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Surely that's 3 bits? (caution - link is to BBC Sport website; sunglasses recommended) Er...that was the second bit. Ahhh. I was obviously reading something that wasn't there re the Ginola post prior to your original post..

Surely that's 3 bits? (caution - link is to BBC Sport website; sunglasses recommended)

5-time Shuttler Janice Voss has died aged 55, succumbing to cancer yesterday.

Catalan artist Antoni Tapies has died aged 88 in Barcelona.

Ian Paisley is being treated in intensive care, for 'heart problems'.

Composer Ted Dicks died aged 83 on January 27th. He wrote this and this (amongst others) for which he deserves to be remembered (IMHO).

Film producer Zalman King, most famous for the erotic Kim Basinger/Mickey Rourke film 9 1/2 weeks has died aged 69.

Actor Ben Gazzara has died aged 81. One of those actors whose name you know because he's been in so many things, yet you struggle to remember exactly what!

The new BBC Sports frontpage. Its as bad as a 1980s Coventry City away kit.

1996 Literature Nobel Laureate Wislawa Szymborska has died peacefully aged 88.

Cardinal Bevilacqua has died. Guess he was too ill to testify.

Colin Tarrant, best known as Inspector Monroe in the long-running TV series The Bill, has died aged 59. Update: It would appear to be suicide.

Can't get the link in the UK, but GMA is carrying an interview with her, prior to her receiving a lifetime achievement award on Sunday. It doesn't give any indication of the 'doom and gloom' scenario alluded to by the Enquirer.

Interview from the Daily Mail, 9 January. Sounds familiar.

Is this Matthew Smith at all related to Martin Smith, reported by my good self a mere 3 posts above?

Former TV psychic and convicted paedophile, and partner of erstwhile DDP favourite Lianne Smith, Martin Smith, has been found dead in his cell, having hanged himself.

The wedding's off. No mention of any health problems though.

It would appear she's succeeded. She also mentions the football:

Helmut Schmidt. Why not?

Rushdie pulls out of Jaipur literary festival amid reports that Mumbai underworld figures are heading there to assassinate him.

Kids clothing chain Pumpkin Patch appoints administrators.

Like This? Carlos Pujol, Writer, editor and translator has died aged 75.

Here you go!

Siberian Hamsters surely need some nice warm clothes.

And, let me present, "Hamsters in Hats": ~ Note their campaign against fluffy bedding ~ It's important. http://www.stargazy....hamstersinhats/ So, sorry, buddy. You have been quite truly, literally and authentically compared to other freaks on the Internet (albeit in my own worrying mind). To confirm - so there can be no grey areas - I am saying that you lot are equally as scary as these fine exhibits and perfect comparitive material for the next freaky/nutty website I happen to wander into via Google's inadequacies...(and not my natural leanings because they are all borderline): "Hey, you weirdos, you'll never guess how weird you all are. You're as weird as this bunch of Celebrity Death Fans. No, really. I just hope you're still active and I'm not too late". Syd - it's a shame that I've wasted a lot of my lunch break on Godot, as I feel you're the true brains of this outfit. Thanks for your post. It would all make sense except for one thing - if you look closely enough, you can find websites that uphold all of the worthy, satirical, irreverent, aspects of death, celebrity, etc, that don't endlessly have to scrape the bottom of the barrel (possibly out of desperation, possibly just to stir - who knows?). You see, once first impressions are that dire, you stretch your credibility, push away those with a hint of conscience and then the baying mob takes over. If it only feels interesting to be here when its purile, childlike or off-topic, then that creates a doomed paradox. To be fully immersed in an activity, you have to take seriously its main principles. Anyone seeking enlightenment and something a bit big and clever - as well as inane banality -- yes, we all seek a bit of that -- will shudder at what is generally disregarded by producing a carefully considered list, sitting back, and hoping...even making it a pastime...and then gleaming with joy, anticipating the banter, because they actually died. OMG, YAY! Sorry, but for me to relax here, I'd have to feel I could wholly defend its vulgar intrinsics. This doesn't mean I couldn't otherwise (without prior imagining them dead) add to the topic of any renown individual passing away. And I do loathe a lot of celebrities...while standing in awe of many human achievements...Go humans!! Yes, I can see those sideline elements existing here; they are fine by me. And so we've come full circle...and I'm bitterly disappointed in you all. All? Even me? Well now, how can I cope with such a crushing indictment? I know, I'll ignore it. Got to say though, someone who googles 'deaths in 2011' just because they are bored, then repeatedly comes back trolling probably has more to worry about socially than I do.