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Mitzi Gaynor, the talented and wonderful American actress, dancer and singer remembered for numerous musical films such as "Anything Goes", "Les Girls", "South Pacific" and "There's No Business Like Show Business", is 91 today. Edward de Souza, British character actor of Portuguese descent probably recognized for his roles in films such as "The Spy Who Loved Me", "The Thirty Nine Steps", "The Return of the Soldier", "The Golden Compass", and multiple television series, is 90 today. Edward de Souza is a really fine actor.

Not mentioned a lot here (in fact his surname only has 39 mentions), but a major name that will obit: Boris Spassky. The chess GM who famously lost to Bobby Fischer 50 years ago is now 85 and in bad health. He's had two strokes and has been in frail health since his second, more severe stroke in 2010. Rarely seen anywhere anymore

José Pradel Loyza dead at 108.

Maurice Kanbar (Wiki), known for his creation of SKYY vodka and was also noted for his extensive real estate investments dead at 93

Continuing on the Leslie Nielsen theme, from Police Squad "Who are you and how did you get in here?" " I'm a locksmith, and I'm a locksmith. "

Beyonce is 41.

Jesus Christ he looks like literal death. I'd be very surprised if he survives the next week nevermind anymore time

Dans le même esprit, voici des vétérans de la télé, tous les survivants de l'ORTF qui s'est arrêtée en 1975, il doit peut-être en manquer, mais même si certains sont plus proches des 70 que des 90, beaucoup sont décédés ces dernières années et continuent (Jean-Pierre Pernaut cette année). Présentateurs / animateurs, journalistes, speakerines : Philippe Bouvard (1929) : de 1971 à 1975 (actu culturelle) Alain de Sédouy (1929) : de 1965 à 1968 (actu) Simone Garnier (1931) : de 1964 à 1974 (divertissement, speakerine) François de Closets (1933) : (sciences) Michel Bassi (1935) : de 1970 à 1973 (politique) Alain Jérôme (1935) : de 1967 à 1975 (débat) Bernard Pivot (1935) : de 1973 à 1974 (littérature) Jean-Pierre Elkabbach (1937) : de 1970 à 1972 (info) Patrice Laffont (1939) : de 1972 à 1975 (divertissement féminin) Jean-François Robinet (1939) : de 1972 à 1975 (info) Alexandre Baloud (1940) : de 1972 à 1975 (info) Jean-Marie Cavada (1940) : (info) Alain Duhamel (1940) : de 1970 à 1974 (politique) Jean-Claude Bourret (1941) : de 1972 à 1975 François Loncle (1941) : de 1964 à 1968 (économie) Jérôme Bellay (1942) : (correspondant) Michel Drucker (1942) : de 1964 à 1975 (sport) Denise Fabre (1942) : de 1964 à 1971 (speakerine) Bernard Volker (1942) : de 1968 à 1975 (info, politique) Régis Faucon (1943) : de 1972 à 1975 Danièle Gilbert (1943) : de 1967 à 1974 (speakerine, info) Paul Lefèvre (1943) : de 1969 à 1972 (info) Claude Pierrard (1943) : de 1972 à 1975 Jean-Pierre Berthet (1944) : de 1972 à 1975 (journalisme judiciaire) Dominique Bromberger (1944) : de 1972 à 1975 Michel Denisot (1945) : de 1972 à 1975 Pierre Lescure (1945) : (info) Gérard Holtz (1946) : (sport) Daniel Bilalian (1947) : de 1972 à 1975 Claudie Lemeret (1947) : (speakerine) Henri Charpentier (1948) : de 1972 à 1975 Evelyne Dhéliat (1948) : de 1969 à 1975 (speakerine) Stéphane Paoli (1948) Sylvette Cabrisseau (1949) : (speakerine) Virginia Crespeau (1951) : de 1974 à 1975 (jeunesse) Patrick de Carolis (1953) : de 1972 à 1975 Dorothée (1953) : de 1973 à 1974 (jeunesse)

According to this Tweetthread John C Hogan, the last of the Yeti actors but also a Cyberman in Tomb, died early in 2022: Never seemingly mentioned on the Forum.

