Pete Doherty Grieves Beloved Cat
Controversial rock star Pete Doherty turned up late to a concert last week after one of his adored cats died. Doherty was spotted taking one of his feline friends to a local vet in his home town Marlborough.
He said he was sorry to the crowd of waiting fans at the Brixton Mass venue in London explaining he’d had no choice but to bury the cat at the roadside before he could make his way to the gig. He explained:
“Sorry I’m late. But considering I’ve had to bury one of my cats at the roadside I’ve done pretty well to be here.”
Organisers prepared the impatient rock throng by letting them know that Doherty was delayed en route due to one of his pet kittens going “crazy”.
Doherty recently hit the headlines after admitting he had very nearly killed one of his cats during a drug binge and that this had prompted him to curb his ever spiraling habit.
Other famous cat lovers are:
Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister
Churchill had a beloved cat called Jock who he would often take to Cabinet meetings during wartime. Its rumoured that mealtimes would only begin once the ginger tabby had sat down at the table!
Mark Twain
Twain, novelist of Tom Sawyer fame, is quoted as saying:
“If a man could be crossed with a cat, it would improve the man but deteriorate the cat.”
Sir Walter Scott
Scott, author of Rob Roy and Ivan hoe was also mad about cats and owned a Tabby called Hinx. He wrote:
“Cats are a mysterious kind of folk. There is more passing in their minds than we
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