Talk:Dickie Davies

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:24, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 19 February 2023

He was 94 not 89 109.152.138.60 (talk) 21:08, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

 Not done That's not what our sources say. --Orange Mike | Talk 21:25, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Dickie Davies WAS 94 at the time of death. Here is the evidence:

https://news.sky.com/story/former-world-of-sport-presenter-dickie-davies-dies-aged-94-12815555 - Sky Sports

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/feb/19/dickie-davies-world-sport-presenter-dies-94 - The Guardian

https://www.itv.com/news/2023-02-19/tributes-paid-after-brilliant-broadcaster-dickie-davies-dies-aged-94?amp - ITV

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/dickie-davies-dies-world-sport-26279414 - Manchester Evening News

Hopefully this clears it up :) Have a nice day Suo Edits (talk) 23:44, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

As "2A00 etc" says, the people reporting his death are probably just copying the age given by the notoriously unreliable tabloids(which aren't allowed to be used as sources on here), who were the first ones to report his death.

I think only one of the four sources you've put a link to would be accepted on here and that is The Guardian, who are famous for their mistakes and almost certainly got his age from said tabloids.

I think it's significant that The BBC haven't given his age as 94 and it seems unlikely "2A00 etc" would lie about his brother knowing him and his real age.

I have no intention of changing his DOB on here at the moment but I wouldn't be surprised if news outlets start to correct his age to 89 in the coming hours.

By the way, the non-tabloid, usually reliable Indepedent say he was born in 1933:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/birthdays-1373407.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/birthdays-and-anniversaries-5569617.html Ron Stowmarket (talk) 00:46, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your response. That makes sense. I didn't know ITV were so inaccurate lmao

Yeah I wondered why the BBC didn't have his age. RIP Davies Suo Edits (talk) 04:00, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

The BBC is now also reporting he was 94:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-64700358

The best matches I can find at FreeBMD are:

Births quarter to June 1928:

Richard J Davies, Mother Owen, District Birkenhead, Volume 8a, page 861

Births quarter to September 1933 (which doesn't match the reported birthday of 30th April):

Richard J Davies, Mother Phipps, District West Derby, Volume 8b, page 993 Ml66uk2 (talk) 13:14, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

@Ml66uk2 I knew it!! ITV couldn't share mis info like that Suo Edits (talk) 15:17, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

The Birkenhead record absolutely fits with all the claims: Richard John first names, born in the Wirral and in the second quarter of the year (30th of April). It is not unusual for television personalities to knock several years off their ages. I suspect the news outlets received information about his true age from his family. Muninman (talk) 09:19, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

The 1928 birth year are all articles repeating each other that started today. All older sources have the year as 1933 - but more important from my personal perspective is that my brother went to school with him (same class) and my brother was born in late 1932. 2A00:23C6:9882:6701:69A2:A0E6:28C4:4A66 (talk) 23:12, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Dickie's school

Coming from Liverpool, how did he attend Highgate GBR1961 (talk) 21:46, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Since when was the Wirral Liverpool? Cheshire / Lancs and separated by the Mersey. Also, his school is reported as Ollershaw Grammar school in Wallasey, Wirral. Muninman (talk) 09:22, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 20 February 2023

Date of death should read 18th February 2023, not 19th. HampshireBlue (talk) 11:07, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: The sources say he died on Sunday, which is Feb. 19th. RudolfRed (talk) 18:07, 20 February 2023 (UTC)