She was an early enthusiast and patron of the painter Jack Vettriano.

Jack Vettriano born Jack Hoggan ( born 17 November 1951 ), is a Scottish painter and publisher.

Jack Vettriano grew up in the industrial seaside town of Methil, Fife.

To date, five books have been published about Jack Vettriano, the most recent of which is entitled ' Studio Life ' and was published in March 2008.

First Minister, Alex Salmond said: “ I warmly welcome the announcement that " The Weight " by Jack Vettriano will go on display at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

In January 2012, the luxury menswear brand, Stefano Ricci, launched their Spring Summer 2012 collection with a campaign inspired by the work of Jack Vettriano.

According to The Daily Telegraph he has been described as the Jeffrey Archer of the art world, a purveyor of " badly conceived soft porn ", and a painter of " dim erotica ", According to Vanity Fair, critics say Jack Vettriano paints brainless erotica.

The lyrics of the track Goodbye Jack Vettriano were written by band member, Grant Campbell, while he was homesick, away in Rotterdam and on seeing a Vettriano print on a pub wall.

Vettriano became a fan of the band after hearing their first album, Happy Healthy Lucky Month, and was inspired by the lyrics of Goodbye Jack Vettriano to create a painting which featured as the cover of the band's second album, for which both Vettriano and Rankin have contributed spoken word pieces.

Jack Vettriano donated a portrait he painted of Zara Phillips ( horse rider and granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II ) to Sport Relief 2008.

Anne Magill and Jack Vettriano both donated paintings to this year's Terrence Higgins Trust Lighthouse Gala auction, which took place at Christies ' on Monday 22 March 2010.

* Jack Vettriano: A Life, text by Anthony Quinn, Pavilion Books on 25 October 2004 ( ISBN 978-1-86205-646-6 ).

A reduced format of Jack Vettriano: A Life was published in 2007.

* Women In Love, foreword by Jack Vettriano

* A Man's World, foreword by Jack Vettriano

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" The term made an impact into English pulp science fiction starting from Jack Williamson's The Cometeers ( 1936 ) and the distinction between mechanical robots and fleshy androids was popularized by Edmond Hamilton's Captain Future ( 1940 – 1944 ).

* 1920 – Jack Cover, American inventor of the Taser gun ( d. 2009 )

* 1969 – Jack Canfora, American playwright

* 1968 – Jack de Gier, Dutch footballer

* 1998 – Jack Scanlon, English actor

* 1942 – Jack DeJohnette, American drummer, pianist, and composer ( Gateway and Trio Beyond )

Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe took the score to 49 – 0 at the end of the second day, a lead of 27.

Despite the debut of Donald Bradman, the inexperienced Australians, led by Jack Ryder, were heavily defeated, losing 4 – 1.

* 1892 – Jack Warner, Canadian-American film producer ( d. 1978 )

* 2005 – Jack Keller, American songwriter ( b. 1936 )

* 1921 – Jack Kramer, American tennis player ( d. 2009 )

* 1931 – Ramblin ' Jack Elliott, American singer-songwriter

* 1990 – Jack O ' Connell, English actor

* 1946 – Jack Straw, English politician

* 1889 – Jack Ryder, Australian cricketer ( d. 1977 )

* 1990 – The " Doctor of Death ", Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide.

* 1895 – Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer ( d. 1973 )

* 1717 – Blind Jack, English road builder ( d. 1810 )

* 1917 – Jack Lynch, Irish politician ( d. 1999 )

* 1963 – Jack Russell, England cricketer and coach

* 1944 – Jack Canfield, American author

* 1924 – Jack Buck, American sportscaster ( d. 2002 )

* 1924 – Jack Weston, American actor ( d. 1996 )

* 1891 – Jack Buchanan, Scottish actor, singer, producer and director ( d. 1957 )

* 1920 – Jack Webb, American actor, director, and producer ( d. 1982 )