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Actress Terri Dwyer speaks of her skin cancer diagnosis. Seems to be recovering well, but, well, the story tells all. http://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/celebrity-news/terri-dwyer-reveals-terrifying-secret-6574498

Thanks RG, devastated he's gone so relatively young.

Good news! Glad all is well and hoping a full recovery is made. On a side note, got news myself yesterday that one of my friends died of leukaemia. Only in his 40s. Thought he was on the mend.

Dead. A hit for People I Think Might Die in 2013 United. and Tony Benns death reduces the number to 7.More importantly it leaves only Denis Healey and Roy Mason as the only 2 living members of Harold Wilsons 1964-1970 cabinet And now Denis Healey has died, the numbers dwindle.

King of Thailand. I'm going for a win this time.

Deathray votes for Denis Healey outright. Wow, big hit.

Wow, RIP Denis.

Willie Akins, St Louis based saxophonist (what are they putting in the reeds, these days? They're all dying), 76. http://stljazznotes.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/willie-akins-1939-2015.html Willie's Blues (performed at a benefit for him only last month): https://youtu.be/ergkMFsKsyc

Again? Dare I ask how many times you have read the HP books? 4 times all of them. Going to start re-reading my Robert Rankin and Markus Heitz collections though, I foresee some toilet time now I'm eating more roughage.

Too young to appreciate them, but I was just singing this number the other day! Meet Me On The Corner: https://youtu.be/MYPBF4s8m_Y Is that because it's being used as the theme for Boy Meets Girl? Had to look that up, Handy, nah, it came up in a karaoke session. Is that show worth watching?

Thought it apropos, sorry to let you down BiblioG! Just finished reading the books again, so my head space is still in HP land! Any hoo, I can only talk from personal experience. Speculation follows based on that. I've got all kinds of relationships going on (mostly platonic) with older and much younger, and we get along fine. Age was always the last thing on my mind, even if in the eyes of others it is normally the first. Plus I'm a flirt anyway. In particular, I know the gay scene is possibly the most fascist when it comes to age - "you can't go out with him, he's like - in his 40s!!!" People are attracted for any number of reasons, age difference always seems to become an issue and in this particular instance there will be a suspicion. Tom idolised his father as I understand. I honestly don't think he is looking for a replacement for his father, but perhaps his life experience means that he sees people of his own age as perhaps a little immature, and also possibly unable to handle the pressure that comes with celebrity. He is savvy enough to see break up after break up between celeb couples of a similar age, for example, and what he might be looking for is someone who can cope and give him a long term relationship. And what of the other man? Will there not have been endless discussions about going public, the obvious speculation about the age difference, Tom's admitted bisexuality, etc etc? I just feel that Tom has had to grow up quickly under the spotlight, and therefore is a little more mature than his peers in that regard, and has found a soulmate who shares his life's ambition - a settled long term relationship for life. Tis what we all might seek and never find in a lifetime. I'm happy for them, let's hope the usual media intrusion doesn't work it's Dark Arts (oops, there I go again!)

Never question LOVE.

Too young to appreciate them, but I was just singing this number the other day! Meet Me On The Corner: https://youtu.be/MYPBF4s8m_Y

Correct Guesty, seems there is a mass shooting at Umpqua Community College, Oregon in progress - far as I can tell at least ten dead.

Joe Wark, Motherwell FC, dies at 67, dementia. http://www.glasgowsouthandeastwoodextra.co.uk/sport/scottish-sport/former-long-serving-motherwell-left-back-joe-wark-passes-away-1-3904725

That will be a damn shame as she was overlooked because of the wide variety of New untested SNP blood available. Could be a gift to Corbyn though. I have read through the finding of the Discipline Tribunal on the solicitor who was struck off. Indeed, any one of the transactions in which he was involved would have justified his removal from the list of enrolled solicitors in Scotland, due to his failures in his legal duties to the appropriate mortgage lenders. However, I don't detect any actual illegal activity on the part of the MP in question from the report. No doubt the investigation will clarify some aspects of the transactions, but unless there were deliberate instructions to perpetrate some form of mortgage fraud, I think she is likely to be cleared. There is no indication that the mortgages were defaulted upon or that the lenders have suffered any form of loss. Even if separate lawyers had been used, and the position declared to the lenders, I can see that the transactions would have likely progressed (personal knowledge of how things work up here). Highly dependent on valuations of property given by surveyors at each stage, yet no indication of wrongdoing on their part? The lawyer was indeed a fool in respect of his dealings (most are, money in their account matters more than ethics, which is why I'm glad I'm out of it), but transactions like the ones in which this MP were involved with happen every day. I've no doubt two things are important here - first, the investigation will take some months and probably report just before the Scottish Parliament elections, and second, Corbyn was elected to get a quick win for Labour in Scotland next year (no coincidence he was up here today) and will be gone by 2020. Simple smear campaign. Though this is the first time I've seen Sturgeon flustered at FMQs, she normally destroys the idiots in the other parties when they ask their questions. Wider public? Won't give a stuff by 2016.

In my thoughts tonight, RG. Stay strong.

Tom Attwater, brain tumour, 32. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3254818/Tragedy-father-tirelessly-raised-500k-treat-daughter-s-cancer-dies-brain-tumour-just-32.html Only posted because 5 DDP teams wanted to cash in on his cancer.

John Guillermin should have been. He's died at 89, according to this report: https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vodkaster.com%2Fbreve%2Fle-realisateur-de-la-tour-infernale-est-mort%2F7447&edit-text=

Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud dead at 83. http://www.albawaba.com/news/breaking-saudi-prince-nawwaf-bin-abdulaziz-al-saud-dies-age-83-749008

Another dead saxophonist (my my, it's been a busy year) Phil Woods has passed at 83. http://thejazzline.com/news/2015/09/alto-sax-legend-phil-woods-has-died-at-83/ Worked with all the greats over the years, married Charlie Parker's widow, etc etc. Before I Left: https://youtu.be/Ba0I0hrkYco

Gary Lineker's mum, bless. https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/648892883991441409

Frankie Ford has reportedly passed away at 76 after a chronic illness. http://www.wwl.com/Frankie-Ford-dies-at-age-76/22014356 Sea Cruise: https://youtu.be/i5tIHtbctFQ One team has him for the DDP when a QO appears. Edit - Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3254075/Frankie-Ford-sang-Sea-Cruise-dies-age-76.html Sail Away Frankie, RIP!!!

Reportedly The Log Lady from Twin Peaks has died. Catherine Coulson was 71. http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3363454/r-i-p-catherine-coulson-twin-peaks-passes-away-at-71/ According to Variety sources, cancer. http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/catherine-coulson-log-lady-twin-peaks-dies-dead-1201604367/

Jim Meadowcroft, snooker player and commentator who most memorably commentated on the 1985 World Final, dies at 68. http://www.rossendalefreepress.co.uk/news/tributes-paid-valley-snooker-player-10151103