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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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. 

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    Sad news about Lorrae Desmond. I always liked her in A Country Practice.

     

    I had my eye on her purely down to age (though she seemed spritely on her 90th birthday) and was considering her for next year.

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    I wasn't much of a Bay City Rollers fan (I was 2/3 at their height), though used to watch Shang-A-Lang religiously, and I was always a Derek fan (yes, I know, a bit problematic...) this is really, really sad news and yet another piece of childhood gone.

     

    "Died suddenly" sounds like a heart attack to me. Anyway, RIP.

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    On 11/04/2021 at 20:39, RoverAndOut said:

     

     

    On the Duchess of Kent, there's this from the Express last year gossiping about how she's claimed to have both the Epstein-Barr Virus and Coeliac Disease but also claimed she's got "no history of ill health". No analysis, expert opinions or anything like that. Just a short article stirring the shit, as one would expect of the Express. But there we have it.

     

    The last time I saw the Duchess of Kent was when Jana Novotna died. She looked frail but well. Admittedly this is now over three years ago so her health may have deteriorated since.

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    2 hours ago, YouOnlyDieOnce said:

     

    Absolutely! A great day to hand out thousands of £200 fines without having to travel very far. This overzealous lot need easy pickings to bolster their Xmas party fund and bonuses.

     

    I don't care how shameless they are, they wouldn't dare. It would look appalling for both the Met and the government. Being heavy handed at a murdered woman's vigil was bad enough and rightly garnered a lot of ill feeling, but they couldn't get away with such action with this.

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    As tends to be the case with generations, The Queen at 94 seems as spritely as the Queen Mum (Gawd Bless 'Er) was at 80, and has had fewer fish bone mishaps too. To beat her mum she's got another eight years to go which, given it's nearly 10 years since the Olympics and that was like *yesterday*, will fly by. A sobering thought. 

     

    The last thing the UK needs at the moment is for her to go too. Long may she reign and all that!

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    23 minutes ago, Kenny said:

     

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    And then spread the deadly bat virus around the world which will result in his planned state funeral being cancelled!

     

    Reminds me of the Kitty quote: "And what has China ever given the world? Can you really respect a nation that's never taken to cutlery?"

     

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    1 hour ago, RoverAndOut said:

    I'm presuming there's been discussion in the past year, and particularly early this year since he went into hospital, about what the procedures will be if he dies during lockdown restrictions. I'm assuming there's a plan in place about crowds, lying in state plans, state funerals, who'll be at the funeral, how they'll get there, and so on. It'll all come out in due course.

     

    Absolutely. Unlike Diana, his death has not come out of the blue. For those of us who like the minutiae of such things it'll be interesting to see what happens.

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  22. Posted

    Cripes! Sad if not unexpected news. Genuinely sorry for The Queen. 

     

    State funeral I presume? And with lockdown ending I guess there'll be crowds. Actually, I can see people gathering round Buckingham Palace now - would the police really threaten to arrest them on such an occasion?

     

    And good to see the DL servers have not crashed this time - they did when Thatcher died,

     

    EDIT - FFS, just noticed I didn't have him in my DDP. Still, not many points...

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    On 01/03/2021 at 21:22, Sean said:

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9312873/Danniella-Westbrook-brands-ex-Brian-Harvey-coke-freak-accuses-murderer.html Daniella Westbrook and Brian Harvey have had spat over the internet.Both looking like shit.Seems like Brian is having a breakdown and Daniella looks not exactly on the wagon.

     

    "Seems" like Brian's having a breakdown? He's been a bit, umm, odd for a while - conspiracy stuff, all the stuff Danniella Westbrook is calling him out over. 

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    9 hours ago, Phantom said:

    I lived in London up until 17 years ago, had a few BIT albums and saw them a couple of times. Having moved to Minneapolis in 2004, they're probably more known in the US. Their popularity rose when grunge came about. They did a reunion gig a few years ago and a friend's daughter's band opened for them.  But to answer your question. if you're in to that style of music, they'll be known to you. 

     

    Babes In Toyland were big in alternative and indie circles in the early/mid 90s and toured extensively in the UK. I expect Kat will get an obit in somewhere like The Guardian, especially due to her links to Courtney Love (who famously nicked her style).

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  25. Posted

    On 23/02/2021 at 21:08, Phantom said:

    She's currently in a hospice here in Minneapolis

     

    I'd heard she was in a hospice. Sounds pretty grave to put it mildly.

     

    Met Lori (and the rest of the band) numerous times back in the day, Lori in particular was always super nice. I've got loads of old photos - I'll dig some out when the time comes.

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