Stella Rimington (1935 – 2025) “I still thought the essence of the cold war and spies and stuff was fun.  You know, going around listening to people’s telephones and opening their mail.” ~ Stella Rimington Stella Rimington, a former Director of MI5, and prolific crime novelist, died last Sunday, at the age of 90.  The […]

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Ozzy Osbourne (1948 – 2025) “It’s crazy that anyone would think I’d be in league with the devil, because I’m terrified of all sorts of shit.  I’m very superstitious.  I have to try not to be, otherwise I wouldn’t leave the house.” ~ Ozzy Osbourne Ozzy Osbourne, the godfather of heavy metal, frontman of Black […]

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Fauja Singh (1911 – 2025) “The first 20 miles are not difficult. As for last six miles, I run while talking to God.” ~ Fauja Singh Fauja Singh, a British Indian marathon runner, died last Monday aged 114.  I was interested to investigate his birth chart.  The problem is, he did not have a birth […]

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Norman Tebbit (1931 – 2025) “I grew up in the 1930s with an unemployed father.  He didn’t riot.  He got on his bike and looked for work and he kept looking until he found it.” ~ Norman Tebbit Norman Tebbit, the often unpopular right hand man of Margaret Thatcher died this week, aged 94.  He […]

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Pope Francis (1936 – 2025) “What is built on the basis of force, and not on the truth about the equal dignity of every human being, begins badly and will end badly.” ~ Pope Francis Pope Francis died last Monday at 7.35 a.m., Rome, aged 88, from double pneumonia and a stroke.  He had been […]

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Jean Marsh (1934 – 2025) Actress and writer Jean Marsh passed away last Sunday at the age of 90.  She was in a way a pioneer of the dramatic genre concerning those upstairs and those downstairs, the haves and the have nots.  And the works she created with her co-writer Eileen Atkins had mileage, they […]

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Richard Chamberlain (1934 – 2025) “His mini-series were luxury liners and time machines, whisking audiences to other lands and ages in a way that workaday series couldn’t.” ~ James Poniewozik, The New York Times It was announced last week that actor Richard Chamberlain, romantic lead par excellence, who embodied that role in a bygone age, […]

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Jack Vettriano (1951 – 2025) “I have what I want and that is the support of the public and that means far more to me than the approval of a bunch of well-educated art buffs” ~ Jack Vettriano It was reported this week that the controversial and self-taught artist Jack Vettriano died at his home […]

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Roberta Flack (1937 – 2025) “What I consider myself is a soulful singer, in that I try to sing with all the feeling that I have in my body and my mind.” ~ Roberta Flack The soul singer Roberta Flack died this week, at the age of 88.  There was something about her voice I […]

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Marianne Faithfull (1946 – 2025) “When I was at school at Leighton Park…She was the most beautiful girl any of us had met and had the charisma of a superstar.” ~ Robin Denselow Staying with the 1960s, after last week’s Dylan blog, I am writing about Marianne Faithfull who passed away aged 80 peacefully this […]

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