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90 today.

Happy 90th Birthday Joanne Woodward!

Michael Medwin was one of those actors who had a hit in the 1950s hitting #5 in July 1958. Besides which, a marvellous actor who I thought would be forgotten and passed over when he died. Straight to BBC is wonderful that he has been remembered.

84 today!

Further to my previous post here is John Heron Cole, father to John Edward Cole. Not sure of the date of the photo but he was born 1844 and died 1913 His mother, Dorothy Heron b1802, d1876, again unsure of the date of the photo.

I'd like to propose a new forum game : Just like the "how many hit this year" everyone who wants to participate has to take a number of days from 1 (tomorrow) to 60 (approximately 2 months) : the number chosen corresponds to the number of days between 2 deaths. The days of death are the one which appear on the official deathlist : for example, if someone had picked 20 when Kirk died, then he would have win since Mubarak died on the 25th of February (only logical) At the end of the 2 months, if no one has died, then we'll all have to chose another number and wait for it. a number can't be taken by 2 differents persons. I think it's pretty clear, but if you have any suggestion please let me know.

This thread is for those, like myself, who like old photos of long dead family members. Would be really interesting to see some old photos (maybe include the year the photo was taken and perhaps a little story). Bonus points if you upload any photos from the 19th century. However this thread is not just limited to old photos (even though for me personally that is the fascinating part). If you have a photo of a dead family member from recent times then you may post it too, assuming you have a cool story to go with it. I'll start...

Congrats, YW! 1920: Javier Perez de Cuellar + Eileen Bennett 1921: Hugh Downs + Jackie Stallone 1922: Pierre Cardin + Janis Paige 1923: Larry Storch + Baroness Pamela Sharples 1924: Budge Patty + Eva Marie Saint 1925: Michel Piccoli + Arlene Dahl 1926: Mel Brooks + Alison Lurie 1927: Jerry Stiller + Cleo Laine 1928: Bernard Cribbins + Ethel Kennedy 1929: Ed Asner + Imelda Marcos

Imbedding into my brain from childhood: Up up, down down, left, right, left, right, die...

Michael Hertz, the designer of the NYC subway map, died at the age of 87. https://nypost.com/2020/02/26/michael-hertz-designer-of-iconic-nyc-subway-map-dead-at-87/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter

With Medwin, Cussler, Johnson, Baby Peggy, Bunge, 2 dictators, 1 notorious serial killer, a Twilight Zone actor and Greta's acting grandad in the last 48 hours, I'm beginning to suspect this thread was actually a threat or warning, not a prediction... And yet Tobin lives...

So Michael Medwin gives first hits here to @Grim Up North for The Longest Day and @Cat O'Falk for Crooks Anonymous

Here is an interesting lady who is (I think) my second cousin three times removed. Some sort of distant cousin anyway. I see a distinct resemblance to my mother. Esmeralda Lock https://www.aboutbridgnorth.com/esmeralda-the-gypsy/

This one is dated from about 1899, in the picture is my great x4 grandmother (my mum's dad's dad's mum's dad's mum). Harriet Summers (neé Lane) 1825-1912

