@markusabsent Just wanted to share Josette's, Mark's wife, post in case anyone missed the announcement of Mark's passing.
Congratulations to @APalm and @DotCom Your questions were chosen for tonight's Ask Greg!
Watch out @apalm. New competition @DotCom.
@APalm Who's the oldest celebrity that you were ever attracted to?
@DotCom Were you a jock or a nerd in high school?
I was there with my daughter Reagan...it was a great evening and just one we will never forget... being there versus watching on TV is no comparison...would like to hear about your memories you personally saw with a family member, friend, or whoever...
I still get goose bumps when I watch this clip....ENJOY!!!
Good moaning everybody.
Something "out of interest" just to keep my hand in, since I'm too morphine-addled to make much sense of anything resembling news.
I came across the front page below, from the 8th of July, 1937, while looking for something else, and immediately thought there was something very iffy about the "Catholic priest" in the photo.
So, in I plunged to the story of Count Barry Shafto Leopold De Feld, Duke of Grundenberg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, and - apparently - lord of many other places.
(Count Barry?)
And his lovely new wife, author and publishing house founder Doreen Lucy Smith, alumni of the prestigious Clifton High School, neice of a Cardinal, now styling herself "Countess". Who looks to be a lot older than 25 year-old Count Barry, though this former "nun" claimed to be only 32.
A quick search through the British Newspaper Archive threw up that on the day before their photographs appeared in the best-selling national Daily Mirror, the Count and Countess had it away on their toes, turning up at a hotel in Truro, Cornwall, ...
