Vinegar Tits

Is he actually ill?

Agreed. She makes an extremely good argument for legalising medicinal cannabis. I'd like to see her actually take it up with the law and government and properly campaign rather than writing about it for, what?, a few thousand fans (and a couple of hundred ghouls *ahem* ) - after all, she seems well enough at the moment... I'm thinking about dropping her for 2019 too, though I suspect when the end comes it will come very quickly.

I was beginning to think he was immortal. Obviously not. Farewell sir, you leave a huge gap on the Vivement Dimanche sofa.

I've read some rubbish on here in my time but slagging off 'Xanadu' takes the biscuit!

Renaud should get a UK obit as he's a very famous French singer, plus he did a song called Miss Maggie, about Thatcher, in the 80s which got a fair amount of press over here at the time. He lived in the UK for a while recently, not sure if he still does. He liked our pubs, which is why news of cirrhosis comes as no surprise whatsoever. He's had more than a few scares due to his drinking before and been told numerous times that if he doesn't stop drinking he'll die so we'll see if this latest news is any different to the usual.

I know you're right but please don't say that Grace Slick is one of my very few 'immortals', along with Debbie Harry, any member of Abba and June Whitfield, that I will never put on my list unless it's announced they are ill. Plus I'd kill to meet her; she's one of my few heroes that I've never met or seen.

WHAT?!!? Bloody hell. Shocking news. You know, rather like David Crosby, Grace is going to outlive them all, isn't she?

Gertcha! Chas Hodges dead. Bah, beaten to it. Sad news. An extremely talented man and hugely underrated as a musician. RIP.

Hmm, not sure. Other than the smoking, Weller seems to take care of himself and be in excellent health these days. He stopped drinking a number of years ago and I can't think of any publicised health scares. He's still not as cool as he thinks he is, though...

And guess who has a ticket for her Roubaix gig... It would be decidedly ironic (and, as a huge fan of both, extremely sad) if both of Michel Berger's great loves died in the same year. Apparently the tonsil tumour was found shortly after the Francofolies gig in July and has been dealt with very quickly, with the cancer caught early. It being caught and treated early won't stop the French trash mags splashing her all over the front covers with! lots! of! exclamation! marks! of! which! they! seem! particularly! fond! of! course! Véro and her team are obviously very optimistic as the Pleyel gigs in December are still scheduled to go ahead. Her malady will probably help sales of her new duets album too. Courage Véro!

The original inquest was cancelled back in April. Still not entirely convinced her death was an accident, not that the inquest states such either way. She was a troubled person and, maybe because of that, not the nicest person I've ever met to be honest (had that backed up by a number of people and journalists who spent time with her so it's not just me). A sad and shocking death nevertheless.

Only just found this out; very surprised it didn't get more coverage: Farmhouse Kitchen cook Grace Mulligan died in July aged 91. Obviously a well-known name in Yorkshire, I think by the time Grace took over presenting in 1983 Farmhouse Kitchen was syndicated across all the regions.

Livvy definitely looks a lot skinnier and more drawn than usual. Voice huskiness is no big deal as the voice tends to go a bit like that as you get older. But yes, considerably thinner than when I saw her a few years back (I had second row seats so I could see her perfectly). As she will certainly visit Melbourne on her book tour, I shall ask my sister, who will go for sure unless she's in India again, for details and photos.