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10 Mar 2003, 07:51 (Ref:530992)
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Rest In Peace Barry.
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10 Mar 2003, 07:53 (Ref:530994)
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sad day for all motorsport fans indeed , Barry will remain a prominent figure in many of our memories.
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10 Mar 2003, 07:53 (Ref:530995)
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This is so depressing, my wife and i are devastated that he is gone and we will have a drink in his memory tonite.
For years we looked forward to his commentary as we followed the career of Mick Doohan and the insight and knowledge he had were fantastic . So many times you would hear Barry read the race and say he thought this was about to happen and 9 times out of ten he was right on the money. Condolences to his wife and children, the world has lost a very special person today. |
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10 Mar 2003, 07:54 (Ref:530996)
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My sincere condolences to his wife and children.
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10 Mar 2003, 07:54 (Ref:530997)
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My sincere condolences to his friends & family, it is truly a sad day for the world of motorsport.
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10 Mar 2003, 07:55 (Ref:530998)
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Rest In Peace Baz
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10 Mar 2003, 07:55 (Ref:530999)
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agreed Jonesy , a sad day indeed , he will live on in our memories forever and my condolences go out to his family and friends.
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In Loving memory of Peter Brock I hate it when im driving in a straight line & Seb Vettel runs into me GO THE MIGHTY HAWKS !!!!
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10 Mar 2003, 08:03 (Ref:531003)
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A man that showed no fear but alas a race he did not win.
To Barry's wife and two children our thoughts are with you.  Barry you will be sadly missed, your colourful commentry and no holds bar attitude made viewing interesting. RIP Barry. 
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10 Mar 2003, 08:11 (Ref:531007)
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RIP Barry.
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10 Mar 2003, 08:14 (Ref:531008)
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I've already posted on two other threads here, but this is shattering news. I am gonna miss Barry. My thoughts are with his family.
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10 Mar 2003, 08:16 (Ref:531010)
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I remember how good he was before he was gagged by the V8 supercar producers after the first year or two of his trademark style of commentating. His ability to say it just like it is, with no BS to the fans was IMO one of his most endearing qualities. What a sad day.
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10 Mar 2003, 08:23 (Ref:531018)
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Feel like we have lost one of our own,RIP Barry.
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10 Mar 2003, 08:33 (Ref:531025)
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This news comes at such a bad time, after losing a friend at the bemsee meeting yesterday.
Me and the wife knew Barry quite well,as he only lived down the road from us in Charlwood,We were wandering around town with my wife 9 months pregnant when we bumped into him, he was without doubt one of the most aproachable people you could meet. We chatted about bikes, shopping and other such topics and after a while the wife started to feel a bit uncomfortable so we departed. Anyway 24 hours later our son was born, and we named him "Barry" what else. Our thoughts go out to his family friends and indeed everone who knew him, a brave man ,saddly missed. |
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10 Mar 2003, 08:33 (Ref:531026)
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I was lucky enough to meet Barry on numerous occasions as he lived only a couple of miles away in Charlwood. He was a very genuine guy and could often be seen sitting in the car reading comics while Steph did the shopping. On visits to his home he always took the time to chat, the most memorable was a christmas eve when we chatted over coffee about his truck racing, and watched his beautiful wife stuffing the turkey.
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10 Mar 2003, 08:38 (Ref:531028)
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Barry Sheene Passes Away
I do not take joy in being the bearer of bad news, but I just heard on SBS World Sport that Barry Sheene has passed away. He will be sorely missed. My condolences to his family, friends and the racing community.
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10 Mar 2003, 08:46 (Ref:531031)
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ah no! there goes a legend - always a happy chappy with a brilliant sense of humour, a great competitor and a knowledgeable commentator.
As someone else noted here, this could be the reason that gerhard Berger has chucked it in, to spend more time with his family. Berger and Sheen were close friends. Sheen knew and was liked by the whole paddock, not only in F1, but the touring cars and his beloved bikes. Ciao BS |
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10 Mar 2003, 08:49 (Ref:531033)
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We knew it was coming, but it doesn't remotely make it easier to bear.
