It's dishonest without the additional context that he was criticizing an overpowering cheap poo-pourri type-scent rather than saying his daughter smelled like shit at the very least
Shhh you're ruining their argument with pesky context.
It's from his daughter's book "Small Fry". It wasn't on his deathbed, though he was very sick. She had put on some cologne that didn't smell good.
Easy to say things behind someone who's already dead. How can we trust the book?
Read it.
Since she's the only living witness, and it's her book, you can decide for yourself.
You’ll have to better than the British tabloid press as a source.
Do you really expect to find that kind of info in some ‚serious‘ press?
"Serious" press covered a Russian pee pee hoax, so if you're insisting they have standards that exclude irrelevant scatlogical references, then think again.