There were a bunch more deaths of 'smaller' centenarians that were missed here: Jan 2nd: R. Kern Eustler, American Methodist bishop https://www.umnews.org/en/news/bishop-eutsler-trusted-leader-dies-at-100 Jan 4th: Russell Bannock, Canadian WW2 fighter ace https://www.skiesmag.com/news/remembering-aviation-legend-russell-bannock/ Jan 12th: Jack Baskin, American philanthropist, engineer, businessman https://news.ucsc.edu/2020/01/jack-baskin-in-memoriam.html Jan 15th: Ivan Ustinov, Russian intelligence officer https://www.gazeta.ru/army/news/2020/01/16/13922750.shtml Jan 17th: Huang Sun-Hui, North Korean politician http://www.donga.com/news/article/all/20200118/99277558/1 Jan 19th: Dee Molinar, American mountaineer http://alpinistiemontagne.gazzetta.it/2020/01/20/a-101-anni-e-morto-dee-molenaar/ Jan 22nd: Ralph Waymouth, American Vice Admiral https://newhampshire.funeral.com/2020/02/04/obituary-ralph-weymouth/ Jan 28th: Paul Farnes, British WW2 flying ace https://www.forces.net/news/few-war-pilot-paul-farnes-dies-aged-101 Jan 29th: Georges-Hilaire Dupont, French bishop https://www.lamanchelibre.fr/actualite-836211-saint-hilaire-du-harcouet-mgr-georges-dupont-doyen-des-eveques-de-france-s-est-eteint-a-100-ans Jan 30th: Raymond Reierson, Canadian politician https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/edmonton-ab/raymond-reierson-9020603 Jan 31st: Ann Cox, American media exec and diplomat https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/anne-cox-chambers-part-cox-family-dies-age-100/4VXHFTWJZZDSJAM5KWSRT6C77I/ Feb 1st: Daniela Olkiewicz, Polish scoutmaster https://kurierostrowski.pl/2020/02/01/daniela-olkiewicz-nie-zyje/ Feb 1st: Hubert Meller, Polish diplomat http://nekrologi.wyborcza.pl/0,11,,469199,Hubert-Meller-kondolencje.html Feb 2nd: Mad Mike Hoare, British mercenary https://www.sofmag.com/eeben-barlow-formerly-of-executive-outcomes-on-mad-mike-hoare-the-legends-death/ Feb 13th: Alexei Botyan, Russian intelligence officer https://www.vedomosti.ru/society/news/2020/02/13/822949-umer-razvedchik-aleksei-botyan Feb 15th: A. E. Hotchner, American novelist and editor, founder of Newman's Own https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ae-hotchner-author-with-a-gift-for-famous-friendships-dies-at-102/2020/02/15/3664a3ba-503e-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html These are all names on Wiki's 'Deaths of 2020' pages, and I may have missed a couple while compiling this. They've been dropping all year, though the major ones obviously just happened

This is my great-great-great-uncle. All I know is that he was a bit crap with money, a trait my brother has inherited in abundance. I realise I’ve cheated a bit as it’s not an actual photo but oh well. And there might be another great in there. I need to check with my dad but he’s asleep, deaf and forgetful.

Ok, let's try. Not as formal as the previous photos but I think it looks quite fun. Back row from left unknown, Great Great Aunt Clara, unknown front row Great Aunt Evelyn {there is a small possibility she is still alive}, Great Uncle James. Evelyn was born in 1923 and emigrated to Canada in the 50s. I have never met her. We do know she was still with us a decade ago as she was in touch with another family member but after that we don't know. That side of the family tend to be quite long living so maybe. Got mixed u with who was who. It's the lady in the middle who is my great-great aunt Clara. She died in 1932 we can probably date the photograph to around 1930. I'm not sure who the ladies flanking her are probably her daughters.

Here is 4 generations of my family (c.1910). They were engineering pioneers in Bristol. They essentially changed the working conditions for ship engineers in Bristol by starting a union there. Youngest is my great grandad. Oldest is my great x4 grandad. From left to right - James H.E Flowers (1884-1944) James A. Flowers (1905-1984) Charles H Flowers (1834-1916) James G.E Flowers (1861-1943)

