THEY say deaths come in threes, but stars are dropping like flies this year.
We've lost comedians Ernie Wise, Rod Hull, and Derek Nimmo, violin maestro Yehudi Menhuin, Street star Brian Mosley and Sixties' idol Dusty Springfield in the last few weeks, to name but a few.
It's apparently a sign of getting old when you're familiar with the ones popping off. Scary isn't it?
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