Sir Patrick Moore has died.

[i4ni]

RIP Sir Patrick x
::'C

[apepi]

May he rest in peace

He was also in Dr Who too.

I knew I saw him somewhere...

[LiiLoSNK]

And a die-hard racist

God rest is soul!

[Deleted]

He was also a demon xylophone player. RIP

[BloodyAngel12]

This

[Darsithis]

So unfortunate, but at least he got to choose his end (more or less), allowed to go home and finish out his days there.

[Tekkommo]

Sir Patrick Moore is now officially a legend.

For anyone wondering who he is, he presented a tv show called The Sky at Night, even this year, it's still a great show.

[Ryme]

Quintessentially British, I hope he was proud of his life.

[Spl4sh3r]

Whilst rather more low-key, Patrick Moore was to Astronomy what David Attenborough is to Nature on television; just to give people who don't know an idea of how sorely he will be missed.

Also he was Gamesmaster and gave the UK its first taste of e-sports.

Not sure that helped for me, don't know who either of them are. But Rest in Peace anyway.

[Kerath]

What a shame - RIP Sir Patrick.

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Also he was Gamesmaster and gave the UK its first taste of e-sports.

Nostalgia overload! Used to watch that show a lot with my older brother.

[Deleted]

What a shame - RIP Sir Patrick.

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Nostalgia overload! Used to watch that show a lot with my older brother.

Yup.awww to be 12 again....

[Orby]

Guy was a legend who looked beyond the stars. Now he rests amongst them.

RIP Patrick Moore

Also loved him as the Games Master in the early 90's. also used to watch The Sky at Night with my mum and dad as a kid. I got a telescope for my birthday that year although I never took it up as a serious hobby, (my telescope is gathering dust somewhere) I have alot to thank him for.

[Deadite]

Sad news indeed. He was a legend on British telly. I never missed The Sky at Night when i was a nipper.

The show had the same permanent presenter, Sir Patrick Moore, from its first airing on 24 April 1957 until his death on 9 December 2012, making it the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history.

[Deleted]

I have never heard of this guy, but rest in peace.

[LolretKJ]

Did some research as I to, had not heard of this man. The astronomy community will be missing one of it's finest.

[Talokami]

I am immensely tickled he named his cat Ptolemy.

Rest well, sir. You will be missed.

[smokii]

RIP gamesmaster

in all seriousness, i thought he was a legend, he was still presenting the sky at night at 89 years old, purely because he loves astronomy that much. i think i actually watched the most recent episode and it's hard to believe it's the last time i'll see him, makes me sad.

it's a shame, he was a lovely old man and will be greatly missed by the astronomical society.