Is Roy "Pretty Boy" Shaw Dead?

panthro · 23 Jul 2012 at 18:04

Seen a few posts in other forums and something in the Daily Star, but nothing credible so far. Wikipedia has his date of death but no description given or his cause of death. Any ideas?
BTW I'm not a fan of his, merely interested if the rumours are true.
I think some people are getting his death confused with the death of Sir Roy Shaw.

panthro · 23 Jul 2012 at 18:38

SM - For someone who claims to be a Londoner I'm surprised you don't know.

https://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&gs_....,cf.osb&fp=d17f08a372a7dd5c&biw=1680&bih=857

panthro · 23 Jul 2012 at 18:49

aardvark said:
never heard of him.

Thats really interesting, would love to hear more from you!

panthro · 23 Jul 2012 at 18:54

simulatorman said:
Not everyone takes an interest in some insignificant East End lowlife. I doubt that very many people know who he is apart from maybe SUN/Mirror readers and some lowly East End folk.

You dont have to take an interest; I'd wager that more than some folk know who he is.

panthro · 23 Jul 2012 at 20:49

simulatorman said:
Maybe they do but who cares as it's really of no consequence.

Then out of interest why do you bother posting in this thread, along with all the other people that feel the need to let every thread reader know that they don't know who he is :confused:

panthro · 23 Jul 2012 at 22:12

Basher said:
Saying they don't know who he is, is perfectly valid in a discussion where you want details on if he has died.

No it isnt. If I had asked "does anyone know who Roy Shaw is", or if I had done a poll asking the same thing, then I would expect that sort of answer.

panthro · 24 Jul 2012 at 11:20

Basher said:
Yes it is. Imagine if you'd brought the conversation up in the pub and a mate had said he didn't know who he was. It's perfectly valid.

We're not in a pub though with mates; its a majority of people who don't know each other and go online to discuss specific topics or ask questions.

I don't understand why people feel the need to add nothing to a thread by posting "I don't know him".

Its like me going into the hardware forum and someone asking what benchmarking scores have people got for the newest intel chip, and me writing, "I don't know as I don't have one and have never heard of it". It adds no value at all and one cares.

panthro · 24 Jul 2012 at 12:02

atpbx said:
Is this another case of "Phil Collins"?

has someone just seen that a Roy Shaw has passed on and straight away thought of the notoriously unfamous Roy "Pretty Boy" Shaw?

Thats what I thought too, but theres people saying "I know his son" and "I've got family going to his funeral".

I think its one of these East End, hard cases dont gossip to the media situations.