 2018 #6

Lifestyles of the rich and famous was how I first learned about Donald Trump Zing Zing Zingbah Aug 2018 #9

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)

1. I can hear his voice now.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 12:18 PM

Aug 2018

Rest in peace Lord Leach.

lapfog_1

(29,204 posts)

2. ok... no tears here

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 12:19 PM

Aug 2018

My girlfriend was sexually harassed by him in NYC (long before the #metoo movement)

sorry, shouldn't speak ill of the dead I suppose.

a kennedy

(29,661 posts)

7. Crap......sorry to hear this......he is a pig.

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 12:46 PM

Aug 2018

ADX

(1,622 posts)

3. Champagne dreams and caviar wishes...

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 12:22 PM

Aug 2018

...Rest in peace, Mr. Leach; thanks for the memories...

RockRaven

(14,967 posts)

4. Screw that guy, he gave us people like Donald Trump!

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 12:24 PM

Aug 2018

Famous for being rich, no other redeeming value, but now they're in the pop-culture and news milieu and everybody either has to pretend they matter or seem out of touch.... nope, nope, nope.

hlthe2b

(102,276 posts)

8. Yeah... that's been my thought all along... This idolizing of wealth, sans morals, was propagated

Reply to RockRaven (Reply #4)

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 12:50 PM

Aug 2018

by shows like his.

Zing Zing Zingbah

(6,496 posts)

10. I feel the same way. 😠 n/t

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #8)

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 02:09 PM

Aug 2018

ret5hd

(20,491 posts)

5. I always wanted him to do "Lifestyles of the Broke and Lonely".

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 12:33 PM

Aug 2018

I'd have been a star!!!

John Fante

(3,479 posts)

6. He was only in his early 40s when the show was at its peak?!

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 12:42 PM

Aug 2018

Well dang. I thought he was pushing 60. RIP

Zing Zing Zingbah

(6,496 posts)

9. Lifestyles of the rich and famous was how I first learned about Donald Trump

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 02:08 PM

Aug 2018

as a kid. I knew I didn't like him even then.

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