FRANK SINATRA (80) is in failing health, suffering from pneumonia and heart problems, according to local television station KCBS.
Citing anonymous sources, the station said that Sinatra's room at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles has been transformed into an intensive care unit. It also said that, against the advice of his doctors, Sinatra has said he wants to go home.
Susan Reynolds, a spokeswoman for Sinatra, has declined to comment on the singer's condition.
Claudia Schiffer (26) has said she was almost sucked to her death from a private plane when a door suddenly burst open in mid air over the Caribbean.
"I sensed my life was hanging by a thread," the model, who was searching over the Lesser Antilles for calendar photo shoot locations, told the Sun tabloid.
Oasis star Liam Gallagher accepted an award yesterday with the words: "Thanks very much, I was about to smash the gaff up if you didn't vote for us." He was speaking after receiving the Best Act in the World trophy at the 10th anniversary Q Magazine awards in London. His brother Noel said: "We're the best band today, tomorrow, the day after and the day after that.