Vinegar Tits

The glasses and facial hair probably hide the worst evidence of old rheumy eyes and jowls admittedly, and I'm not entirely convinced his hair is all his own but he is in incredibly good nick bodily. A healthy lifestyle obviously suits him.

Sad news. I always enjoyed Alfredissimo.

Other than the currently living Mary Ward, now that Renée Simonot has died, who has been the longest living person from the entertainment world (and not super niche/obscure)? I'm thinking Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira, who Simonot's daughter worked with a number of times. He made it to 106. (ignore the formatting of this post. I'm on my mobile and no idea how to fix this...)

She was never going to make old bones, but I didn't know much about her recent ailments as I unfollowed her on Twitter a few years ago. She was somebody I would have kept an eye on had her health suddenly taken a turn for the worse (which it obviously, umm, did) but otherwise wouldn't have considered her for a while.

I know she had all kinds of ailments, plus recently had a serious fall, but that's a shocker. I once had a spat with her on Twitter over an expensive jumper (don't ask...) and rarely agreed with her politically, but 34 is no age.

It was the Long Cold Winter tour, so back end of 1988 I think. Little Angels never really beat the Too Posh To Mosh mini-LP imho, though Don't Prey For Me was decent.

That's sad news. Saw Cinderella live back in the day - they were pretty good but blown away by support band Little Angels (just before they broke through).

Raffaella Carrà's funeral will be shown live on Rai 1 (VPN needed to watch in the UK) on Friday at 11am UK time. Obviously I will be tuning in for the final farewell, but celeb spotting may be limited as I know very few Italian stars, and those that I may know are 30 years older than I last saw them.

Too upset to post much at the moment. I've adored and worshipped Raffaella since I was 5. Not felt this distraught about a death since Victoria Wood

I didn't realise Rumsfeld was that old. Mind you, that makes him 70 at the start of the Iraq war, which seems about right. More like the last 20 years have gone in the blink of an eye. Obviously sad news for his family, but outside of them I'm not sure he'll be mourned.

"Stabilised" can mean anything. Fingers crossed he's alright.

If someone flops down like that and doesn't get up/move within a few seconds or start rolling around on the floor in alleged agony it's usually serious. The best you can expect is it's a reflex syncope, at worst it's a cardiac issue and CPR is undertaken... Fingers crossed for Eriksen.

This looks very grim indeed. While the cameras shouldn't be showing the CPR, I'm not sure what the broadcasters can realistically do other than show scenes from the stadium. Ah, and the BBC have cut back to the studio.

Sad news. She's fantastic in The Daemons, and always a welcome face whenever she popped up. Hope her and Margaret Rutherford aren't fighting over the Cape up there.

I have sympathy re gallstones - they're absolute swines and the pain is enough to drive anyone nuts. I look forward to reading her memoir - I expect it to be a *very* good read indeed.