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Parrot man - Ted Richards
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Parrot man - Ted RichardsHaving removed his ears, had 110 tattoos, 50 piercings and a split tongue, parrot obsessive Ted Richards told The Sun of his desire to find a surgeon prepared to turn his nose into a beak in October 2015. A retired shoe factory worker, Richards commented: “I’ve done it because I want to look like my parrots as much as possible… The kids are running up to me and asking to see gory photos – they just love it”. Scary.

 

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    Evelyn McHale (1923 – 1947) – Little is known about what drove Evelyn McHale to jump from the Empire State Building and be captured in the “most beautiful suicide [photograph] ever” on 1st May 1947.

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    Evelyn McHale (1923 – 1947)

    Gabriel and Sarah A. Chrisman – Port Townsend, Washington State residents Gabriel and Sarah A. Chrisman live as if they are Victorians. They get a lot of abuse.

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    Gabriel and Sarah A. Chrisman
    Designer and tastemaker Eileen Gray (1878 – 1976, née Eileen Smith) – A pioneer of both the Art Deco style and the functionalist Modernist movement, bisexual Irish aristocrat Eileen Gray was best known for designing the Bibendum chair and the E-1027 table.

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    Eileen Gray (1878 – 1976, née Eileen Smith)
    Robert Adam – Hampshire based architect and designer Robert Adam (born 1948) followed in the steps of his namesake and has become one of the most important figures in neo-classical style.

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    Robert Adam
    True wildcard Lady Ridsdale DBE (1921 – 2009, née Victoire Bennett) – Dame Paddy Ridsdale was an intelligence operative, secretary to Ian Fleming and the inspiration for the Bond character Miss Moneypenny.

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    Lady Ridsdale DBE (1921 – 2009, née Victoire Bennett)
    Bob Marshall-Andrews QC – Barrister, former Labour MP and novelist

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    Bob Marshall-Andrews QC
    Interior designer and philanthropist Charlot Malin (1969 – 2017) –Oslo born, San Francisco based interior designer and philanthropist Charlot D. Malin worked with George Lucas and Robert Redford. She loathed microwaves.

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    Charlot Malin (1969 – 2017)
    Baba Vanga (баба Ванга, AKA ‘Nostradamus from the Balkans’, 1911 – 1996) – Blind, illiterate, psychic Macedonian villager and clairvoyant

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    Baba Vanga (баба Ванга, AKA ‘Nostradamus from the Balkans’, 1911 – 1996)
    Mr Make a Big Issue

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    Mr Make a Big Issue
    Mary Millington (marital name Mary Maxted, born Mary Quilter, 1945 – 1979)

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    Mary Millington (marital name Mary Maxted, born Mary Quilter, 1945 – 1979)
    Sir Ken Adam OBE (born Klaus Adam, 1921 – 2016)

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    Sir Ken Adam OBE (born Klaus Adam, 1921 – 2016)
    Will and Calum Thompson

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    Will and Calum Thompson (AKA “The Eat Wild Boys”)
    Arthur Woodham

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    Arthur Woodham
    Hannah Wick

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    Hannah Wick
    Daniel Lismore

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    Daniel Lismore
    Irish fugitive and world record holder John Patrick Hannan

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    John Patrick Hannan
    Max Whitlock (nicknamed “Maxi”)

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    Max Whitlock (nicknamed “Maxi”)
    Kelly Killoren Bensimon

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    Kelly Killoren Bensimon
    Lee Miller (Lady Penrose, born Elizabeth Miller, 1907 – 1977)

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    Lee Miller (Lady Penrose, born Elizabeth Miller, 1907 – 1977)
    Parrot man - Ted Richards

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    Ted Richards
    Victoria Pendleton

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    Victoria Pendleton CBE (married name Victoria Gardner)
    Christopher Mason

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    Christopher Mason
    Bonnie Lee Bakley (1956 – 2001)

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    Bonnie Lee Bakley (1956 – 2001)
    Gino D’Acampo (born Gennaro D’Acampo)

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    Gino D’Acampo

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    Gillian Clarke (1941 – 2015)
    Francesco Macera

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    Francesco Macera
    Nick Loeb

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    Nicholas Loeb
    Reverend Robert Parker (AKA “Squire Parker” and “Britain’s richest vicar”)

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    Reverend Robert Parker
    Gillian Duffy

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    Gillian Duffy
    David Hallberg

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    David Hallberg
    Ruthann Aron

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    Ruthann Aron (AKA “Ruth Aron”, née Ruthann Greenzweig)
    Lady Alice, Lady Eliza and Lady Violet Manners