I saw him regularly at Goodwood, where he raced vintage Nortons with every bit of the tiger spirit of his heyday. Even as late as last September, he won a race, and the crowd gave him a standing ovation. They already knew what he was fighting. The sight of Barry and Wayne Gardner congratulating one another and "high-five"-ing on the cooling lap will stay with me forever. God bless you, Barry. |
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10 Mar 2003, 08:49 (Ref:531034)
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OMG that was so quick
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10 Mar 2003, 08:54 (Ref:531038)
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Sad news indeed.
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10 Mar 2003, 08:56 (Ref:531042)
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just heard this myself.......terrible news !..I watched Barry race a Norton at Goodwood revival few 3 years ago........and he just thrashed them all......in the end , he was slowing down on the main straight so they could all catch up again , and then he blew them all away again....
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10 Mar 2003, 08:56 (Ref:531043)
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10 Mar 2003, 08:58 (Ref:531044)
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I'm old enough to remember him at the time.
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10 Mar 2003, 09:10 (Ref:531053)
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Bye Barry.
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Very Sad News Baz will be missed for his Unique Commentary and Antics on and off the track. A gentleman a Comedian and a Damn Good Bloke . My Memories of Baz in the Hotel Foyer at Darwin in 2002 will at least put a smile on the dial at such a sad time. I hope they have a national Holiday in respect of him and his contribution to Australia as a Sports Person, Ambassador and Personality. RIP Baz We Miss You. |
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(From ninemsncom.au)
Bike champ Barry Sheene dies He was a carefree Cockney who could fling a growling, bucking motorbike around with more panache and abandon than anyone. In the rugged, bone-cracking world of grand prix motorcycle racing, Barry Sheene was a happy-go-lucky hero without ego or pretension. Sheene, who passed away on the Gold Coast on Monday after a battle with stomach and throat cancer, was British by birth but Australian by nature. To help his arthritis the 51-year-old traded in the grey skies of England for the golden coastline of Queensland in the early 1990s. His two world 500cc championship titles in 1976-77 were testament to an innate talent while his frequent trips to the hospital pointed to reckless bravery. As if to relieve the pressure of teetering on that fine line between staying ahead and staying alive, Sheene enjoyed life to the full off the track as a fun-loving spirit. With fellow party-seeker, the ex-Ferrari Formula One driver Gerhard Berger, he represented the last remnants of the fast-lane lifestyle epitomised by the former F1 champion James Hunt. Barry Sheene smoked, he drank, he arrived at racetracks in white limousines with a model on each arm. He seemed, at least in his early days, to expose himself to as much danger off the track as he did on it. For Sheene, the monotonous existence of diet, exercise and abstinence - now virtually compulsory among grand prix racers - was not for him. Nor were generic comments. His language was as spicy as his life and he took pride in getting to the point right away. Born in London in 1950, Sheene became interested in motor bikes at the age of five when his father Frank built him his first bike. He was a professional racer by 1968 and in the following two years collected the British 750cc title. Apart from his two world 500cc championships, Sheene had, from 1975-82 won more international 500cc and 750cc grand prix titles than any other rider. He was to lose out to American Kenny Roberts in 1978 and 1979, when he fell out of favour with Suzuki. He struggled as a privateer in 1980 before winning a works ride with Yamaha in 1981 and 1982. At practice for the 1982 British GP at Silverstone Sheene was lucky to escape with his life after ploughing into a stranded Yamaha on the track at 160mph. He was to return to racing but by that stage his body was a network of nuts and bolts and factory teams would not take a risk with him. His colourful lifestyle and distinctive accent attracted television to motor cycle racing as he was sought out for commercials and appearances on prime-time programs. Sheene had appeared at Covent Garden in the opera Tosca with Maria Callas and worked regularly on the popular UK ITV Network show `Just Amazing'. He was awarded an MBE for his contribution to motorsport in 1978. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/Sport/story_46561.asp |
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