Elvis Presley (right) fans will congregate on Saturday at the United Services Recreation Club in Jordan to mark the 35th anniversary of "The King's" death. Despite not writing any of his 600 songs, Presley was by the age of 21 one of the most famous men on Earth and, by 1973, was the biggest individual taxpayer in the United States. Few would argue that the young singer's act (described by Frank Sinatra as a "rancid-smelling aphrodisiac") caused a sea change in popular culture before waning into garish caricature. One thing that did not change was Presley's generosity - he gave away so many cars his estate lost count of them. "The Pelvis" once swapped his diamond-encrusted watch for one with Mickey Mouse on the face with a speechless John Paul Jones …

The model-actress died in 2007, just months after her 20-year-old son dropped dead in the maternity ward where she had recently delivered her second child, the paternity of whom was swiftly debated. After her death, Smith's half-sister told the media that Anne Nicole had frozen the sperm of her deceased 90-year-old husband, suggesting the infant, Dannielynn, was the macabre offspring of the nonagenarian. Several parties claimed to be the girl's father, including photographer Larry Birkhead (who was telling the truth), bodyguard Alexander Denk (who wasn't) and the husband of 95-year-old Zsa Zsa Gabor, Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt …

When Schwarzenegger admitted to having fathered a love child with a maid more than 10 years earlier, Twitter humourists were thrilled. "Nobody believes Arnold could have kept this from [his wife] Maria Shriver for 10 years because that would have required acting," noted one observer while talk show host Jay Leno quipped, " is supposed to be the next big blockbuster. Doesn't that sound like a game Schwarzenegger would play with his maid?" Fortunately for Arnie, the story broke after the publication of , a book by Al Satterwhite eulogising the rags-to-riches careers of Schwarzenegger and Muhammad Ali …