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WEG Dies Aged 85

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http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/ ... 62,00.html

RIP WEG, you delighted thousands with your cartoons and your Grand Final Posters.
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Just seen this on the CH9 news flash while watching the cricket. What happens come Grand Final time now? :(

RIP Weg, you are a deadset legend!!!
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wow... end of an era. RIP.
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A lovely man, who I had the pleasure of meeting a few years ago. He had lots of stories to tell and a heart of gold. Deepest condolences to his family.
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Vale WEG.

Who can ever forget his most famous premiership poster? :D
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Sad news. Rip mate!
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rest in peace billy green
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Magpie_Dan wrote:Just seen this on the CH9 news flash while watching the cricket. What happens come Grand Final time now? :(

RIP Weg, you are a deadset legend!!!
I remember seeing a story on him many years ago, where they mentioned he had done a load of premiership cartoons to be used after his death. Could be a problem with GC, west sydney or Tassie though.
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Post by Kingswood »

^i bet he didn't create a single freo one...

R.I.P.

Not sure of the right way to say this, but at least he lived a long life.
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GO RUPERT 10 wrote:rest in peace billy green
Well picked up mate. Some people might not be aware that WEG stood for William Ellis Green.
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R.I.P WEG... Boy we sure are going to miss you at our next Premiership...
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Post by Dragme »

raymond35 wrote:
Magpie_Dan wrote:Just seen this on the CH9 news flash while watching the cricket. What happens come Grand Final time now? :(

RIP Weg, you are a deadset legend!!!
I remember seeing a story on him many years ago, where they mentioned he had done a load of premiership cartoons to be used after his death. Could be a problem with GC, west sydney or Tassie though.
He may have done a load of premiership cartoons for the future. But his best ones are the caricatures of captains and coaches of the teams that won the flag.

If he has done a few caricatures of mascots it really means nothing. Just add the date at the bottom of any of the old ones if thats all it is.

As a fan you want to know that the cartoon was done for your team, for their performance on the day.

RIP WEG. Unless you had a crystal ball,,, you would not know who our next premiership coach or captain would be.
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RIP Mr WEG.

Only two premiership posters for the pies, '58 & '90
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RIP WEG.

I had the pleasure of him doing a caricature of me at the ICAA conference last year, and that was on top of the one he did of me at a CPA conference in Albury over a decade a go.

A gerat semse of theatre and he signed my second one as WEG mark 11.
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