Celebrity Gossip

[lizann]

Naomi Campbell has been banned from being a charity trustee after a watchdog investigation uncovered widespread evidence of financial misconduct at the poverty relief charity she founded.

The supermodel was disqualified for five years after a Charity Commission inquiry found that Fashion for Relief passed on only a small fraction of the millions of pounds it raised from star-studded celebrity fashion events to good causes.

The charity inappropriately spent tens of thousands of pounds on luxury hotel rooms, flights, spa treatments, personal security and cigarettes for Campbell, while unauthorised consultancy payments running into hundreds of thousands of pounds were made to one of Campbell?s fellow trustees, the commission said.

It found that over a five-year period from 2016, Fashion for Relief raised just under ?4.8m from a series of fashion shows but paid out only ?389,000 in grants to partner charities once the cost of events and other expenses were accounted for.

[Perdita]

RIP Kris Kristofferson, passed away aged 88 I remember him singing with Barbra Streisand.

[lizann]

RIP Kris Kristofferson, passed away aged 88 I remember him singing with Barbra Streisand.

fantastic singer songwriter, sunday morning coming down is just poetic and haunting

rest in peace kris

[lizann]

One Direction Liam Payne has died aged 31 from a hotel balcony fall

[lizann]

Olympic legend Sir Chris Hoy says he has terminal cancer and "two to four years" to live.

Sir Chris, 48, revealed earlier this year he was being treated for an unspecified type of cancer and was "optimistic, positive and surrounded by love".

However, the former track cyclist announced in an interview with The Times that his cancer - which was diagnosed as prostate cancer - was terminal - and that he had "known this for over a year".

In the interview, he said: "As unnatural as it feels, this is nature.

"You know, we were all born and we all die, and this is just part of the process.

[Perdita]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletic...s/c36pn5d7eydo

Geoff Capes, Britain's Strongest Man has died, used to love watching him in the competions... and admired how he then bred budgerias after retiring from sport... RIP Geoff

[johntrevor]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletic...s/c36pn5d7eydo

Geoff Capes, Britain's Strongest Man has died, used to love watching him in the competions... and admired how he then bred budgerias after retiring from sport... RIP Geoff

Without doubt one of the finest competitores of all time in Strong Man competitions.
RIP Geoff you were the greatest of gentle giants.

[Perdita]

Another legend--- John Peel RIP ((

[Perdita]

https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...-producer-dies

Very talented and far sighted man, RIP

[Perdita]

https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eas...hy-west-death/

Timothy West has passed, aged 90.
EastEnders star Timothy West has died at the age of 90.

The news was confirmed in a joint statement from his children ? Juliet, Samuel and Joseph West ? who revealed that their father "died peacefully in his sleep" yesterday evening (November 12).

"After a long and extraordinary life on and off the stage, our darling father Timothy West died peacefully in his sleep yesterday evening. He was 90 years old," their statement read.

"Tim was with friends and family at the end. He leaves his wife Prunella Scales, to whom he was married for 61 years, a sister, a daughter, two sons, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. All of us will miss him terribly.

"We would like to thank the incredible NHS staff at St George's Hospital, Tooting and at Avery Wandsworth for their loving care during his last days."

With a decades-long career, West performed in a variety of roles on stage and screen.

TV fans may recognize him from his role as Jeremy Lister on Gentleman Jack, as well as his brief stint playing Eric Babbage on Coronation Street in 2013. The actor was cast in EastEnders as Stan Carter the following year.

Stan passed away in 2015 after a battle with prostate cancer, a storyline that Prostate Cancer UK praised for helping to "break down one of the biggest taboos around men's health".

Speaking about his time on EastEnders after his final scenes aired, West revealed that he loved working with Danny Dyer.

"Oh he's lovely," he said at the time. "I mean he swears like a trooper, but of course, we don't swear on EastEnders so he could be doing all the 'f' and 'c' words and then go (on set and say), 'Oh, goodness me, that's a mess, what have you been doing here?'"


RIP Timothy x