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He died of debility and decline. That's like something off a Victorian death certificate. Just seems odd to be evasive about the actual illness, given that he was a doctor himself and they go into such detail about his specialisations.

Well, that's intriguing. Wonder what was wrong with him.

Surely Herman Wouk Is Not Still Alive (referring to the Stephen King story)

Sad to hear that, YW. I expect you have already done your mourning, but it is still sad and shocking when the day comes.

Oh, you sweet summer child .....

I hadn't forgotten about this. Had a few ideas but they all fell down somewhere. Still mulling it over.

Looking quite lively at a family wedding https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48320261 Video at 00.45

Watch it, sonny. But you forget I'm a country girl. Have you never heard of a roll in the hay?

At that age we could only dream of having a car to fuck in the back of, and if we had, burning it would have been counter-productive.

Isn't that Young Mr Grace from Are You Being Served?

For some time now the BBC news page has been becoming more like a low-rent magazine.

Oh, why?

I'll go JP de C again.

Unfortunate word order there.

So the Stephen King story passes into history ....