Tina Turner (1939 – 2023) “There’s always been an emotion in my voice because it reached back to the life I was living. Where there were tears in stage, it wasn’t Hollywood, it was real” ~ Tina Turner No prizes for guessing the subject of today’s blog (nor to guessing which stories I swerved this […]

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Len Goodman (1944 – 2023) “Seven!” ~ Len Goodman The top judge on the top show – it doesn’t get much better than that…the much loved Len Goodman passed away last week, at the age of 78.  His life seems to have been mapped out for a trajectory of dancing success in the ballroom. Birth […]

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Barry Humphries (1934 – 2023) “Both Gifted and a Gift” ~ Anthony Albanese, Australian prime minister Barry Humphries, otherwise known as his alter ego Dame Edna Everage, died yesterday at the age of 89, peacefully after complications from hip surgery. Adopted in the U.K. from his native Australia, he became a national treasure here.  We […]

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Mary Quant (1934 – 2023) “A leader of fashion but also in female entrepreneurship – a visionary who was much more than a great haircut” ~ Alexandra Shulman The swinging sixties fashion icon, Mary Quant, died this week aged 93.  She was responsible for the slick haircut, the mini-skirt (you had to have the legs), […]

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Nigel Lawson (1932 – 2023) “My golden boy” ~ Margaret Thatcher Nigel Lawson, famously a Chancellor of the Exchequer in Margaret Thatcher’s government, has died this week at the age of 91.  Many people would quarrel with his values, but  he did not care what others thought.  He was a Piscean, normally a sign that […]

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Paul O’Grady (1955 – 2023) “…funny, fearless, brave, kind and wise” ~ Lorraine Kelly The nation had many reasons to love Paul O’Grady: from those who loved to be entertained, to dog lovers, to the LGBTQI community.  He died at the age of 67 this week, unexpectedly, but peacefully. Birth Chart Paul O’Grady had the […]

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Chaim Topol (1935 – 2023) “If I were a rich man, yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum/All day long I’d biddy biddy bum/If I were a wealthy man…” ~ Tevya, Fiddler on the Roof Chaim Topol (whose name means Tree of Life in Hebrew), passed away this week at the age of 87.  […]

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Betty Boothroyd (1929 – 2023) “The passion, wit and sense of fairness she brought to politics will not be forgotten.” ~ Rishi Sunak  Betty Boothroyd, the first female Speaker of the House of Commons, died this week at the  age of 93.  An affable personality, and capable politician, she stood out as a straight talking […]

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Burt Bacharach (1928 – 2023) “Burt was clearly bound to go out on his own. He was an exceptionally talented, classically trained pianist, with very clear ideas on the musicality of songs, how they should be played, and what they should sound like. I appreciated his musical gifts.” ~ Vic Damone The legendary composer Burt […]

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Paco  Rabanne (1934 – 2023) “I have always had the impression of being a time accelerator, of going as far as is reasonable for one’s time and not indulge in the morbid pleasure of the known things, which I view as decay.” ~ Paco Rabanne The fashion designer Paco Rabanne died this week at the […]

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