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American rock'n'roller Bobby Rydell is in a "serious condition".

Harry you can always be relied on to post the important deaths. I never knew there were books DDT. I only ever saw the telly version which could be quite racy for a four-year-old. It taught me all my social skills. I don't think I'd ever heard swearing on TV until Tag turned round to Bobtail one day and told him to fuck right off. And that was many years before Bill Grundy. Actually, reading Harry's post again, he is referring to the TV programme. I was muddled as this is the authors thread and I didn't imagine Dennis Skinner would have had a television in his early life.

Health update.

The venerable Dennis Skinner MP evidently remembers the books. He has often described the Lib/Con coalition as a "Rag, Tag and Bobtail Army". (See, for example, where he uses the term twice in his savage mauling of David Laws)

I'm not sure if she's arrogant or, strictly speaking, an academic, so this is probably the wrong thread. Anyway, I'd like to suggest the folklorist and world renowned expert on nursery rhymes Iona Opie, who will be 89 later this year. With her late husband Peter, she edited the Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, which I've just finished reading (I'd always wanted to know the story behind Little Miss Muffett, Humpty Dumpty et al). I don't have any information on Opie's health, but thought I'd mention her anyway, partly due to the fact that she has so few consonants in her name.

Meanwhile, at a California trailer park... Woman Killed By Cannonball Fired By Husband

The seemingly indestructable Steve Prescott has announced plans to:

Candye Kane, is sadly suffering from cancer again. Although widely reported to have had pancreatic cancer, she is actually suffering from neuroendocrine tumours, the same condition that afflicted Steve Jobs and DL favourite Paul Hunter.

Bradford West MP Marsha Singh is to resign his seat due to ill health. That doesn't sound very promising.

Pope Shenouda's officials have said that his health is deteriorating, but denied reports that he is close to death.

News reports today say he has between 2 to 5 years to live. Joost van der Westhuizen says that he doesn't care what anyone thinks of him anymore, following recent speculation about his private life. The next day, his estranged wife alleged that he has been having an affair with his neurologist.

Apologies for scraping the barrel, but Peter Andre's brother Andrew is seriously ill with stomach cancer.

Ahmed Ben Bella, 96, Algeria's first President, is variously reported to be "clinically dead" , "in a stable condition", or " in good health and resting at home"...

Think you might be right watching this... Incredible!! But this guy can't have long to go because accidents do happen.... Although he managed to survive too! Why he wears a crash helmet. His broken legs are a serious setback in his bid to end it all before the year's out. Oh, thats bad luck - for both of you. If you feel like a change next year, may I humbly suggest Dan "The Man" Witchalls, a base jumping addict who was the subject of a Channel 4 documentary a couple of years ago. I really don't think he'll live to claim his pension. Mrs DDT has him on her DDP team and is convinced she'll get her points before too long.

Soprano Elizabeth Connell is gravely ill, according to a recent tweet. I couldn't find any other verification, so treat with caution.

Revered American poet Mary Oliver has been "diagnosed with a very serious illness"

On this day in 2003, Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal, died of Jaagsiekte

The editor of The Sun says that he is touched by the messages of condolence on Whitney's mobile phone.

Liza Minnelli, the last survivor of this photo.

The Rt Rev. John Reginald Sperry, the former Bishop of The Arctic, has died, aged 87. His patch covered 4000000 square miles of snowy wasteland and he preached from the pulpit of the igloo shaped St Judes Cathedral.

This photo of Whitney Houston, leaving a nightclub, was taken in the early hours of Friday morning. http://www.dailymail...o=feeds-newsxml

Burnley chairman Barry Kilby has announced his retirement, having recently been diagnosed with cancer.

Link above doesn't seem to work. here's one that does though In another "Brave Last Days" exclusive, The National Enquirer (I know, I know) seem to think that Andy Williams is nearing the end.

Former Bill star Ben Richards, 39, has announced he is suffering from cancer.

6 years later.... It would seem a shame to lock this thread, I'm sure there are a few stragglers and dubious contenders who will appear and claim to have taken part in some shape or form in WW1. The oldest veteran in the world is now Józef Kowalski, 112. He fought in the Polish- Soviet War (1919-1921)