Billy Paul, the jazz and soul singer best known for the chart-topping ballad Me And Mrs Jones, has died.

Lou Rawls, the velvet-voiced singer who started as a church choir boy and went on to record such classic tunes as You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine, died today of cancer. He was 72.

Last time we heard from Liza Minelli’s soon-to-be ex-husband, David Gest, he was holed up in Hawaii tending his wounds from his allegedly volatile relationship and working on his lawsuit against the Cabaret star.