Talk:Freddie and the Dreamers

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Contents 1 Sections and References 2 Date of birth? 3 Pic 4 Pete Birrell and Peter Birrell

[edit] Sections and References

I have added sections and references to the article. Capitalistroadster 16:51, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Date of birth?

Freddie Garrity died May 19 2006. The day of birth seems unclear. At wikipedia 14 November 1937 is given, but I found elsewhere 4th November 1940 and also 14 November 1940. Who knows the correct date? I think it is 14 November 1940. Harm Frielink 11:10, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

The obituaries in the Guardian and the Daily Telegraph say he was 69, but virtually all the other reports say 65, and I've just watched the obituary on BBC1 Northwest which prominently gave his dates as 1940-2006, so I've been bold and edited the year in article. -- Arwel (talk) 17:45, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Several obituaries I read online stated categorically that he was 69 when he died, and that he was born 14 November 1936. I can think of several other 60s and early 70s music personalities who 'subtracted' a few years from their date of birth, and only many years later did we find out that they were actually between two and six years older than we had been led to believe! - Durajohnpatrick

[edit] Pic

Inserted a better picture with close-up faces to contrast with action pic. Placed it higher up to break up the block of text, but there is no ideal position which does not leave widows/orphans. Adjusted for consistency: all titles go in italics, all quotes go in "quotation marks", just look at any reference book. Also dates link [ []], and one day soon there will be articles for every song which was a US or UK Number 1, hence linking them now saves somebody the job of backtracking and changing them later. Why don't you write the article for this one?

Can someone who knows please complete the names to the faces in the picture caption. Lumos3 09:00, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pete Birrell and Peter Birrell

I have moved here the following comment posted in the article by anon User:86.140.90.115. There seems to have been a confusion between band mamber Pete Birrell and the actor Peter Birrell who died in 2004. Lumos3 11:44, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Pete Birrel From Freddie And The Dreamers Is NOT dead as reported on this page he is alive and kicking sill in sunny Manchester, How do I know this you may be wondering? I used to be a member of Freddies band and at the funeral of Freddie I spoke to Derek Quinn who confirmed Pete was still alive though he couldn't attend Freds funeral through ill health. User:86.140.90.115.