You’ll have seen her though (Pink Panther, Once Upon A Time In The West …) and that’s more important.
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Actress known for ‘Once Upon a Time in the West’, ‘Girl With a Suitcase’, and ‘Pink Panther’.
Beautiful lady, beautiful person.
And enjoyed a spot of motor racing. 
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Danny Thompson?
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I’d Bet Stirling isn’t too far away … little bugger … 
Quite the career
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That is sad, he was such a talent
I heard Danny Thompson tell of his wild years with John Martyn.
At one point ‘Live At Leeds’ was going to be called ‘Ringside Seat’ and someone thought it would be a good idea if they got John and Danny down to the Thomas a Becket club in the Old Kent Road for a photo opportunity. They kitted them out with shorts and gloves and the started what Danny thought it was going to be a photo shoot until Martyn thumped him.
It then turned into a brawl as they both knocked seven bells out of each other.
The Album title became ‘Live At Leeds’ and the photos were never used
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Were they both pissed?
Found this and thought of you
Fly fishing may not be your thing though, sorry it is a bit long!
Off the stage they became great friends, sharing a mutual passion for fishing and living life to the full! Danny told me about one particular fishing trip, “We were driving from Exeter to Bristol, just the two of us on the road, and he said, “I fancy doing a bit of fishing”. So we pulled into this village and we found this fishing shop. Now I know nothing about fishing. And there was this unbelievable rod, which means nothing to me, a rods a rod. So we both go into this shop, and he starts saying to this bloke, “I want that rod, and this, and that”. And the bloke says, “Sorry it’s not for sale”. He took an immediate dislike to us because he thought we were ‘oiks’. So John says, “You think I’m not a genuine fisherman or something! That is a so and so rod. If you like I’ll tie you a Spring Mayfly!” And there and then he picks some dust up off the floor and makes this fly for the bloke in the shop, and then starts talking about stuff that means absolutely nothing to me. And the bloke is absolutely stunned. He ended up getting the rod out of the window, flogging it to him, cash. John bought the gear said “Where’s the nearest bit of fishing round here?” The bloke says, “There’s this lake, go and see the Bailiff, his name’s so and so”. So we went up to this place and I thought right I’ll just sit here and watch him do this pathetic activity. So John started fishing, doing all this fly stuff. So I sat on the riverbank and said, “That’s so easy”, John turned round and said “You what!” “It’s so easy, all it is is timing, all it is is rhythm. It’s so easy”. He said, “Do you think you could do it?” I went charging down the riverbank and said “give us it here” he said “careful son, you don’t know what you’re doing”. I said, “Just give me the rod!” I dragged it off him and he said, “Now be careful” and I said “just go away!” I cast and the fly went rip, and it got stuck right in my cheek. So there I am, standing there holding this rod with this fishing line stuck in my cheek. Now I thought nothing much about it and said “John, get it out of me” and he said “I can’t! because what you’re supposed to do is to push the hook through, cut the barb off and then take it out, and I haven’t got any tools with me” So I said “just pull it out”, and he said “It’ll take half your face off” So I said “I can’t drive with it sticking out of me face like this” He said “You’ll have to do it” So I thought right, and I went like that, but I knew I couldn’t, as I knew when it was going to happen but if John did it, then I wouldn’t. So I said “I’ll just look at that blackbird sitting up in that tree, and you do it when I’m not thinking about it” So of course I didn’t have to say anymore to John, he went “alright”. BANG! And I went “there you go, brilliant”. He said “No, the hook’s still in your face”. He broke the line and broke the top of the hook off. The he said “you’ll be alright, it’ll just get into your blood stream, go round your body get to your heart and you’ll die in about two years and you won’t know anything about it”. The hooks still in there, when it gets cold you can see a blue hook in my cheek!”
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Haha. Absolute nutters!
Geniuses at work
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Had no idea he was a great athlete
A year later he set a new British 100m record of 10.2 seconds - beating a young OJ Simpson in the process. The record stood until 1972.
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Fuck, it’s relentless
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Sad, I’m guessing “long illness” is dementia 
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John Lodge…
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