Sir Patrick Moore has died...
... Aged 89 – astronomer, xylophonist and longest-running presenter of the same TV programme, The Sky at Night, which started in 1957.
Very British. To me, as a non-english person, he ranks up there with red phone boxes, Double Deckers and London Taxis.
regards
Very sad. Unique character.
That's really sad news, a one of a kind.
RIP Sir Patrick Moore
Sadly will be missed by many
RIP Sir Patrick Moore
Very sad news.
Some of my earliest memories of television were his expert commentaries of the Apollo missions.
Very British. To me, as a non-english person, he ranks up there with red phone boxes, Double Deckers and London Taxis.
regards
Mmm Double Deckers.
Very sad news.
Some of my earliest memories of television were his expert commentaries of the Apollo missions.
Wasn't quite old enough to hear those, but indeed his television programmes were a constant in my formative years (though often only because of falling asleep and waking up when they were on). Sad news.
An icon of the BBC, a very British eccentric, a very intelligent and pleasent character that I had the fortune to meet.
RIP Sir Patrick
I usually abstain from posting on obituary threads, but I was genuinely saddened by the news. Moore was an iconic figure, at least in British culture, though he had a great innings and fantastic career.
Very sad news An eccentric English Gentle man RIP
Just read/watched bbc.co.uk's obit - didn't know that NASA used Moore's Moon maps for the Apollo landings. Props 
RIP
Just heard the news. A true British treasure has passed. I have watched the Sky at Night for as long as I can remember (since the 70s) and loved his eccentricities. A great man who did so much to popularise astronomy and carved his own, very unique path through life. RIP Sir Patrick, life will be a liitle less interesting without you.
BBC tribute programme – Sir Patrick Moore: Astronomer, Broadcaster and Eccentric – on BBC1 at 22.35 tonight (except Wales, where it's on half an hour later)
A "one of a kind" that will certainly be missed, as they don't make 'em like that any more.
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