Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs may not even be in the ground yet, but those wags on Twitter are already getting stuck in.
The first wry cases of "mistaken identity" are already trickling in, with tributes being paid to Ronnie Wood, Notorious B.I.G., Ronnie Barker and, er Bruce Forsyth. (Keep it up guys, we'll add more as they are posted).
It's a relatively new trend, which hit new heights upon the death of Nelson Mandela - as jokers posted homages to newsreader Trevor McDonald and Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman.
You guys!
RIP Ronnie Biggs. Glad I got to see you at Hyde Park. pic.twitter.com/nayupucWk7
— Sling (@slingers86) December 18, 2013R.I.P the notorious Ronnie Biggs pic.twitter.com/5IP7BViDAH
— blumphy (@blumpheh) December 18, 2013RIP Ronnie Biggs pic.twitter.com/3XvXFyhgR2
— Sling (@slingers86) December 18, 2013Sad news about Ronnie Biggs. Is there only one of the BeeGees left now?
— James Martin (@Pundamentalism) December 18, 2013RIP Ronnie Biggs #legend pic.twitter.com/GgtvzMdLTK
— hrtbps (@hrtbps) December 18, 2013RIP Ronnie Biggs pic.twitter.com/Aw4e3wkkZn
— i.am.sam (@AsTallAsHerEyes) December 18, 2013RIP Ronnie Biggs pic.twitter.com/M2jB5y488K
— Danny Moynihnan (@DMoynihan1997) December 18, 2013Jason Biggs is dead? Christopher Biggins is dead? Biggie Smalls is dead? Ronnie O'Sullivan is dead? Etc.
— Pete Cashmore (@TweetCashmore) December 18, 2013
