Missing singer Gerry Rafferty 'is fine'

GERRY RAFFERTY was said today to be "alive and comparatively well".

The singer, who has not been seen by family and friends since walking out of hospital six months ago, is said to be living in hotels and B&Bs in London and Dorset.

Rafferty, 61, who wrote the 1978 hit Baker Street, has fought alcoholism for years. He was admitted to St Thomas' Hospital in August suffering from liver failure after he ransacked his Mayfair hotel room. Days later he disappeared.

Today two sources said he was being cared for by a friend. One fan wrote on a website: "Don't worry. He's fine. I served him in a restaurant just off Piccadilly Circus then helped him back to his hotel." Another said he had spent a few days at a bed and breakfast in Bournemouth.