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Legendary actor, known best for his portrayal of George Feeny in Boy Meets World. He'll be 95 next March!

Kane Tanaka surpassed Josefa Salas Mateo's time as World's Oldest Living Person (3 years, 47 days). There are only two longer records: Jeanne Calment's (9 years, 205 days) and Mary Kelly's (5 years, 36 days)

Guardian obit for Olivia Jordan née Matthews, aged 102. WWII veteran who acted as a chauffeur and translator for Charles de Gaulle during his time in London.

Vera Fusek gets a Telegraph obit. Quite surprised, but pleasantly so.

Michael Constantine, an Emmy Award-winning actor and co-star of the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, has died. He was 94. Constantine won his award for the TV series Room 222. A DDP pick, too. https://www.readingeagle.com/2021/09/08/michael-constantine-reading-native-dies-actor-my-big-fat-greek-wedding/

I was sure Myfanwy Talog, David Jason's partner for many years before her death from cancer aged 50 had been in the odd episode but she's not. I wonder if there is a general John Sullivan curse, none of the main male actors in Dear John reached 70 and Diane Bull who was in the mostly forgotten Sitting Pretty died aged only 46. The cast of Citizen Smith seem to have escaped it though. Edit - I know there isn't really a curse and any programme which ran for years and with a long cast blah di blah, I just find interesting to note these things.

Jerry Blair, a record executive who had a hand in the success of artists like Mariah Carey, Will Smith and Ricky Martin, has died. He was 60. Blair died from COVID-19 complications. https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/9626309/jerry-blair-dead-columbia-records-latin-music/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Heart attacks and strokes are most common causes.

1921 Wanda Półtawska / Kenneth "Ken" Thomas Casanega 1922 Joan Copeland / Ronald Blythe 1923 Virginia Halas McCaskey / Robert Kuok 1924 Kirsi Kunnas / Leslie Phillips 1925 June Lockhart / Solomon Perel 1926 Irene Papas / Kees Rijvers 1927 Pat Carroll / Harry Belafonte 1928 Nancy Olson / Charles Strouse 1929 Joan Plowright / Don January 1930 Joanne Woodward / Jean-Louis Trintignant

I posted this on here at the time, but worth repeating. I saw Lamont walking round Hyde Park last year during lockdown. He looked healthy. I would exclude him for several years at least.

I saw this last night, and thought he'd make a good DDP pick. So good, in fact, that I've picked him for the last five years .

Sudden deaths have always happened even at younger ages. My uncle was 57 and with apparently no health issues when he died in his sleep of an apparent heart attack.

Amanda Holden dead.

Slim Jong-un

We're not just ghouls. We're helpful ghouls.

And he didn't. Michael Constantine (wiki) has died aged 94. Passed away on 31st August but only announced now. Cause given as simply "natural causes". Bess Meisler, 98, who played his mother(!) in the film survives him.

another daniel-san hit https://pennsylvanianewstoday.com/michael-constantin-dies-at-age-94/221401/ 1921 Walter Mirsch/ Betty Reid Soskin 1922 Whitney Von Nieda/Lucia Hiriart 1923 Bob Dole/Baroness Jill Knight 1924 Jozef Tomko/Amalia Aguilar 1925 Michel Bouquet/ Mildred Kornman 1926 Jiang Zemin /Dorothy Steel 1927 Bud Grant /Shirley Hughes 1928 Henry Silva/Estelle Harris 1929l John Woodvine /Lata Mengashkar 1930 Gordon Pinsent/Dolores Huerta

Bill White, who wrestled mostly as a job guy in the 1970s and early 1980s, has died. He was 76. White fought in a number of territories in the U.S. and Canada. https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2021/09/07/bill-white-dead-at-76-was-journeyman-wrestler-cribbage-champ/

As you mention him, Ray Illingworth isn't a bad shout either for 2022.

Please refer to him by his proper name, "I Thought That Was Keith Barron".

American actor Brad Davis died on this day 30 years ago, aged 41.

Agree wholeheartedly! For me the best years in pop still remain 1978 and 1984. What about Captain Sensible? Always appeared to me he was having a great time whilst totally dumbfounded his records were selling!

Chiyo Miyako has somehow gone into Limbo... Kane Tanaka, 115, is the interim World's Oldest Person while people figure out what the hell happened. Also Nabi Tajima's age is now disputed, meaning she might not have been the oldest person after all. Plot twist!