1987: Ozzy Osbourne (1/31) 1989: Frank Bruno, Mike Ditka, Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, David Jenkins (5/32) 1990: Queen Elizabeth II, Peter Alliss, Mike Ditka, Rex Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Terry Waite (6/42)  1991: Leo Beenhakker (1/40)  1992: Shaun Ryder (1/37)  1993: Tony Bennett, Henry Kissinger, Ray Kennedy, George Lineker, Jerry Lee Lewis (5/56) 1994: Edmund White, Holly Johnson, Peter Shilton (3/50) 1995: Holly Johnson, Sean Connery (2/50)  1996: Mr T (1/50) 1997: (0/50)  1998: (0/50)  1999: Nick Leeson, Carly Simon (2/50) 2000: Louis Farrakhan (1/50) 2001: Desmond Tutu, Liza Minnelli (2/50)  2002: (0/50)  2003: (0/50)  2004: Pervez Musharraf (1/50)  2005: Hamed Karzai, Diego Maradona, Olivia de Havilland (3/50) 2006: Vera Lynn, Abdelaziz Bouteflika (2/50)  2007: Tim Johnson, Olivia de Havilland, Vera Lynn, Louis Farrakhan (4/50) 2008: Vera Lynn, Russell Watson, Hamed Karzai, Charles Taylor (4/50)  2009: Pierre Cardin (1/50)  2010: Olivia de Havilland, John Edrich, Frank Bough, Angela Lansbury (4/50)  2011: Olivia de Havilland, John Edrich, Ali Khamenei, Bob Dole, Dick Cheney, Pierre Cardin, Vera Lynn, Michael Douglas (8/50) 2012: Olivia de Havilland, Nigel Lawson, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, James Randi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (6 /50) 2013: Prince Philip, Olivia de Havilland, Vera Lynn, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger (5/50)  2014: Wilko Johnson, Olivia de Havilland, Prince Philip, Lynn, Javier Perez de Cuellar, James Randi, Dick Van Dyke, Tony Bennett, Ed Asner (9/50) 2015: Olivia de Havilland, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Prince Philip, Leslie Phillips, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Jake Roberts, Vera Lynn, Eddie Large (9/50) 2016: Olivia de Havilland, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Prince Phillip, James Randi, Bob Dole, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Tommy Chong, Leslie Phillips, Vera Lynn, Sandy Gall, Desmond Tutu, Lester Piggott, Murray Walker, Jimmy Greaves, Paul Gascoigne (17/50)  2017: Vera Lynn, Prince Phillip, Pierre Cardin, Olivia de Haviland, Bob Dole, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Betty White, Nobby Stiles, Queen Elizabeth ll, Jill Gascoine, Bob Barker, Honor Blackman, Ian St. John, David Prowse, Sandy Gall, Pope Benedict XVI, Desmond Tutu, Emperor Akihito (20/50)  2018: Olivia de Havilland, Prince Philip, Betty White, Linda Nolan, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Pierre Cardin, Stirling Moss, Bob Dole, Bob Barker, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Jill Gascoine, Vera Lynn, Henry Kissinger, Honor Blackman, Dick Van Dyke, Stanley Baxter, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Mel Brooks, Pope Benedict XVI, June Brown, Sean Connery, Louis Farrakhan, Ian St. John, Jimmy Greaves, Ronnie Wood, Olivia Newton-John, Joni Mitchell, Paul Gascoigne (30/50) 2019: Olivia de Havilland, Prince Philip, Vera Lynn, Jimmy Carter, Pierre Cardin, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Jerry Stiller, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Bob Barker, Murray Walker, Emperor Akihito, Betty White, June Brown, Stirling Moss, Alan Greenspan, Dick Van Dyke, Nobby Stiles, Barbara Walters, Honor Blackman, Harry Belafonte, Desmond Tutu, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Ed Asner, Vanessa Redgrave, Jimmy Greaves, Sidney Poitier, Cleo Laine, Loretta Lynn, Mikhail Gorbachev, Prunella Scales, Little Richard, Larry King, Tina Turner, Shane MacGowan (35/50) Updated for Hosni Mubarak

Compared to Genesis P Orangutan or whatever her/his name is, she is a PROPER A list celebrity.

Former PM of Mozambique, Mario Machungo, dead at 79: https://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/mozambiques-former-pm-machungo-dies-in-portugal-42884699

Donald Stratton dead at 97.

Joy Valderrama Abbott, the widow of Broadway legend George Abbott, has died. She was 88. Abbott died at age 107 in 1995. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/obituaries/article240167268.html

I think the whole episode reached quadruple confusion mode. Endeavour is a prequel to Morse in which the John Thaw character is played by Shaun Evans. John's daughter Abigail Thaw has a regular supporting role as the local newspaper editor. In last Sunday's episode which was set in 1970 the real-life character of Sally Alexander appeared in a scene with Abigail Thaw who is her real-life daughter of course. The part of Sally Alexander was played by Abigail Thaw's actual daughter!

Liang Jun, China's first female tractor driver (1948) has died aged 90. She was later featured on the 1 Yuan note.