Spinetti is thought to have had cancer for a year, but remained in good spirits as friends including Barbara Windsor, on whose Radio 2 show he made a recent appearance, came to visit him.
Or, depending on whom you ask, they are the educational equivalent of fancy wallpaper, lending a vibrant appearance to convince visiting officials that a school is not foundering.
Mayor Boris Johnson made a surprise appearance, compelling world leaders to visit the city in its Olympic year and reminding them that London "remains a formidable exporting power".
Dot and Jim remained together, with Jim making sporadic appearances between 2008 and 2009 to visit Dot.
But the visit by Myanmar's top general has become a subject of conversation among scholars and journalists because it came just two days before Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is scheduled to visit Myanmar, the first appearance there by an American diplomat of that rank in 56 years.
Inmates may have court appearances, may move to visiting rooms or classrooms, and may be transferred to medical facilities.
With a black and blue lip, he described the man's appearance to detectives that visited our apartment the next day.
Mean delay from ulcer appearance to date of first medical visit was 20.4 days (SD 33.9; n = 132).
UK tax rules state that in addition to tax paid on prize money and appearance fees, visiting athletes have to hand over a percentage of their global endorsement income, with the amount proportional to the time they spend in the UK.
To help talk his wife out of this folly, Roger has invited an old acquaintance, Julia Susan Sullivann), a social-climbing New Yorker with a deep-seated belief in appearances, to come for a visit.
