Nope

Kitty Carliste Hart

Nope

clue pleazzzzzz :twisted:

Maria Callas??

Chris you got it in one - your go.

Clue 1:

An author, i was born in 1948 and am still not dead!

Terry Pratchett.

:twisted: Frederick Forsyth?

Eyeore strikes again!!

Well Done mate, your go!

(For those of you wondering, Terry pratchett has a little bio on the frontispiece of all his books saying "Terry was born in 1948 adn still isn't dead"!!!!!!!)

Ok, here we go. . .
I am a famous singer songwiter. One famously long titled album of mine is considered one of the most influential to date.

David Bowie?

yup. your go.

Clue 1

I am a former well known British long distance runner who represented my country in the Olympics and was awarded the MBE in 1990

Steve Cram?

Nope

Second clue:

I am female. I am not English. I got an Olympic medal at Seoul in 1988

Liz McColgan?

Nope - right country but not the correct woman

Florence Griffith Joyner?

Nope

Scottish long distance female runner. Won an Olympic bronze medal at the Seoul Olympics

Too-Good-To-Hurry-Mints

Sonya Murray??

Nope - but halfway there

it's something murray....yvette murray???

Yvonne Murray?

Correct

I am a singer / songwriter / poet

Good lord that's vague. . .
Can I guess a lot? Ok, here we go. . .

Bob Dylan
David Gray
Lou Reed
Elliot Smith (r.i.p.)
Johnny Cash (r.i.p.)
Cat Stevens
Billy Bragg
Nic Jones
Ryan Adams
Mathew Jay (r.i.p)
PJ Harvey
Brian Wilson( 8O )?
Beck
John Lennon (r.i.p.)
Roy Orbison
Joni Mitchell
Kirsty McAll(sic)(r.i.p.)
Annie Lennox
Sheryll Crow

Right, my mind's gone blank. . .surely there's thousands more. . .

Probably are thousands more Eyeore...Anyway none of the above.
Next clue:
I am a Canadian male born in 1934

Did he sing Spirit in the Sky or some such christian song?

Nope
More clues:
He lived for a while on the Greek island of Hydra
He was ordained as a Zen monk
His latest release was Ten New Songs in 2001
....and if you haven't listened to him yet you must Mr Eeyore

Ah yes, Leonard Cohen. And yes I have listened to him. . .on countless occasions.

Correct Eeyore.
:)

Ok here we go. . .
US Singer/Songwriter famed for combining hip-hop and country. (C'mon, easy one this)

Neil McCoy?

Sherrie

Nope.

Shania

Nope, another clue, I won the best male award at the 1996 MTV Awards.

:twisted: Billy Ray Cyrus?
Garth Brooks?

Beck?

Well done Em, Beck is the answer. You go.

Clue 1
I am an Italian and the first person to have climbed the 14 highest mountains on earth. I also claim to have seen the Yeti :)

Clue2
I was the first person to climb Everest solo without extra oxygen

:twisted: Reinhold Messner?

Correct FM, glad someone got it :D
Your go

:twisted: Well,I did have to look it up,but if at first you don't succeed,cheat :mrgreen:
Aparently he made the first solo climb of Everest on my birthday in 1980.He could have come round to our place for jelly and ice cream,but he thought freezing his butt off while climbing a big hill was a more productive way of spending the day :lol: .

anyway,getting back on track,Who am I?

I'm a very famous London born comedian.In my early career I was understudy for Charlie Chaplin in Fred Karno's Mob.

yes, whats his name: Harold Lloyd?

:twisted: Fraid not Bart.

hmmm...Stan Laurel?

Possibly Will Hay

Oliver Hardy?

:twisted: You got it Bart :D .

Over to you.

I was a general in the desert
I made a very large wall
i was/am famous
I killed myself.

:twisted: Generalfeldmarshal Erwin Rommel?

!&@^^^%@# :twisted: , too easy :twisted:

Your turn Flying Mouse :)

:twisted: Easier than you think Bart :wink: .I was once in corospondence with the field marshal's son.

Ok.Who am I?

I'm a famous singer/actor born in India.My career began in the 1950s.

The great St Cliff of Richards!!!!

Cliff Richard? was he born in India?

He was bon in India under the name Harold Webb!!!!

oooh, damn, just found it on Google. too late :evil:

:twisted: You got it Chris :D .
I thought the India thing might trip most people up :lol: .

Who are you?

A famous businessman, I married in hawaii

:twisted: Richard Branson?

Alice Cooper was a wedding guest!!!

Donald Trump? (Now there's a wild stab in the dark if ever I saw one)

I am famous for my bad taste in sweaters which got to the point where it is a now a taboo subject in all interviews!

Bill Gates.

Correct Eyeore

I'm a 'rusty' singer/songwriter. This one's easy people.

What means Rusty?

Rusty could mean an orangy/red colour

Mick Hucknall?

Nope. The term rusty is not to do with colour in this case.

Nope.
Another clue, was once in a band called Buffalo Springfield. I think I've just given it away.

Neil Young/Steven Stills?

Aye Dotster, Neil Young be the answer.

I am a Author, almost all of my books have been made in to films

Agatha Christie?

Nope white

Alistair Maclean

Joanne K. Rowling

Lots of choice here-Thomas Hardy?

Or Helen Fielding?

Catherine Cookson??

I got the feelin its the other guy who wrote The Firm. What;s his name? :??:

John Grisham

Frederick Forsyth

Time for another guess- Charles Dickins?

:twisted: stephen King?
Ian Fleming?

Your correct Mousie - your go Ian Fleming

:twisted: Let's try this one.

Who am I?

I'm a famous American lawman,although I wasn't always the most law abiding person.

Wyatt Earp?

:twisted: Nope.

:twisted: Time for another clue methinks.

I was a friend of the most notorious outlaw of the old west,but that didn't stop me from killing him.Legend has it that I shot him dead in the dark while he was unarmed.I also had a book written about the hunt for him.

Jesse James

:twisted: Bloody hell, forgot all about this :oops: .
OK, one more clue, my story was told in a movie sequel.Bon Jovi performed the song for the movie.

Pat Garret

:twisted: Well done Bart :D .
Over to you.

I am a general. I am trapped in Stalingrad.

Kruchev