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branie2

May he rest in peace

Cazale

Shocking news. RIP.

threetrees

I'm shocked too. It was obvious he was in pain or something was wrong as he was so stooped over, however I thought he was looking a bit better in recent episodes. He's young too, 47, poor man. May he rest in peace.

That's Charlie and Robbie they'll have to write out suddenly.

Strazdas

Oh no, that's shocking news

The poor guy did not look well this year.....you could tell there was something not right with him

walshb

Tragic!

Andy From Sligo

So shocked to hearing about him passing away. I liked his character in that very much. And when I see him stooped in the shop looking at the magazine's I was commenting to the family he looked like he was in a bad way. 47 was it? So young .

donkeykong5

jos28 wrote: »

Announced by RTE news but I can't find anything else online

It's in independent .ie. very sad. RIP karl.

Strazdas

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

So shocked to hearing about him passing away. I liked his character in that very much. And when I see him stooped in the shop looking at the magazine's I was commenting to the family he looked like he was in a bad way. 47 was it? So young .

I assumed he was having bad posture / back problems or something, but it looks like he must have been ill instead. 47 is shockingly young.

123balltv

Really sad news RIP Karl.

JP Liz V1

RIP, only 47 thought he was older

Pretty shocked to hear this on radio just now. I really hope they write his character out with a bit of tact and don't just suddenly send Robbie on a holiday never to be seen again.

branie2

Deleted User wrote: »

Pretty shocked to hear this on radio just now. I really hope they write his character out with a bit of tact and don't just suddenly send Robbie on a holiday never to be seen again.

And a good exit story for Charlie as well

jos28

Talking about him on Ray D'Arcy at the moment

Strazdas

They're discussing Karl on Ray D'Arcy now with a couple of guests

Producer says the Robbie episodes will go ahead as planned this week and next and will not be pulled

LordBasil

It's difficult to write a good exit story for a character if the actor dies suddenly as opposed to if someone decides to leave the writers can plan and the actor can film scenes.

For Charlie, they'll probably have Cass or Bela find him dead in bed, similar to what happened when Pat Leavy (Hannah Finnegan, Rita's Mother) died in 2003.

For Robbie, they might have him disappear suddenly and either have his body found in the mountains or Carol being informed that he died while abroad.

Very sad and totally not the storylines the producers thought they would have to write in the run up to the 30th anniversary

glenfieldman

Just watched last nights episode, his mother’s words to him “ son you don’t look well “ seems a bit profectic now
And a nice piece as the credits rolled

RIP Karl

Scorpion Sting

Shocked to hear of Karl's passing. 47 is no age to die. I haven't been watching Fair City much this year but I saw last night's episode and Karl didn't look in the best of health.

My thoughts are with his family and friends and the Fair City cast who must be devastated right now.

JP Liz V1

Did Nora ever talk about Robbie's father, could he have half siblings?

Wanderer2010

Very sad news, what happened to him? The website mentioned no illness.

freshpopcorn

R.I.P Karl.

Poir guy didn't look great with a while.

Outlaw Pete

RIP, a user posted the following in the thread about nine months or so back:

Defaulter1831 wrote: »

A work colleague took her mam to St. James hospital, Dublin today. The colleague watches Fair City and bumped into Karl Shiels aka Robbie.

She said he looked worse than on tv. His face looked terrible, he was slouched and shuffling along. She felt he was quite ill, which is sad. When she said he looked worse than on tv I felt he must be ill.

Trafficked is a good film if anyone hasn't seen it.

Flippyfloppy

So sad RIP

Pretzill

Ah sorry to hear this - he didn't look well on screen the last few months. Only 47. RIP

picturehangup

Really upset to hear this. A fine actor. RIP.

branie2

Joe Hanley (Hughie) was talking about Karl on the Ray Darcy show this afternoon.

Fiolina

Another article here -

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7249039/Peaky-Blinders-actor-Karl-Sheils-dies-aged-47.html?fbclid=IwAR19R1DAS7YHwATGOlQqdNIGeVaUBpIH5jlnRMd7II-9l8V1F8flXUUe5Bg

Strazdas

picturehangup wrote: »

Really upset to hear this. A fine actor. RIP.

