Sir Dai Llewellyn has died at 62..appropriately from cirrhosis of the liver !

www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11...life-wine-women.html

who he ? you ask quite rightly. Probably someone we should all dislike being the epitome of the irresponsible upper classes but it was impossible to !

A warm friendy, generous and extremely funny man who the ladies loved and he loved in return.
I'll never forget his mad "Deb of the Year' balls at Legends where titled ladies competed to tie a Hermes scarf or correctly open a bottle of Krug. He sent them up mercilessly and they loved it.

Dai was once caught by his girlfriend on a new fitness regime..jogging in the early morning from their Marlybone flat..from one girl's bed to another.

He once asked me to be sporting correspondent (something I have no interest in) on a new magazine he was starting caled Voila!..a rival to Hello & OK!. Veuve Cliquot delivered 6 crates of champagne on credit to his office..San Lorenzo restaurant, and never heard from him again.

Over a long lunch (on credit..he was eventually banned) Dai explained his plans for Voila!..motoring correspondent was to be the Marquis of Blandford who was banned from driving !. The art critic was to be an artist in Notting Hill Gate, arrested for re-producing classics and passing them off all over Europe. He hoped to interview the uppper crust in their fine houses ala Hello. When I expressed scepticism Dai hushed hushed me.."[i]as long as we get a couple of years of free airlne tickets who cares ?"[/i.

Incorrectly, the Mail infers Dai was rich..he never had a pot to piss in. The Baronet title passes to his brother Roddy Llewellyn, of Princess Margaret fame. Probably Britain's dullest man !

Like a Wildean character..there aren't many left. (except maybe [b]JK[/b])