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leowyatt
15-09-2009, 13:35
I just read on the BBC he's died :(
Burble
15-09-2009, 13:42
He'll be in the big red wine bottle in the sky now.
TinkerBell
15-09-2009, 14:13
No suprise that he died from a cancer that can come from drinking.
Tak
15-09-2009, 14:15
No suprise that he died from a cancer that can come from drinking.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8256260.stm

Celebrity chef Keith Floyd has died following a heart attack, aged 65.

Where did you hear it was a cancer?
Kitten
15-09-2009, 14:21
He was having treatment for bowel cancer, but that's not what killed him.
Haly
15-09-2009, 14:24
A shame regardless of what he died of :(
TinkerBell
15-09-2009, 14:27
I saw it on a website somewhere. Regardless the drinking did shorten his life.
Fayshun
15-09-2009, 14:28
As a tribute, I'm going to get drunk while cooking dinner. :(
Haly
15-09-2009, 14:30
I saw it on a website somewhere. Regardless the drinking did shorten his life.

Technically that's a tricky one to say conclusively but probably not the most appropriate of threads to discuss it :)
Will
15-09-2009, 14:51
Technically that's a tricky one to say conclusively but probably not the most appropriate of threads to discuss it :)

Indeed.





Such a shame - he was a real character, but he had disappeared from public life for a while.

I loved his honest and down to earth nature - he always told the truth, even if the food was crap, he said, "****, this isnt' very good is it?"... etc...

A wonderful man. I do enjoy the archive footage on Saturday Kitchen Live - he really was an entertaining man who in spite of not being cordon bleu or anything as pretentious as that, was just a good salt of the earth type of person who loved food and loved cooking, especially with wine ;)

RIP my dear Keith - I'll see you in that bouillabaisse in the sky some time. :)
Belmit
15-09-2009, 15:41
I remember seeing a BBQ special where he cooked fish in banana leaves the traditional way in the sand on the beach. Literally started a fire, threw the fish in and covered it up. Awesome.
Garp
15-09-2009, 17:19
I saw it on a website somewhere. Regardless the drinking did shorten his life.

I'm sorry but until you've got the coroners report in hand you can't make assumptions like that. He was also a heavy smoker, and that too can result in heart problems, along with dozens of other factors galore, from family history, or high blood pressure, through to high levels of cholesterol, or even something as simple as lack of B vitamins..

The truth is there are so many things it could have been, it's pointless fixating on one and demonising it before any real evidence is available.
TinkerBell
15-09-2009, 17:20
I was only stating an opinion. I thought this was a free place and people can speak how they thought.
Kitten
15-09-2009, 17:47
It's highly likely that his drinking didn't help, which is all I think Tink means. Even so, it's a shame, and Garp, you're right, the results of the autopsy might return something completely different!
Jonny69
15-09-2009, 19:12
Sad news. I really liked Floyd and found him very entertaining.

RIP.
Flibster
15-09-2009, 19:46
Farewell you drunken old bugger...

:(
Feek
16-09-2009, 20:50
A real shame, the picture on t'beeb site captures him perfectly.

http://ocukroguesgallery.com/feek/temp/floyd-20090916-204943.png
Kitten
16-09-2009, 21:13
I was incredibly shocked to find out yesterday that he was only 43 and the booze had 'done its damage'.

I was less shocked to find out that I'm a gullible tw@t who shouldn't believe everything people say ;D
Glaucus
19-09-2009, 14:18
he was only 43 :eek: he looked so much older. But, yeah a great character

RIP.
Haly
19-09-2009, 15:10
;D Reread what kitten said AcidHell2 ;)
Most importantly the second line :D
Glaucus
19-09-2009, 15:11
;D Reread what kitten said AcidHell2 ;)
Most importantly the second line :D

doh' I fail at internet. Well reading.
Haly
19-09-2009, 15:17
:D
Spie
31-10-2009, 01:44
A true pioneer with an infectious style. He'll be missed.