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pIpER LAuRIE, 86. The u.S. actress (right) starred on film in Carrie and The Hustler and on TV in Twin peaks. She lost her virginity to Ronald Reagan aged 18 while playing the 39-yearold’s daughter in a film. The age difference was reversed when she slept with Mel Gibson (24 years her junior) while filming on one of his first movies. GRAHAM KERR, 84. The London-born cook was one of the first TV celebrity chefs. His series The Galloping Gourmet made him a star in the Sixties and Seventies. Described by the New York Times as ‘hunky and British and funny’, he was once dubbed ‘the most dangerous man in the world’ by Weight Watchers for his high-calorie recipes.