Listening to Ray D'Arcy and the contributors were saying he was well respected in the industry. He had done a lot of film and theatre work and was no mere 'soap actor'.

not yet

Met him many times, He was a very intense, powerful presence, but a softie underneath it all. He helped my kid a few years back getting into acting and was a go to person for a lot of young actors.Worked tirelessly for small Irish theatre. A big strong handshake and no bollox about him.

RIP Karl, you'll be missed by many, many people.

So sorry to hear this, I liked Robbie (Karl).
He certainly didn’t look well in the last year and many people here commented on that . I wonder when he went to Kosovo recently as a security man was he unwell and trying to get his health back on track. He was far to young to die.

Sad times, recently we’ve lost Charlie from FC, but also Brendan Grace , Noel Whelan, Arthur Ryan (Penney’s) Fergal Quinn (Superquinn) . Also two men in my circle of friends died this week, one age 55, one 59. You never know the day or the hour. It makes you want to get out there and live your life to the fullest.

RobertKK

Very sad news and so young.

I thought he was a lot older.

fin12

Galwayguy35

RIP Karl.

Very sad on his wife and family, 47 is way too young to pass away.

mr_edge_to_you

May he rest in peace.

He was a great actor. Not something you could say about many in Fair City. Certainly on screen, he didn't look well at all over the last few months.

monkey9

I was extremely shocked to hear this news earlier. One thing losing Tom Jordan who was in the 80s, but 47 is a shockingly young age.

He really didn't look well at all in the recent episodes. His posture wasn't great, but in one of the episodes last week there was something very strange looking about his face. It looked kind of swollen and plastic as if he'd had surgery or something. His eyes were very red as well.

dublinman1990

I heard about Karl Shiels death on the 6.1 news this evening. I was very shocked to hear about it today. I didn't realize that he was very ill.

R.I.P.

Sephiroth_dude

Shocked by the passing of Karl, he was too good for fair city, RIP.

Sephiroth_dude

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

Shocked to hear of Karl's passing. 47 is no age to die. I haven't been watching Fair City much this year but I saw last night's episode and Karl didn't look in the best of health.

My thoughts are with his family and friends and the Fair City cast who must be devastated right now.

He hasn't look well for a while now, since last year I'd say.

JP Liz V1

Is that Keith's brother on Eastenders?

Sephiroth_dude

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Is that Keith's brother on Eastenders?

He was the original owner of the station, fin was his name.

Max Headroom

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Shocked by the passing of Karl, he was too good for fair city, RIP.

Gutted....I thought too he didn't look well lately...

R.I.P

fin12

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/0715/1062199-in-pictures-karl-shiels-fair-city-timeline/

JP Liz V1

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

He was the original owner of the station, fin was his name.

Yes Finn was the name, I think that was him on Eastenders tonight

Sephiroth_dude

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Yes Finn was the name, I think that was him on Eastenders tonight

It was indeed him!

fin12

Robbie arrived in Carrigstown in 2014, it actually feels like he was in the soap a lot longer. He was in some really good storylines, I still think the wedding episode when he bate the sh*te out of Trigger Foley was a great episode.

Any of the scenes where he was also getting roughed up by gangsters were always entertaining aswell

mr_edge_to_you

fin12 wrote: »

Robbie arrived in Carrigstown in 2014, it actually feels like he was in the soap a lot longer. He was in some really good storylines, I still think the wedding episode when he bate the sh*te out of Trigger Foley was a great episode.

Any of the scenes where he was also getting roughed up by gangsters were always entertaining aswell

Or any scene where he was angry or lost his temper.

JP Liz V1

With the Nora storyline and the upcoming Carol Vs. Fiona, Robbie would probably have featured a lot

fin12

mr_edge_to_you wrote: »

Or any scene where he was angry or lost his temper.

Ya they were brilliant

bassy

none of ye giving out about hes hair now,some hypocrites on here.

JP Liz V1

I always wanted Yvonne to return with Rob Jnr

fin12

bassy wrote: »

none of ye giving out about hes hair now,some hypocrites on here.

I don’t think there was anything wrong with thinking it was very funny when his hair was flopping all over the place after he was roughed up, at least it looked realistic. People might have went on about his hair but I don’t think anyone ever denied what a great actor he was.