"Mandy Rice-Davies, a central figure in the Profumo affair that scandalised 1960s Britain and almost brought down the government, has died of cancer at the age of 70, it was announced on Friday."

For those who have no idea of who Rice-Davies and John Profumo were and what impact their relationship had on British politics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profumo_affair

At the time the affair was all the talk of the town, even in here in the US due to concerns about national security, but even more because of revelations about some of the sexual activities, some rather bizarre, among the British upper crust.

In any case, RIP Mandy.