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Now THIS is an obituary. RIP, Count Gottfried von Bismarck

"Count Gottfried von Bismarck, who was found dead on Monday aged 44, was a louche German aristocrat with a multi-faceted history as a pleasure-seeking heroin addict, hell-raising alcoholic, flamboyant waster and a reckless and extravagant host of homosexual orgies. The great-great-grandson of Prince Otto, Germany's Iron Chancellor and architect of the modern German state, the young von Bismarck led an exotic life of gilded aimlessness."

"When not clad in the lederhosen of his homeland, he cultivated an air of sophisticated complexity by appearing in women's clothes, set off by lipstick and fishnet stockings. This aura of dangerous "glamour" charmed a large circle of friends and acquaintances drawn from the jeunesse dorée of the age."

This one guy was capable of playing the entire cast of "The Producers." "Max, he's wearing a dress." "Max, he's wearing a German helmet."

Scoop's note: the hifalutin' expression "jeunesse dorée" means "gilded youth" - the spoiled, trend-and-jet-setting, idle children of the rich and powerful. Alternate translation: "The Hilton family."