[HN Gopher] Murray Walker has died
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Murray Walker has died
Author : jeroenbourgois
Score : 42 points
Date : 2021-03-14 19:26 UTC (3 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.bbc.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.bbc.com)
| kinlan wrote:
| I can't find it, but I have a memory of him commentating "The
| race order is 1, 2, 3, 4" - it made me laugh at the time... I
| could be completely making it up, but I smile and think of Murray
| every time.
| jeroenbourgois wrote:
| I was just a bit too young to hear him in action a lot but boy,
| did I hear his voice often in F1 1997 on PS one. Afterwards while
| watching various reruns of 90's F1 races his voice often lit up
| the scenery. So enthusiastic, brilliant.
|
| Anything can happen in Formula One, and it usually does... Sadly
| here the inevitable also happened.
|
| Thanks for the legendary game voice samples and a lot more. You
| were part of my F1 childhood as much as Schumacher was, alongside
| Martin Brundle.
| klelatti wrote:
| This BBC piece obliquely refers to Walker serving in a tank
| regiment during WWII.
|
| In fact trained at Sandhurst, commanded a Sherman tank as a
| Captain with the Royal Scots Greys (in the 4th Black Rats
| Armoured Brigade) in the Battle of the Reichswald under
| Montgomery. Later Eisenhower said this "was some of the fiercest
| fighting of the whole war".
| JdeBP wrote:
| Also he was the creator of that Opal Fruits jingle, according
| to Wikipedia. I've never imagined it in Murray Walker's voice
| until today.
| klelatti wrote:
| It's a great jingle. Also Opal Fruits such a great name
| compared to Starburst.
| monkey_monkey wrote:
| It's unclear if he came up with the slogan or the melody and
| the slogan, but this is the jingle, in case people want to
| know.
|
| https://youtu.be/bu8e84vJoH8?t=22
| LaserDiscMan wrote:
| Classic Walker from the James Hunt days:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khA67-r5lSQ
| seaman1921 wrote:
| Don't know who the guy is but for future reference, this kind of
| HN headline sounds much better than 'XYZ has died'
| dang wrote:
| Sorry, but the convention is the opposite here, and I've
| switched from "passed away" to "has died" now.
|
| Generally we try to avoid euphemisms in HN titles. I understand
| that tastes and conventions vary widely, though, especially
| with such an international community. It's impossible to work
| the same way, or to work well, for everyone.
| maxwelldone wrote:
| Here's a gem from the time when Murray commentated on snooker
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-oAsDCGNA
| mellosouls wrote:
| "A collection of Murrayisms" - couple of funny mistakes and
| examples of his engaging passionate commentary.
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnXDEw3gqhk
| w0mbat wrote:
| According to Wikipedia, when he worked in advertising he wrote
| the slogan "Opal Fruits, made to make your mouth water.".
| kinlan wrote:
| I heard he also came up with "A mars a day helps you work rest
| and play"
| gushie wrote:
| He didn't come up with that one (he wished he did), he just
| worked on the Mars account at the time
| kinlan wrote:
| Ah right. Well, I wished he did too with the amount of
| people I've told over the years :D
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