German aristocrat obituary

[moegolden]

Norton will love this one - at least going by the references he makes to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Bertrand Clay Shaw and friends from the JFK years.

Count Gottfried von Bismarck, who was found dead on Monday aged 44, was a louche German aristocrat with a multi-faceted history as a pleasure-seeking heroin addict, hell-raising alcoholic, flamboyant waster and a reckless and extravagant host of homosexual orgies.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/07/04/db0402.xml

[THE FEZ MAN]

nice, he sounds like a fun guy

[TheDrip]

Was the death prefaced by chronic pneumonia, broth cravings, and rapid weight-loss?

[bethm1b]

Everywhere this guy goes someone dies. He's the german Angela Lansbury.

[SatansCheerledr]

He sounded like he would be a lot of fun at a party. I personally, will miss the fruity little kook.

[Capt.Caveman]

why do the good die young