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Guess who'll be eating all the pies in the sky...

I can't believe it's our beloved Rolfie. I saw him in the early 80s when I was just a kid, at the Royal Albert Hall. He invited children onto the stage to blow his didgeridoo. Oh. Now the penny drops...

That's truly sad.

Who can tell? He's 12 years older and lung-wise is deficient to the tune of one... On another note, couldn't help but notice that the Cardinal Protodeacon who made the announcement, Jean-Louis Tauran, didn't look that well. Parkinson's, apparently. Given his high status in the Cafflick church he'll probably get a UK obit, so might be another one to watch...

Ever Deceasing Circles...

He's had one fag too many. Now dead! http://www.bbc.co.uk...t-arts-21294570 Very sad, but at least he had a Good Life... #EDIT Just seen that his death was reported in the 2013 Deaths thread, with the above one liner utilised...twice. Sorry for my apparent lack of originality, but great minds think alike etc etc... Let's try something different... I wonder if his coffin will descend into the ground in an ever decreasing circle? No, ok, it was never going to work, was it...

13/14. Not bad, but my late, great English teacher from my Colchester Royal Grammar School days would be disappointed at my failure to identify a prepositional phrase correctly. At least I know my gerunds...

Try http://news.drwho-on...31-2013%29.aspx Confirmation from The Grauniad... http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2013/feb/06/peter-gilmore

Let me guess - he used to drive him around in a big old boat...

Here it is folks... http://news.drwho-on...31-2013%29.aspx RIP Peter Gilmore. A sad loss.

Looks like the erroneous report of Mr Norden's demise was what the great man himself would call a cock up...

Wikipedia is now saying that he died on 3 February (but at the end of the article rather than in the usual place at the top). Not that that proves anything...

I thought it was "Jane plays with Willy." Which speaks for itself really...

Sad news indeed. I only ever associated John Pac with that one song, Colours of Day (a firm favourite at our Parade services), and had no idea of how involved he was with Kingsway Music and the great contribution he made to giving the newer worship songs more exposure. But...Sankey dirges? Shame on you. Some of us still enjoy singing them!

Is he really dead? Esure is! Points for me on the DDP and Wormfood Bingo.

After failing to pick any unique, erm, picks last year I've done rather well to find three this year: Roberta Cowell (Britain's first male to female transexual who is currently a 94 year old "lady"), 3-2-1 regular Eli Woods, and Joni Mitchell who is (or very possibly isn't) apparently dying of Morgellons disease. Nasty illness if it's real. If it's not, nasty imaginary illness.

Don't suppose it was captured and downloaded on to you tube? How much is "You've Been Framed" offering for such hilarity these days?

Am I the only one who read the first few words and thought "Geldof!" ?

Confirmation here Anyone know if cancer of the pancreas is a 'bad' cancer? My brother died 8 days after being diagnosed with it. Admittedly they "caught" it very late and by then it had spread to other major organs, but it's one of the really nasty ones that shows no symptoms until it's too late. Sadly, I'll be very surprised if Wilko's still here in the summer.

I'm with Mr Ringos on this one. A friend of mine is the son of an actress who appeared in some films from the 50s, 60s and 70s and died a couple of years back. I knew she was on her way (a mixture of Alzheimers & cancer) and I also knew the emotional turmoil her son went through. She would definitely have been an exclusive pick and did get a UK obit, but I just couldn't pick her.

Well, his name was just there for the sake of completeness as per Wiki's list of British male celebrities born in 1959. Which was obviously not that complete anyway as it omitted Bruno Brookes. So the arrestee may not even be on that list. Ah, I'd obviously just found a summary list, as a category search for 1959 Births brings up more names. 7801 of them in total. Hm. I think I'll just wait for the name to be released in the news...

Robert Smith has been married to his wife for nearly 25 years. They met at school as teenagers and have been together ever since. And I think they live in Surrey. Or is it Sussex. Anyway. Is this person necessarily famous? The press are suggesting that they had worked with Davidson in the past and, IIRC, they were an Entertainer. Lets be fair about this, its highly improbable that someone who had been molested 25 years ago by, say, somebody working in the BBC canteen would actually remember what they looked like, let alone their name. Celebrities are far easier to remember. Its probable that 99.99% of the people that will be arrested/charged subsequent to this investigation will be known to the general public. I would be very surprised if it was Robert Smith, or indeed most of the people on that list. Particularly the musicians. Most of them have not, to my knowledge, done anything notable with Davidson. But equally I'd be surprised if it turns out to be Bruno, who's always come across as very wholesome. He went out with Anthea Turner, for goodness' sake...

Right - I've trawled Wiki looking for famous British males born in 1959. The person might be one of the following (but I'm not saying it is because I don't want to get sued, so this is really nothing more than a list of famous 53 year olds...) Nick Griffin (another racist...) Steve McFadden (was Leslie Grantham ever officially named as the "high profile soap star" who had been questioned? If not, then maybe, but equally maybe not......) Sean Bean Robert Smith (The Cure) - what was the inspiration behind the song "Boys Don't Cry?" Ben Elton Andrew "Sisters of Mercy" Eldritch Morrissey Rupert Everett Hugh Laurie Jim "Simple Minds" Kerr Pete Burns Charles "Jim MacDonald, so it is" Lawson - another big(ish) soap name... Chris Lowe Tony Slattery Simon Cowell and Charles Kennedy Makes you think...

Well, last year was monumentally unsuccessful for me - joint 193rd for one team (4/20) and joint 322nd for t'other (3/20). Very poo-er. I think I've chosen better this year but the competition looks dangerously, erm, dangerous - some very good teams here. My picks for 2013 are..oh, just read the signature below...