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Heart attack is what I've heard so far, but I could understand the topping theory. Seriously, I hope it was a heart attack. And alcohol, underlying stress and being Scottish are all factors in other cases. He lived in Fort William - could have been the football team...

Oscar-winning costume designer Julie Harris has died aged 94 . She won the Oscar in 1966 for the film 'Darling' starring Julie Christie, and also kiited out The Beatles for 'A Hard Day's Night' and Roger Moore for 'Live & Let Die'.

Perry moved to hospice care to await the inevitable. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3102797/Top-ranking-Mormon-leader-heads-hospice-cancer-worsens.html Didn't have to wait too long.

Composer, arranger, musician Johnny Keating has died aged 87. His most famous work is the arrangement of JohnnyTodd for Z Cars. but loads of other stuff too.

Doris Hart has died aged 89. She won three Wimbledon titles on the same day in 1951, and won all the other Grand Slam tournaments during her career.

For me it's the insidious spread of the word "bathroom" instead of toilet (or any of scores of available words - lavatory, loo, WC, etc etc). "Going to the bathroom" has even become a synonym for urination or defecation, as with the child who "went to the bathroom in bed". Or "I was so scared I nearly went to the bathroom in my panties" (and she didn't mean she tiptoed along the corridor in her undies). Bit like opening the door in your pajamas. It amuses me that there are those who use the euphemism 'restroom'. I don't know anyone who ever went there for a rest!

As its FA Cup Final day, a mention for Ted Drake, who once scored seven goals for Arsenal against Aston Villa. Died 20 years ago today(aged 82), as did Bobby Stokes (aged 44), who scored the winner for Southampton against Manchester United in the '76 final.

A couple of usages of English that rile/irk/annoy me: 1) The use of the phrase 'for free' when referring to the (lack of) cost of something ("I got it for free"). As "free" in this sense means "for no charge" this translates to "I got it for for no charge". I know that this is how people speak and it is in general usage nowadays, but to me it just sounds wrong - "free of charge", "for nothing", or even just "free" work better. 2) The use of "up to" as in "up to 50% off" or "up to every 6 minutes". Its meaningless, just words to make something appear better than it is actually is.

Including a few contributors to this site!

Historically, it was "Mrs Jones' situation" but "Mrs Jones's situation" is more favoured these days. Language evolves, not always for the better. Teaching in the U.K. is abysmal; that's why we are so far down the world ratings. My nephew was never corrected in class in the use of a double negative and it was left to myself to teach him. The first time he corrected his English teacher when she used a double negative he received a detention for being 'disrespectful'. I didn't do nothing means you did something and he didn't do anything wrong. Churlish of me to point it out possibly, but that's an incorrect use of 'myself' there!

Historically, it was "Mrs Jones' situation" but "Mrs Jones's situation" is more favoured these days. Language evolves, not always for the better.

Working on mine at the moment...

I've started watching it on spike. It's a bit of a slow burner at the beginning but it's been picking up lately. The first series & a half are pretty so-so - picks up considerably as the Gus Frink storyline develops, and Aaron Paul is pretty good too.

Actually, I am just the dark part of your personality. This whole forum is all you (or me). Yes, that possibility did cross my mind. I do have a sockpuppet here, for test purposes, but I don't think all the rest of the forum members are me, so they must be you. Close, but no cigar. I'll have the cigar!

Bruce Martin, architect and designer of the K8 telephone box, the last design commissioned by the old GPO, has died aged 97

"She was released from prison two years ago, after serving nearly 30 years" so not sure how she's saved the taxpayers money. You got me--victim of my own presumptions :-(How a person on death row has anything less than life without parole I do not know. Learn something new every day. SC Perhaps if you'd read the report you'd linked to...

it was 'time added'!

Former Everton player, Swindon manager, Andy King, dies from heart attack, aged 58.

The Sun's former chief sportswriter John Sadler dies aged 74, after a short illness.

Northern Ireland first minister Peter Robinson hospitalised following suspected heart attack.

Sticking with Clive James.

She only sold 300,000 poppies in 76 years? If she had a 5-day-week and worked about 200 days each year, then that's 15200 days of work in 76 years, or about 20 poppies each day. Hmm... is it custom to buy just one of them or several at once? If the latter is the case, then that rate is indeed a bit poor... Poppies are only supposed to be sold for the two weeks leading up to remembrance Sunday.

It would appear that 73 year old BASE jumper, James Hickey (for it were he), set his parachute on fire as part of the stunt. There's online video if you'd care to look (I didn't) according to the report.

Happy Rockefeller, former 'second lady',widow of Nelson A Rockefeller. has died aged 88.

I guess the source might be Eddie's own revelation, reported by The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/little-and-large-havent-spoken-for-a-long-time-1988413.html But hard evidence? Should they wiretap to check whether they really don't speak to each other? Maybe the fact that they didn't sue the Independent for libel can be regarded as indirect evidence. Cheers, more a case of drifting apart, then. He sounds more chipper than I expected. 15 million people watched them, that is truly a mark of the lack of choice available then, eh? I mean, it's not like they keep repeating their "classic" sketches, like Morecambe and Wise, is it? Morecambe and Wise would draw over 20 million in their heyday. But then again they were actually funny. I watched perhaps a couple of episodes of Little and Large, but I fail to remember any specific sketches that they did or any of their jokes. *Steps back in amazement*