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^ RIP James Garner - I loved him as Jim Rockford
TV, stage and movie actress Dora Bryan has passed away.
The star, whose TV roles included Ros Utterthwaite in Last of the Summer Wine and June Whitfield's on-screen friend Dolly in Absolutely Fabulous, was 91.
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Dora Bryan
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Bryan also appeared in films such as A Taste of Honey, The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery and Apartment Zero.
She was awarded an OBE for services to drama in 1996.
Bryan's manager David Hill has paid his respects to her via Twitter, saying: "As her agent / manager, but above all her friend, I'm so sad to announce that #DoraBryan has died today. A legend, an icon & a true star!"
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Dora Bryan in Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore
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Dora Bryan in Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore
The actress died at a nursing home in Hove today (July 23), with her sons Daniel and William Lawton telling The Argus: "It was heartbreaking but it was peaceful. She just left us.
"She was a tiny woman but her constitution was incredible. She loved being on stage, that's what she wanted. Not only did she do it, but she was good at it.
"She was a star, and a mum."
RIP Dora
Former Radio 1 presenter Mike Smith has died in hospital at the age of 59.
The broadcaster and qualified helicopter pilot had complications connected to recent major heart surgery.
He was married to fellow television personality Sarah Greene for 25 years.
In a statement released through Smith's aerial filming company Flying TV, Ms Greene said she would "like to offer enormous thanks to the staff at the hospital for their care and compassion".
The statement said Ms Greene has asked that she, her family and friends be allowed to mourn in peace.
A Flying TV spokesman said: "Mike founded Flying TV ten years ago and the company says his legacy will be FTV continuing to go from strength to strength."
Smith's career began at hospital radio before joining BBC Radio 1 in 1975.
In 1983, Smith took over the weekday lunchtime show and took on the Breakfast Show in 1986, succeeding Mike Read.
Paying tribute, Read said: "The news is just devastating. Sarah and Mike were a wonderful couple - it is truly horrible to hear."
"He became a mainstay of Radio 1, was highly successful on television too, and started up his own business which he was very good at.
"Mike was a very affable guy, fantastically business-like. It's a real loss and has come as quite a shock."
Smith was a key figure in the early years of Comic Relief but largely stayed away from the limelight after a helicopter crash in 1988 in which both he and his then-girlfriend Ms Greene were injured.
The helicopter he was piloting crashed in Gloucestershire. Ms Greene broke both legs and an arm, and Smith suffered a broken back and ankle.
He proposed to her just weeks later and they were married the following year.
They were childless and lived in London.
RIP
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have got married in France.
A spokesman for the couple confirmed that they tied the knot on Saturday (August 23) at a private ceremony attended by family and friends.
Jolie and Pitt confirmed their engagement back in April 2012, but never publicly announced their wedding date.
The couple tied the knot in a small ceremony at Chateau Miraval in the French village of Correns, which the couple have rented since 2008, according to Sky News.
Jolie's eldest sons, Maddox and Pax, walked her down the aisle, while Zahara and Vivienne threw petals. Shiloh and Knox were given the role of ring bearers.
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Pax, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Zahara, Shiloh. Knox, Maddox, Angelina Jolie at Maleficent premiere LA
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The couple's children were heavily involved in the ceremony
Pitt and Jolie recently obtained a marriage licence from a judge in California, who is though to have travelled to France to conduct the ceremony.
The newlyweds have reportedly travelled to Malta to shoot scenes for their new film By The Sea, which sees them play husband and wife. Jolie wrote the screenplay, and is also directing the drama.
Joan Rivers has died, RIP Joan
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I remember her on This Morning a couple of years ago when she swore and Phillip and Holly nearly had heart attacks - I liked her sense of humour :lol:
Former Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley, has died aged 88.
Baroness Eileen Paisley said her husband died on Friday morning and the family was heartbroken.
Mr Paisley moved from a political "never man" to Northern Ireland's first minister.
He ended up leading a power-sharing executive at Stormont - although he had supported the strike to bring one down 30 years earlier.
In her statement, Baroness Paisley said: "Although ours is the grand hope of reunion, naturally as a family, we are heartbroken," she said.
"We loved him and he adored us and our earthly lives are forever changed."
Baroness Paisley said that his funeral would be private.
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Singer and songwriter Lynsey de Paul has died at the age of 64, following a suspected brain haemorrhage.
De Paul, who represented the UK in the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Rock Bottom, had five top 20 UK chart hits, including 1972's Sugar Me.
She became the first woman to win an Ivor Novello award for songwriting.
"Although she was small in stature, she was very big in positive personality," said her agent Michael Joyce. "She was always so positive about everything."
"Sad news of Lynsey De Paul, beautiful and talented singer/songwriter," tweeted actor John Challis, best known as Boycie in Only Fools and Horses. "Storm in a Teacup, one of my favourite songs."
Broadcaster and writer Gyles Brandeth called de Paul "gifted, funny, sparky, charming". "A lovely talent & person," he wrote on Twitter.
Her sense of humour informed her close friendship with Spike Milligan, who reportedly nicknamed the diminutive star 'Looney De Small'.
De Paul, who broke into the music scene in 1971, followed up her Sugar Me hit with Getting a Drag, reaching number 18 in the charts.
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Lynsey De Paul
De Paul had a long relationship with actor James Coburn
Her 1973 hit Won't Somebody Dance With Me won her her first Ivor Novello award.
A second Ivor Novello Award followed a year later for No Honestly, which was also the theme tune to the ITV comedy of the same name, starring Pauline Collins and John Alderton.
She also wrote the theme to Esther Rantzen's BBC One series Hearts Of Gold.
Paying tribute, Rantzen, who fronted the show, called her "a renaissance woman".
"She could do everything - she could sing, she could compose, she was an immensely talented artist," she said.
"She became a huge star but she was also a loyal and generous friend. It's an absolutely tragic loss."
De Paul never married but was romantically linked to a string of well-known men including Sean Connery, Dudley Moore and Ringo Starr.
An interview with the Mail in 2007 revealed she had five offers of marriage, including one from James Coburn and another from Chas Chandler, bassist with The Animals.
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Lynsey De Paul with Mike Moran in the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest
De Paul became a popular star across Europe in the 1970s
She reached the height of her popularity in the mid-1970s, with number one hits in Switzerland, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands - although never the UK.
However, her popularity waned in the late 1970s although she continued to compose and perform, famously singing her own song at the Conservative Party conference in 1983.
She also starred in celebrity quiz shows such as Blankety Blank and more recently, reality shows including Cash in the Attic and Come Dine With Me.
In 1992, De Paul presented a documentary about women's self-defence, called Eve Fights Back, which won a Royal Television Society award.
The singer had spoken previously of her abusive childhood, and her history of violent relationships.
Her niece, Olivia Rubin, told the Times her death was "completely unexpected".
"She was a vegetarian, she didn't smoke, she didn't drink - she was amazing, in fact."
"Am in utter shock at sudden death of my friend Lynsey de Paul," echoed comedian Russell Kane, on Twitter. "We were chatting in the post office just two weeks ago. Can't believe it."