Vinegar Tits

Oh that is a shame. I used to love his "Who The Hell" column in Q Magazine. I've probably led a very sheltered life, but I don't think I've ever laughed as much at an article, as I did when I read his interview/stitch up of Jerry Lee Lewis. RIP Tom. That is a real shame, though I can't imagine his massive alcoholism helped much with diabetes. One of the true greats of the David Hepworth Smash Hits/Q stable. RIP.

HMHB curse strikes again - Len Ganley no longer doing the Len Ganley Stance.

she does look like a walking (and falling) corpse in those pics it has to be said. She's looked like a corpse for at least the past 20 years, though does seem noticeably older in these pics.

Climber Alison Hargreaves died shortly after reaching the summit of K2 this day in 1995. I remember this mainly because the next week in the university pub quiz the Climbing Group chose 'K2 - Alison Hargreaves 0' as the tasteful name of their team

Jim Kerr AND Ray Davies? Yet another Chrissie Hynde connection there.

Maybe MI5 will finally get Mike Corley...

"They call me Cha Cha because I'm the best dancer at St. Bernadette's..." Frenchy: "With the worst reputation..." RIP. More childhood people going

No *tsk* 'Desperately Seeking Susan', obviously.

Peter Garrett - not the most popular of politicians. My sister thinks he's cool as a frontman but a twat as a politician. Brad Shepherd from the Hoodoo Gurus might be worth watching - bout of cancer plus had a melanoma removed in recent years.

Ken Hom, who was really big in the UK in the late 90s and nobody seems to remember shit about him these days, has apparently got the all-clear from his cancer. Good news. The late night repeats of Ken Hom’s Chinese Cookery was cult viewing for a few of us at school during our GCSEs in 1989 (though I could have sworn it was from around 1978 rather than the 1984 that Wikipedia states as it looked really dated). "Hmm, it smells really brown" became a bit of a catchphrase for a while. Smelling brown was actually a good thing in Hom parlance by the way, rather than smelling like shit...

Wife of Juan, lead role in Evita and without whom Madonna would have been good in only one film, Eva Perón, died today in 1952.

Nicholas Parsons - born 1923 so not far off 90 and yet seems as active as ever. Doesn't seem to have aged either, though even in the films he made in the 50s he looks old (well, maybe not 'old' as such but looks the same as he ever has). Of course, as with anyone getting on a bit it only takes a fall or a mild illness...

Saw Jimmy Barnes live just a couple of weeks ago at the Hop Farm festival and he seemed in fine form then, so hope it turns out to be nothing. It'll be massive news in Oz if he goes - biggest music death since Hutchence I would have thought.

Linda Christian, first ever Bond girl who died recently, was the mother of Romina Power, one half of Al Bano & Romina Power (Eurovision, Italy 1976 & 1985). In the same way Linda Christian's acting abilities were down to her looks and little else, the same can be said of her daughter and her voice [sic]... Just a nice bit of trivia there for you.

Probably in talks with Max Clifford as we speak, Amy sure knew how to pick em I bet Mr Coat-tails himself Mitch Winehouse has already been in touch with him, grieving or not.

More like Elvis? You have got to be having a laugh. While I agree she did kick off the awful 60s soul revival crap in the charts, there was never anything unique or really even that iconic about her (yes, I know, sad chavs often copy her crappy eyeliner thing). She's more a River Phoenix if anything else - showed talent, had real potential but went too soon for it to be truly realised and go down in history.

Not in the slightest. Jacko's death is up there with Diana in a OMFG/remember where you were when... way. Winehouse's death isn't even on par with Kurt Cobain - at least he was still significant and active music-wise when he killed hiself. Winehouse has been washed-up, "troubled" celebrity fodder for years rather than anything significant musically, despite the recent pathetic attempt at a comeback. Oh, FFS - she wasn't even on my Popbitch list, let alone DDP... Damn.

I don't. Doherty's made of far stronger stuff than Winehouse and is a lot more stable and able to cope. I'll be honest and say I never noticed any of her so-called 'talent'. Dreadful voice, ho hum songs (apart from Rehab, which is quite good) and a shockingly bad look. No, not a fan.

I'm actually surprised I'm surprised at this news. So: suicide, accidental OD or something else? I'm going for suicide (though probably via drugs).

Apparently his name was spelt Lucian rather than Lucien, which I always thought it was spelt. That probably explains why he was a miserable bugger when he used to ring ex-work...

Person with famous surname and downright miserable bugger when he used to ring the PA, Lucian Freud's paint has run dry.

I was wondering when we'd have a David Kelly moment... Sean Hoare, journo who was the first named journalist to allege Andy Coulson was aware of phone hacking, has been found dead.

We need someone to be our new coffin tease now that Liz T is no more. It may as well be Zsa Zsa, though personally I'd prefer someone not on my DDP list.

Dead. Confirmed by CBS.

No official confirmation that I can find as yet other than a Tweet from Lenny Henry, but composer/musician and best known as the half of Raw Sex that wasn't Rowland Rivron, Simon Brint has died.