Am I right in thinking that John Sullivan used to post on TBBS?

[Fuddlemiff]

The creator of Only Fools and Horses, or an imposter? Because the BBC says he died today.

The BBC is sad to announce the death of John Sullivan OBE, creator and writer of Only Fools and Horses, after a short illness

 

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

He did post there in the early years, IIRC.

 

[whisky]

Shame we missed out on the voyager/only fools and horses crossover.

 

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

The Trek BBS - View Profile: John Sullivan

Last post, 2003: http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?p=736981#post736981

Interesting thread I found while puttering around:

Braga On Launching 'Enterprise' - The Trek BBS

 

[Fuddlemiff]

I remember not being able to figure out if it was the real one or a troll because he referred to having created Fools and Horses at every available opportunity.

 

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

I dunno. But it's interesting that the admins agreed to "delete" his account, yet the name is still on his older posts...

 

[CaptainWacky]

I remember the username, never thought it was the same guy (but he has that email address in his sig?) Weird that he was kind of crazy and paranoid (judging by that last post.) And why did he never say "lovely jubbly"? Can't have been him, surely!

(It's sad the real guy died. Why are so many celebrities dying in their sixties this week? Someone tell death we're all supposed to live longer now.)

 

[Robert "Monkey" Loggia]

I also remember him

 

[CaptainWacky]

I think he was just some guy who was trying to get LIBERTY 72 off the ground and just happened to have the same name as the British tv guy.