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Genuinely surprised and saddened by this news. I thought he'd outlast SN&Y just out of sheer WTF?!!?

Breast cancer returning isn't usually a good sign. Throat cancer is a bugger but treatable if caught early - for example, French singer Véronique Sanson was diagnosed with it in 2018, had treatment and seems to have been on a never-ending tour since. All the best for Martina - she is the GOAT (I will accept no arguments) and one of the few tennis players I adore that I've never seen playing or in person.

FFS! I can believe you put *person* on and left *other person* off. What were the committee thinking, the hopeless know-nothings... Obviously I've not actually looked at it yet, just getting in early with the moaning and whinging.

I've posted on this thread before and can't be arsed doing so in full again, but Ken Effing Bates has been on my personal team since I started it

I bet he wasn't as good as when I saw Madonna there in 2012.

God doesn't approve of deadpooling, does he... *gnashes teeth and studies '2023 potentials' list once again* RIP Pope Benedict. My main memory of him is that when he spoke English he sounded like Von Smallhausen from Allo Allo.

Apparently the print edition of the Southend Echo is reporting Canvey Island's finest Wilko Johnson has terminal cancer and is refusing chemo. He did have to cancel a hometown gig back in November last year due to being taken into hospital but that's the latest on the SE website at the moment. A statement should be on Wilko's website shortly. Really sad news, but obviously one to watch depending on what sort of cancer it is.

Awful news, and much too young (yes, I know there's a pun to be had there...) The whole 2Tone/ska thing was massive at my first school so this is a huge loss

I see her neck has disappeared again... Nah, I heart Sandi - anyone who does a feature about spontaneous combusion on a kids TV programme is alright by me, so I hope she gets well soon.

Christopher Douglas has announced the death of his Ed Reardon/Dave Podmore co-writer Andrew Nickolds on Monday. Very sad news - 'Ed Reardon's Week' is one of *the* great radio comedies.

Monica Vitti is a major omission, but it's such a huge piece of work it's easy to overlook people. As well as already mentioned above (Trintignant, Perrin, Bouquet, Mugler), I'd add Jimmy Wang Yu and Atarah Ben-Tovim (OK, she's a bit obscure but for those of us of a certain age...) too. Best place to complain/make suggestions is on Twitter, and Chris acknowledges there's bound to be some biggies diie between now and the New Year so it's still a work in progress.

Awful news. She was wonderful. I used to purposely drive past her house on my way to Canterbury when she lived in Wickhambreaux. No, I never saw her out and about but her pivet hedges were immaculate. Really sad about this one. A huge death. RIP.

Very sad news. Incredible guitarist, made his technique look so easy. It wasn't. Never got to see him live - damn - but did once see him cycling down a hill in Southend town centre. He pulled a face at me It would be nice if The Railway pub (his local thst boasted his face on the sign, and also some friends filmed their 'comeback' video there) reopened in his honour and memory. RIP Wilko, legend.

Excuse me, not just any old singer but the goddess that is CHER!!!

Seeing as I'm house sitting for my lovely Dutch friend at the moment, have we mentioned the death of Father Abraham yet? (Yes yes, post your Clive Dunn emojis if someone has...). Crikey, he must only have been 42/43 when The Smurf Song came out. My condolences go out to The Smurfs, they must be devastated x

Norway 1980 entrant Mattis Hætta dead aged 63. He was the gnome-like Sami singer who wanders on stage all "yo yo yo'dy yo'dy yo yo" half-way through the song.

Flemish, not Dutch. Sad news. Baby Baby is a Eurovision classic. Those purple jumpsuits!

As a massive Duranie of over 40 years I'm deeply saddened by Andy's news. Prostate cancer is a weird one though, it may well get you in the end but people can often live for years without it being an issue. Hopefully this is just a minor, temporary blip for Andy and nothing more. Simon's quote is a bit tactless, however. I hope it wasn't meant to be - it sounds like him and the rest of the band didn't know about Andy's illness, or at least that it was Stage 4 and that it was just something said in shock and surprise.

Flautist and ever-popular mainstay of children's television in the 70s and 80s, Atarah Ben-Tovim, has sadly died according to Twiiter

I suspect the Powers-That-Be will be watching Putin/Russia *very* closely. He's not been invited to the funeral but that's no excuse for launching a nuclear attack in a fit of pique.

As I haven't had an invite to the funeral (yet!) I'm hopefully going to The Queue / lying-in-state either tomorrow or Friday. I always said I would for The Queen if possible, and the MOT today wasn't hideous so can afford to.

Has Gorby ever been seen on rollerskates or entered the Eurovision Song Contest though?

Prince, err King Charles dropping down dead unexpectedly in the next couple of weeks perhaps? Otherwise, no. Putin would be the only biggie if anyone. Not The Pope, not Madonna, not even Attenborough or McCartney. And as for Trump... pffft.

Don't think we really need to debate this for September, or 2022...

There was a bit of commotion on the BBC at around 3pm when there was audible pinging of phones and whispering (and a tummy rumble but I doubt that was related). Something happened then, not necessarily her death but perhaps news confirming she was on her way out. Anyway, after numbness at the news, I've just burst into tears. Thank you Your Majesty and God Save The King.