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I would hope for something to have an expert on a claim that Savile's facial expression was described "smiling when he was found dead" and I want to be very specific about the particulars. There has to be an original source, if someone had to asserting that there was a certain expression upon his face immediately before he dued and that this expression remained (after he was basically dead). While one shudders to consider the possibly Savile was smiling when he died, and that he somehow retained some measure of the expression after passing, I do not find it beyond the realm of possibility that Savile was smiling preceding his death and immediately thereafter dying but physically retaining his last conscious expression. This would also put some doubt on the claim by Foster that he died in his sleep. If there's any truth to the "fingers crossed" claim, that he had to have been aware he was dying, and not asleep, unless that also was a spasm of the body after death. [[Special:Contributions/92.23.219.201|92.23.219.201]] ([[User talk:92.23.219.201|talk]]) 21:06, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
:The main source for the fingers crossed claim seems to be Dan Davies' book, which is also the main source of ''The Reckoning''. News reports at the time said that Savile "passed away quietly in his sleep during the night." Probably best to leave out the fingers crossed without clearer sourcing.--'''''[[User:ianmacm|<span style="background:#88b;color:#cff;font-variant:small-caps">♦Ian<span style="background:#99c">Ma<span style="background:#aad">c</span></span>M♦</span>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ianmacm|(talk to me)]]</sup>''''' 07:05, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
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