Tried this again and what seems to be messing it up is the display box that comes up when you post a link. Get rid of that, so only the actual link itself is in the post, and everything's normal.

3 time Olympian and two time silver medalist, American shot putter George Woods dead at 79. Missed out on the gold in '72 by 1cm!

It's not often I would post the death of a local politician. But this has to be done. Death Notice for John Corbet-Singleton aged 94, Tory Councillor first elected to Kensington And Chelsea Council in 1956 and a former Lord Mayor for the area: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/259299/corbet-singleton So here's a story the Daily Mail did on him from 2018, about a Homeshare scheme which paired folks from different generations to share living space: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5332445/Britains-unlikely-flatmates-Poppy-24-John-89.html I wonder if Poppy has moved on before this or is now looking for new digs. And think of the poor relatives of John, who will have to decide what to do with that five storey Regency townhouse a stone's throw from the King's Road.

Barbara Ehrenreich, leftist-feminist-socialist activist and author, dead at 81: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/02/books/barbara-ehrenreich-dead.html Can I get "rule of three" going, next one Julia Reichert?

No idea where to put this so Diane Berberian has apparently died:

And the other four were also in series of two that happened days apart. Looking through previous years on the list, it’s not unheard of for there to be scattered clusters of deaths like this for whatever reason, but 2022 has been a really pronounced example of it.

He was way ahead of his time.

"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking." "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking." "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines." "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue." (Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey in the film "Airplane!", 1980)

