As the Duke, Piotr Beczala displays a big, beautiful tenor with great presence, but his singing has only one gear loud.

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The former governor of Washington State, current Commerce Secretary, soon to be ambassador to China -- that's all one person -- Gary Locke is here with his beautiful wife. (Applause.) Secretary of Health and Human Services and former college basketball star, Kathleen Sebelius is in the house. (Applause.) The wonderful senator from Washington State, Patty Murray is here. (Applause.) There she is.

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Before setting out, Mr Goodeve-Docker had written on his JustGiving fundraising webpage that they would be trekking unsupported across "one of the most dazzling, beautiful, yet barren and deadly landscapes in the world".

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But despite being linked to a string of beautiful women, including All Saints' Nicole Appleton, there is no-one special in his life right now.

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Just like we all remember vividly the day our loved one was buried six-feet under when he died and not the beautiful decades he shared his life with us.

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He also treated us to his solo guitar treatments of two jazz standards ("But Beautiful" and "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes"), as well as one of his own solo guitar compositions, "Venezuelan Nights, " from his recent CD The Spice of Life.

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