iT HAS JUST BEEN ANNOUNCED IN THE `PSYCHIC TIMES` OF THE DEATH OF SIX-TIMES FORMULA ONE RACING CHAMPION, LEWIS HAMILTON. LEWIS`S METEORIC RISE TO FAME STARTED BACK IN THE 2006/7 SEASON WHEN, AS JUST A ROOKIE DRIVER IN HIS FIRST SEASON IN FORMULA ONE, HE MISSED OUT BY ONE POINT IN THE LAST RACE OF THE SEASON. THIS UNHEARD OF SUCCESS PROMPTED LEWIS TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE INTRUSION ON HIS PRIVATE LIFE WAS FORCING HIM TO MOVE FROM STEVENAGE TO SWITZERLAND. SOME PEOPLE STATED, RATHER HARSHLY, THAT HAMILTON WAS DOING THIS TO ESCAPE THE PENAL TAX LAWS OF THE UK BUT LEWIS ALWAYS MAINTAINED IT WAS TO FIND A MORE PEACEFUL PRIVATE LIFE. THE FOLLOWING SEASON HE MORE THAN LIVED UP TO HIS EARLY PROMISE BY  SECURING THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH SIX STRAIGHT WINS IN A ROW.  THERE FOLLOWED A TWO YEAR LEAN SPELL IN WHICH LEWIS FOUND HIMSELF IN THE PRESS FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS. PICTURES OF HIM FALLING OUT OF A NIGHT CLUB WITH ULRIKA JONSSON AND TALK OF AN AFFAIR WITH NIGELLA LAWSON TEMPORARILY TAINTED HIS IMAGE BEFORE A GOOD TALKING TO BY FREDDIE FLINTOFF AND PETE DOCHERTY PUT HIM BACK ON THE RIGHT PATH. FIVE MORE CHAMPIONSHIPS FOLLOWED BEFORE, AT THE COMPARATIVELY  EARLY AGE OF THIRTY-TWO HE ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE SPORT TO CONCENTRATE ON BUILDING CUCKOO CLOCKS. AND THIS IS HOW HE DIED, WHEN A CUCKOO FROM ONE OF HIS NEARLY-FINISHED CLOCKS, SPRANG FROM ITS HOUSING AND ITS BEAK PUNCTURED HIS EYE SOCKET.  LEWIS WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS MODESTY COUPLED WITH FEARLESS DRIVING, BUT HE HAS LEFT AN EVERLASTING LEGACY WITH SOME OF THE FINEST CUCKOO CLOCKS TO COME OUT OF SWITZERLAND GRACING MANY A HUMBLE SIDEBOARD AND MANTLEPIECE.