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I just read about that on the BBC site. Is a coroner something different in the USA? Here in the UK we need a doctor to pronounce death. You wouldn't call the coroner in. Or does a US coroner have to be medically qualified?

He is a pensioner isn't he? I don't think Bruce needs a pension

Agreed. They are utter shite. ...........Must......resist.....the..........urge ......to ........delete ..............thread........... No, please stop resisting. Resistance is futile

I'm quite lucky with my filthy dreams, think the last one featured Bruce Springsteen

I can dig it His little piece of turf? Sad news. I bloody love The Warriors, it's my most favouritest film.

I'd forgotten about this one. May I have my 4 points for Terry Biddlecombe please?

Now that is something that never gets old.

That's scarily ambiguous .....

Yes.

Doesn't the Grauniad occasionally run obits of nobodies people no one has ever heard of?

But what DLT is accused of seems to be little more than went on in any place of work or entertainment in the 70s and 80s. The office groper or dirty old man copping a sly feel, pinching your arse. Not nice, but tolerated by society at the time ("Just try and keep out of his way, dear"). The case should never have gone to court.

Samantha gets a Telegraph obit

How many Channel 5 viewers even remember him or the original show?? I don't know about the original show but if they remembered how to use the remote control they wouldn't be watching Channel 5. It used to have the odd interesting non-imported show but since Dirty Desmond got his mitts on it there's hardly been a single original programme on there Well someone's going to look a little stupid after reading what I just found on Wikipedia: Was Shaw Taylor in any of those?

In the trade, these people are known as Twirlies. Because, clutching their bus passes, they say to the driver "Are we too early?"

Yes, I'm aware of the etymology. There's also nothing particularly sexual about the "phile" suffix, it merely denotes someone who enjoys or loves something. As with our own 'Bibliophile' - a lover of books. The literal meaning of 'paedophile' is simply someone who loves children. I'm more of a paedophobe myself.

Oh, I dunno ..... Luise Rainer

She could have had my ticket to see Frank Turner at the O2 if I'd known. I chickened out of attempting the journey.

Your interpretation may not be inaccurate, but please don't perpetuate the incorrect use of the term "paedophile". Paedos (sic) are sexually attracted to children - prepubescent children, not 15 year old girls. I believe Mr Sedaka is an American, and the legal age of consent varies between states. So the young lady in question might even be "illegal" at 17, depending on where she resided. It has naff all to do with paedophilia, though. Thank you for your clarification and I consider myself chastised but it might be helpful if you could do something about the whole of the British press who use the term almsot indiscriminately when talking about sexual allegations about celebrities. Got to start somewhere.

Your interpretation may not be inaccurate, but please don't perpetuate the incorrect use of the term "paedophile". Paedos (sic) are sexually attracted to children - prepubescent children, not 15 year old girls. I believe Mr Sedaka is an American, and the legal age of consent varies between states. So the young lady in question might even be "illegal" at 17, depending on where she resided. It has naff all to do with paedophilia, though.

I actually agree with this. I've said it before, all notable deceased should be mentioned in the "Dead Of (year)" thread, regardless of whether they have a place in other threads. "The Dead Of ... " should be a comprehensive list.

I thought she was looking remarkably good for 97 in that photo but .... "Olivia de Havilland wearing her Hubble Medal of Initiative she received from the Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival. in 2012. She did not attend but had her picture made with her medal."

Not quite as sad a tale as that of Victor the giraffe

They might have a point. In the first flat I lived in, my bathroom had no windows, hence my extractor fan came on automatically every time you switched the light on. That in turn woke up the baby, therefore I used to pee in the dark. Turning the light on wakes me up more, so I prefer to leave it off in order to maintain my level of sleepiness so that I can sink comfortably back into slumber on my return.

Can't find anything official yet, but seeing reports that Samantha Juste has died. She was the girl who played the records on early 'Top Of The Pops' and was once married to Micky Dolenz of The Monkees. Wikipedia says she "suffered a major stroke on the night of Sunday, February 2, 2014, while asleep and never recovered, passing away on February 5, 2014."

I loved his song Dancehall Days Scrub that, I've just realised I'm thinking of the wong choon. (I'll get my coat)