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As the headlines switch from Prince Harry to Freddie Starr I thought... now there's two completely contrasting individuals with nothing in common. Well, if you don't count wearing a Nazi uniform.

She was a journalist with the Daily Record here for a number of years, I remember her well. Highly dispiriting to see the BBC put that to one side to do the "cancer mum" angle. Her actual career gets 1 throwaway mention. Soapbox...

Not sure I'd bracket Starr with Manning and Davidson. Starr was from a music background initially, so was exposed to a wider circle of people and he was clever not to push the rather blatant narrow "comedy" of the latter two. Interestingly, if you watch episodes of things like The Two Ronnies (oh how beloved they were!) from the early 1970s, the open sexism and racism would take your breath away today. Times were different, really different.

"Slash activist" - what, she actively promoted appreciation of the guy that fronts Snakepit? Now that's devotion

Fourth. Eric Bristow died last year. Elaine Lordan is another potential candidate for next death.

The account was started a month ago, her husbands name was publicly known, and it mentions the wifes death as an aside in a middle of anti-Tory rants? Bit weird. And she was a pretty big face in the 90s - Londons Burning was huge. One to watch. Or get bored in mid-August and ask Cat to track down the details.

Starr was never a A++ celebrity though, he wasn't Bruce Forsythe or Ronnie Corbett. He was in the "reduced to reality TV in later years" fame bracket with Chegwin and Davro.

Given how high-profile he once was I'm surprised how low profile the reports are. Main item on BBC Entertainment page at the moment but didn't hear it in the radio news headlines. Bit harsh IMHO https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment_and_arts

When a Starr dies it goes into a black hole

Josie Lawrence grew up only a couple of streets away from where I live. She used to come back regularly until her mum passed away a few years ago. She's a Brummie through and through She used to go in my uncles shop and had turned on the Xmas lights one year in my town

Still watching Question Time, but caught sight of this. I will say that by the time I was seeing Freddie Starr in the 1970s, he was already old hat. His impressions were out of date and his jokes were a bit grating even for the time. I will also say, however that he was a master of slapstick, and should have concentrated on that. Very much marmite cult. In any event, an institution, so RIP.

He is stable now. But we knew and we know his time is limited. Still he is giving the Reaper a good run for his money. Hope your father gets better.

I don’t want this important obit lost in our good friends from the UK etc. 1970s ‘Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom’ was as much a staple of American television as there was. Everyone watched it. Along with the occasional Jacques Cousteau special, it was our introduction to many of our animal friends that roam this big blue marble with us. So.... Marlin Perkins (the main presenter) and Jim Fowler were pervasive in our culture if you are 45 or older. It was always a bit of schtick that Marlin would to the voiceover commentating and Jim would be the guy on film always dealing with the dangerous animal. Like he was the patsy lol. My Yank friends and I are having great craic remembering the end of the era (Perkins died many years ago). Many comments all like this: “I'm surprised he lived this long being that Marlin Perkins would narrate all the dangerous stuff he sent Jim in to do... "Notice while I sent Jim to look in the mouth of the live, angry crocodile with an absessed tooth..." “While Jim wrestles the caiman, let’s hear a word from Mutual of Omaha....” RIP Mr Fowler SirC

If the oak's before the ash, then be ready for a splash If the ash before the oak, then be ready for a soak Or summat like that. I noticed a week or two back that the oaks were coming into leaf, but not the ash trees.

Lawdy. Winnie Jordan Richard Green Karol Modzelewski Liz Howe John Singleton.

Opened up about "writhing pain" and wearing a wig at times due to hair loss: https://www.google.com/amp/s/people.com/health/alex-trebek-cancer-pain-during-jeopardy-filming/amp/