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    Lady Alice, Lady Eliza and Lady Violet Manners (AKA “The No Manners Girls”)
    Topsy Taylor (born Lesley Taylor)

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    Topsy Taylor (born Lesley Taylor)
    Peter Dinklage

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    Peter Dinklage
    Olivier Sarkozy and Mary-Kate Olson

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    Olivier Sarkozy and Mary-Kate Olson
    Nina Campbell

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    Nina Campbell
    Crispin Baynes

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    Crispin Baynes
    Bill Martin

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    Bill Martin MBE (born William Wylie MacPherson)
    Henry Blofeld

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    Henry Blofeld OBE (AKA “Blowers”, “Tycoon” and “Typhoon”)
    Emma Sayle

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    Emma Sayle
    Nancy Cunard

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    Nancy Cunard (1896 – 1965)
    Elliot Bssila

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    Elliot Bssila
    Joudie Kalla

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    Joudie Kalla
    Ross O’Connell Jennings

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    Ross O’Connell Jennings
    Alexa Jago

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    Alexa Jago
    Claire Zambuni

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    Claire Zambuni
    Amanda Eliasch

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    Amanda Eliasch (née Amanda Brown)
    Charlie Anson

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    Charlie Anson
    Louis-Marie de Castelbajac

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    Count Louis-Marie de Castelbajac
    Jeremy Lloyd

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    Jeremy Lloyd OBE (1930 – 2014)
    Sandra Howard

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    Sandra Howard, Lady Howard (née Sandra Paul)
    Anne Naysmith

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    Anne Naysmith (1937 - 2015, AKA “The Rag Lady of Chiswick”)
    Claudine Longet

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    Claudine Longet
    fantasy cyclist

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    The Fantasy Cyclist

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    Sarah, Duchess of York (AKA “Fergie”, née Sarah Ferguson)

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    Fredrik Eklund

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    Sir Gerald Nabarro (AKA “Old Whiskers” and “The Abominable Showman”, 1913 – 1973)

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    Lord Bell (Tim Bell, Baron Bell of Belgravia)

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    Teresa Gorman

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    Julia Child (1912 – 2004)

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    Keith Floyd (1943 – 2009)

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    Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO (1880 – 1963)

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    Dan Bilzerian (AKA "Blitz")

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    Cognac Wellerlane

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    Thai Dang Cao (1953 – 2014)

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    Craig Brazier

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    Alejandro Flores

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    Doris Thompson

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    Gloria Minghella MBE (AKA “the Queen Mum of the Isle of Wight”, 1930 – 2014)

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    Clarissa Dickson Wright (1947 – 2014)

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    Wayne Bryson

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    Mary The Elephant (AKA ‘Murderous Mary’)

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    Fred Dibnah MBE (1938 – 2004)

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    Emeritus Professor Jane Somerville

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    Russell Brand

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    Cindy Crawford

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    Lady Camilla Bloch (born Lady Camilla Bingham)

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    Terry Deary

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    Dame Norma Major DBE

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    Jeannette Etheredge

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    Michael “Chalky” White

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    Nubar Gulbenkian (Armenian: Նուբար Սարգիս Գյուլբենկյան, 1896 – 1972)

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    Huguette Clark (1906 – 2011)

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    Viola Herms Drath (1920 – 2011)
    Ian Towning

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    Ian Towning

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    Ryan Lochte (nicknames 'Reezy' and 'The Lochtenator')

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    Jerry Hall

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    Austin 7 man

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    Martin the Poet

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    The Waitrose Clepto

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    Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (1926 – 2014)

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    Tim Tebow

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    The Most Hon the Marquess of Bath

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    Judy Joo

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    Toby Flood
    Justin Timberlake

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    Justin Timberlake

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    Jeremy Blake and Theresa Duncan (1971 – 2007 and 1966 – 2007)

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    Norman Balon

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    Bubble (2012 – 2013)

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    Dr. Vanessa Neumann

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    Martin Miller (1946 - 2013)

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    Lady Docker (Norah Docker, née Norah Turner and also Norah Callingham and Lady Collins, 1905 – 1983)

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    Beverly Cohen

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    Patricia Kluge (née Rose)

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    Charmian Brent (better known as Charmian Biggs)

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    David Nalbandian

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    April Ashley MBE (born Toni Jamieson)

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    Scott Disick

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    Andrew Embiricos (1985 – 2011)

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    Shireen Ritchie, The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Ritchie (1945 - 2012)

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    Eugene Carokis

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    Anouska Hempel (Lady Weinberg)

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    Joseph "Joey" Barton

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    Neil & Christine Hamilton

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    Iris Apfel
    Marisa Masters

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    Marisa Masters (1925 – 2016)

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