Small list of the oldest religious leaders with Wikipedia pages - born 1922 and before. Incomplete, and I might add 1923 and 1924 later. Bishops Manuel Edmilson da Cruz (1924), Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña (1924) and Gaetano Bonicelli (1924) not included, no English wiki page. Saifur Rahman Nizami not included - age fraud. Ramadan Dib (1920) and Non Nget (1922) also not included due to lack of wiki page. Paul Mwazha (25 October 1918?) Zimbabwe Leader of the African Apostolic Church since he founded it in 1959. I've started to doubt his age, he doesn't look 103 at all and according to atleast one source he's 10 years younger, born 1928. Osman Nuhu Sharubutu (23 April 1919) Ghana Ancient Chief Imam of Ghana. Not completely sure if he's 103 either, but he sure looks like it and nothing points otherwise. Addold Mossin (12 December 1919 - 16 March 2024) Estonia Neopaganist priest. As far as I know hasn't been seen since he was in his 90s, but seems to be alive. Picture from 2016. Erwin Schild (9 March 1920 - 6 January 2024) Canada German-born Canadian rabbi, Chief Rabbi of Adath Israel Congregation until 1989. See the Rabbi Thread for more. Pravrajika Bhaktiprana (October 1920 - 11 December 2022) India Hindu nun, fourth president of the Sri Sarada Math and Ramakrishna Sarada Mission in Kolkata. Frail for years. Zuriel Shaked (1920 - 23 September 2023) Libya-Israel Rabbi, ancient leader of a Libyan-Israeli Jewish community. Hossein Wahid Khorasani (1 January 1921) Iran Iranian author and Grand Ayatollah, considered to be the most learned Shia authority alive. Current head of the Qom Seminary. Elyakim Schlesinger (September 1921) United Kingdom London rabbi and rosh yeshiva. José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra (1 January 1922) Mexico Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, only current centenarian bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. Gershon Edelstein (18 April 1923 - 30 May 2023) Israel Israeli Haredi rabbi, rosh yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva and the spiritual leader of the Degel HaTorah party in Israel. See the Rabbi Thread for more. Ezekiel Guti (5 May 1923 - 5 July 2023) Zimbabwe Zimbabwean televangelist, leader-founder of the massive Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa (ZAOGA) and Forward in Faith Ministries International. René Henry Gracida (9 June 1923) United States Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, second-oldest bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. Giuseppe Casale (28 September 1923 - 18 May 2023) Italy Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino. Shubert Spero (29 September 1923) United States US Rabbi: See the Rabbi Thread for more. Henry Wylie Moore (2 November 1923) United Kingdom/Cyprus Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf 1981-1986. Peter Gumpel (15 November 1923 - 12 October 2022) Germany German Jesuit priest. Luigi Bettazzi (26 November 1923 - 16 July 2023) Italy Catholic Church, Bishop Emeritus of Ivrea, former Pax Christi International President. Last European participant of the Second Vatican Council. Old friend of Benedict XVI. Augusto Lauro (29 November 1923 - 9 March 2023) Italy Catholic Church, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea Georg Hille (28 December 1923 - 14 July 2023) Norway Lutheran, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Hamar. His father Henrik Greve Hille (1881-1946) and grandfather Arnoldus Hille (1829-1919) were also Bishops of Hamar. Stanisław Szymecki (26 January 1924 - 26 September 2023) Poland Oldest Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop Emeritus of Białystok. Hospitalised in 2018, but the prayers worked. Colin Stannard (8 February 1924 - 4 August 2023) United Kingdom Church of England Archdeacon of Carlisle 1984-1993. Peter Takaaki Hirayama (31 March 1924 - 15 July 2023) Japan Korean-born Japanese Bishop Emeritus of Oita. Settimio Todisco (10 May 1924) Italy Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni. Thích Thanh Từ (24 July 1924) Vietnam Major Zen Buddhist monk. Frail for decades. Daniel Verstraete (31 July 1924) South Africa Belgian-born South African catholic prelate, Bishop-emeritus of the Diocese of Klerksdorp Swaroopanand Saraswati (2 September 1924 - 11 September 2022) India Hindu leader, Shankaracharya of Dwarka Sharada Peetham in Dwaraka, Gujarat and the Jyotir Math in Badrinath. Seems to be in war with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, ISKCON, Shirdi Sai Baba's followers and seemingly very controversial. Also apparently defended pedophile Prakashanand Saraswati, so quite a cunt. Has been hospitalised a few times for heart issues. Russell M. Nelson (9 September 1924) United States President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 2018. Albert Houssiau (2 November 1924) Belgium Catholic prelate, Bishop Emeritus of Liège. Victorinus Youn Kong-hi (8 November 1924) South Korea Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kwangju. Shmuel Kamenetsky (12 November 1924) United States See the Rabbi Thread. Du Shuzhen / Aminah (1924-?) China Imam from Henan, alive? Thomas Zhao Duomo (1924-2018 Off radar) China Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuanhua. Apparently incumbent, so probably alive. Karuna Mary Braganza (1924-2019 Off radar) India Nun leader, principal, Society of the Sacred Heart 1925: 10 1926: 18

Hope he does.

Just came to say the same thing. Clearly moved after the report, a scary glimpse into his own future.

You are right and wrong at the same time. For many people Justin Bieber is one of the biggest names in music. For many people Justin Bieber is a firecracker (for me at least). For example... Glenn Close got nominated for an Oscar and a Razzie for the same role this year. Is she good or bad? Her performance... Is good or bad? For me she's one of the greatest of her generation and she's fantastic and the best of the film. But... The taste is the taste.

Paul Andreu dead at 80 years. He was well known for his designs of so many Airports: https://www.liberation.fr/france/2018/10/12/l-architecte-paul-andreu-est-mort_1684967

Saxophonist Hamiett Bluiett dead at 78 yeras: https://news.allaboutjazz.com/hamiet-bluiett-1940-2018.php?width=1600

1988 Physics Prize Laureate Leon Max Lederman dead at 96 years https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/03/science/leon-lederman-died-particle-accelerators.html