Vinegar Tits

I don't really have anything to add that hasn't already been said, but I'm impressed at how the DL servers are holding up so far

Just heard the news on Aussie radio. A 12-hour operation! That's quite big, isn't it? Interesting that he only found out about the cancer "quite recently" - that suggests he wasn't feeling particularly ill or anything beforehand, which maybe narrows down what kind of cancer it is.

A legend of Israeli pop for decades. Sad news.

Actually yes. They worked together a lot and, on a personal note as my sister was there, he joined the last leg of Livvy's Great Wall Of China walk for her charity (along with Didi Conn, who I'm sure I heard on the radio the other day in tears ) . My sister didn't meet ONJ as she was obviously super busy doing press, though I think did get a nod and a smile, but she did meet both Cliff and Didi Conn. My sister was also in the ONJ Wellness Centre hospital in Melbourne not so long ago (hernia op thankfully rather than cancer). Totally fan-girl squee'd out about it, took loads of photos of the entrance, walls with Livvy pics, doors with ONJ codes and kept her entrance ticket as a souvenir, not to mention asking every single person she came into contact with who worked there if they'd met Livvy - a few had; "absolutely lovely" was the overall opinion. Oh, and the food was good too! I don't think I can remember a thread where so many have expeessed such genuine sadness over a death *sniffle* I guess it's been a big death for so many of us who have grown up with her. She'll be missed.

Never heard of her but whoa! the state of her legs. More cellulite and stretch marks than mine

Not unsurprising news sadly but I'm devastated. I loved Livvy, she was so awesome. Quite possibly in terms of actual voice my favourite singer. And my sister in Melbourne won't even have woken up to the news yet RIP to one of the true greats.

Dani, French singer and actress has died aged 77. Mainly famous here in the UK for appearing in Truffaut's Antoine Doinel films Day For Night and Love On The Run. She also was supposed to be France's Eurovision entry in 1974, until Georges Pompidou rather selfishly went and died that week.

To misquote 'Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story' - THE WRONG TRUMP DIED!

He's had a few health scares in the past, and has on occasion looked decidedly frail, but he seems to have got a second wind. Not sure about another ten years but he's looking well.

Has he still got his VW campervan?

Retiring from presenting.

Virginia Wade Watch - she's just turned up in the Sue Barker tribute looking exactly as she has done for the last 30 years and most definitely not ill.

"Grave condition" Literally, probably. Other than that, seemingly no change on cardiopulmonary arrest which you can only be in for so long...

BBC World Service has been saying there are reports that Abe has cardio-something-doodah* issues, ie - possibly dead. *medical term (look, I've got Covid and been up all night)

Doesn't necessarily mean anything. Unless he was commentating (does he commentate at the moment? Not sure) then I didn't expect him to be there. He's not as 'media' as McEnroe, nor does he turn up at legends exhibition events as much as McEnroe, Borg, etc. Same for why I mentioned Graf and Sampras in my earlier post - they've both kept very low profiles since retiring. And no Graf means no Agassi, so not surprised. As I said, Virginia Wade is the big no-show. Everyone there looked in rude health, even Rod Laver looked less frail than he has done in recent years. Ann Jones in particular was positively spritely.

Yes, Martina's got Covid. Welcome fellow Covid sister (I got it on Friday ). Says she's feeling okay onTwitter. All the oldies who attended looked well. A number of the absentees are not surprising (Graf, Sampras for starters) but very interesting, and more significant for us, was that Virginia Wade was missing - though she does apparently live in the States these days, she normally wouldn't miss something like this.

Shocking news. Proper Yorkshire legend. Him and Judith Stamper were the news double act to beat all news teams. RIP.

Her June 2022 photo is even worse. I have little idea who she is as I'm not a 12-year-old Insta-freak but she may get an obit as a 'influencer' or whatever.

Sad news. I saw her with The B-52's when she filled in for Cindy Wilson during her sabbatical; she surprisingly fitted in really well and looked like she was having the time of her life. RIP.

Anyway, sad news, though there is a small part of me counting the months on my fingers and thinking - purely for deadpooling reasons - that it's inconvenient it isn't eight months as that would lead us into January 2023. Sadly even six months is probably optimistic. My dad died of oesophageal cancer so I'm not making light of it. It's a horrible way to go and thoughts are with him, friends and family and the wider footballing community.

Which of the two Andy Gorams is ill? (Sorry, old old joke)

Cathal Coughlan, mainstay of Microdisney and the Fatima Mansions, has died after "a long illness". https://www.rte.ie/culture/2022/0523/1300682-singer-cathal-coughlan-dies-aged-61/

I find her as funny as cold dirty dishwater but I wish her no ill. It's the "now" in the comment that makes me wonder if she's had some very recent bad news. Of course, she may have just posted it in a moment of self-pity, which is fair enough and understandable.

Janey Godley posted this on Twitter a couple of hours ago. Sounds like she's been told her cancer is terminal to me. "The constant fear of waking up in anxiety, the horrible knowledge that cancer will be a part of my life until I die now is overwhelming, I accept I must be brave but is bravery simply being alive and pushing down all the fears to get through the next hour? I’m scared"

Mike Peters of The Alarm has severe pneumonia Not good as he already lives with chronic leukaemia and his immune system has taken a battering in the past.