Bill Clinton, whose antics with an intern brought him close (but as yet no cigar) to impeachment.
Mrs Clinton - So your'e no Tammy Wynette eh, Hill?
Demi Moore and Bruce Willis: going through a rough patch.
Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall: ditto.
Disappointment for Helmut Kohl, but think of all those dinner parties he'll be asked to speak at.
Ulrika Johnson: Punched by her soccer stud boyfriend in a Paris bar.
Pinochet, whose past came back to haunt him.
The people of Honduras.
Former Welsh secretary Ron Davies, who retired after a public coming out (they were de riguer this year) on Clapham Common.
Hard-living snooker player Alex Higgins, who announced he has throat cancer.
Rupert Murdoch: OK, so he's loaded but he split up with his wife and risked the wrath of Manchester United fans in a take-over bid of the club.
Peace as trouble continued in Kosovo, Algeria and East Timor.