MrsWembley After eventually coming out of their (exceptionally long, even by their standards) gin soaked haze, the thread was deleted with the message something along the lines of "We have deleted this thread because the OP is a PITA". They also helpfully linked to pictures of a toy bat wearing a MN t-shirt and that photo of Terry Wogan's Cock, which is always guaranteed to amuse me.
If you look at one of the tribute threads, I think the deletion reason is quoted in full, along with links to said photos.