Profumo affair's Mandy Rice-Davies dies aged 70
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11303060/Profumo-affair-Mandy-Rice-Davies-dies-aged-70.html
Mandy Rice-Davies of the Profumo Affair has died of cancer.
Mandy Rice-Davies of the Profumo Affair has died of cancer.
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Well, you would say that, wouldn't you?
I wasn't even born in 1963, but the next year.
I'm sorry for her dying in such a way, but the scandal happened 51 years ago. It's old news, in terms of the event.
Thousands of people will die of cancer this year and in all following years, until they find a cure.
She was one of the leading figures in a huge government scandal. Of course it's news.
So what would you suggest we do?
Got to say that posts like this after anyone in the public eye dies really piss me off. There really is no need. It's of interest to people when the famous or slightly famous die. The words over, it and get come to mind, though I wouldn't stoop so low as to say them. ;-)
A famous face has died. It's news.
Very good. Channelling Mandy's immortal quote about the denial of an affair (an immoral quote?) with her by Sam Cam's step-grandfather,
I'm not really sure that's the accepted way of measuring newsworthiness.
Indeed. Christine Keeler is unrecognisable from the glamorous woman she was in 1963.
Picture of her in 2013 in the article here
I agree we should definitely have a cut off point for talking about old news, 25 yrs anyone? That should rule out all the threads on Moon Landing conspiracies, who killed JFK not to mention WW1 and the coronation.
Whether she may or may not have led an untarnished life style - nevertheless its sad to hear of her demise
That didn't go well did it? What is your cut off point in history for something being called newsworthy?
The only court statement of that period that comes close to showing the gap between the have and have nots was that made by the prosecutor in the Lady Chatterley case who said "Is this a book you would want your wife and servants to read"
So if the cause of her death hadn't been mentioned would you not have complained?
Not really too bad for 71 actually. If she covered up her arms, fixed her hair and cheered up she would look quite presentable.
I always liked Mandy, she was very attractive in a tarty sort of way, better than Christine Keeler. She has been attributed with that saying, but I'm sure it was around long before she uttered it.?
Indeed. Does/did this person refuse to study history in school if it was about events before he/she was born?
Not bad if she'd been a plain jane at 21, and overweight, but a massive contrast from the woman she once was. Some people are still recognisable as the person they were, albeit older looking. She isn't.
Actually it is, she was involved in one of the biggest political scandals this country has known ( sure they are plenty we don't know about ) so on that basis it is news .
R.I.P. Mandy.
This is a wind up, surely?
If not, this has to be one of the most narcissistic posts I think i've ever seen here.
This was one of the biggest scandals in the history of UK politics, Just because the event didn't happen in your lifetime, it's not newsworthy?