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a full, and fantastic obituary on Ali has been published here....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... Bongo.html

A wonderful piece.

I have an enormous amount of respect for Ali Bongo in general, but the mention of his attempt to mess with Geller just nailed it for me - he was and will always be a legend:

He had been taken to Geller's hotel by a Daily Mail journalist the previous day in an attempt to force Geller into "proving" his abilities before an expert. The Israeli psychic ordered him out of the building with the words: "I have no time for magicians! What do they know about my powers?"

Err... everything, Uri. And I bet you cacked yourself when you were faced with The Bongo and you didn't have any of your 'special' spoons to hand! Hahahaha!!!

The Telegraph didn't quite get it right - Ali was the inspiration for the idea of Jonathan Creek, not Adam Klaus but that's a minor detail. Great Obit, shame someone has to die before such tributes are published....

I agree why is it that someone has to be praised after they die! Although I think Paul Harris gets allot of praise. There is a few, but someone like Ali Bongo who shared a character to the world, and dazzled them all for so long.