Television astrologer and journalist Margaret Lake, better
known as Mystic Meg, has died at the age of 80. She
became a household name in the 1990s with a National
Lottery prediction segment and wrote a horoscope column
for The Sun for almost 23 years. On Thursday, the
newspaper reported that she died earlier this morning after
being hospitalized with the flu. Her agent Dave Shalanda
told The Sun: "Without a doubt she was Britain's most
famous astrologer within million miles. If you ask a
politician, someone in show business, or just ordinary
people a tough question, they'll say, "Who do you think I
am, Mystic Meg?" Show what an impression it made. Born
in Lancashire in 1942, she rose to prominence by entering
the weekly National Lottery, where she attempted to predict
the facts about the eventual winner. Her regular slot was