Joost van der Westhuizen - one of only a handful of South African rugby players I could name. Brilliant scrum half, had the world at his feet. So sad to get that terrible illness. RIP
Alan Simpson of Galton and Simpson - simply brilliant British humour from two working class lads - "A pint? Have you gone raving mad? I mean, I came here in all good faith, to help my country. I don't mind giving a reasonable amount, but a pint? Why, that's very nearly an armful." RIP
Tara Palmer Tomkinson - Privileged, talented, wealthy, well connected and once beautiful - but indulgent and perhaps a tortured soul. What a waste. RIP