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Princess Mikasa of Japan is 100 today.

4/Jun/2023 58 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black +2 37 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale 36 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore 34 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There +1 31 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me +1 29 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon 29 The Monkees – I´m A Believer 28 The Beatles – Hello, Goodbye -6 26 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 24 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 24 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 21 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 13 The Bee Gees – Massachusetts 11 The Foundations – Baby, Now That I´ve Found You

Here is a list i compiled of WW2 veterans, ranging from soldiers, Resistance members, and people who experienced firsthand the horrors of the war that were born in the 1910s era. Reuben Sinclair [Royal Canadian Air Force]. (1911-2023) Rashid Karimov [Soviet Red Army]. (1912-) Andre Ludwig [French Resistance]. (1912-) Rudy Thompson [United States Army]. (1912-2023) Tripolino Giannini [Royal Italian Army/Regio Esercito]. (1912-) Salvatore Nardi [Royal Italian Army/Regio Esercito]. (1912-) Shi Ping [Second Sino-Japanese War]. (1912-) John Tiniswood [Royal Engineers {Postal Section} of the Home Forces Postal Organization]. (1912-) Margaret Romans [Latvian Partisans]. (1912-) Maria Farrugia. (1912-) Rose Girone [The Holocaust]. (1912-) Gunborg Hancock. (1912-) Huang Decheng [Taiwanese Imperial Japan Serviceman]. (1913-) Ilie Ciocan [Romanian Armed Forces]. (1913-) Pierre Pineau [Free French Forces]. (1913-2023) Marcel Reichstein [The Holocaust]. (1913-) John Farringdon [United States Engineer Combat Battalion]. (1913-) Irena Siła-Nowicka [The Holocaust]. (1913-2023) Ken Weeks [Royal Australian Engineers]. (1913-) Rafaela Vicente [Philippines Resistance]. (1913-2023) Marcel Barbary [Free French Forces]. (1914-2023) Morrie Markoff. (1914-) Kazimierz Klimczak [Home Army/Armia Krajowa]. (1914-2023) Mullahan Nurislamov [Soviet Red Army]. (1914-2023) Vitantonio Lovallo [Royal Italian Army/Regio Esercito]. (1914-) Luigi Miti [Royal Navy/Regia Marina]. (1914-) Maurice Le Contour [Free French Forces of the Dunkirk evacuation]. (1914-) Ailsa Stewart [Women's Royal Naval Service]. (1914-) Stanisław Pełka [The Holocaust]. (1914-2023) Bror Larsson [Norwegian Army]. (1914-2023) Karlheinz Stauber [Heer/Wehrmacht]. (1914-) Donald Rose [7th Armored Brigade/Desert Rats]. (1914-) Julia Iverson [Women's Royal Naval Service]. (1914-) James C. Floyd. (1914-) James Clayton Flowers [Tuskegee Airmen]. (1915-) Harold Nelson [United States Army] (1915-) Cosmas D. Eaglin Sr. [United States Marine Corps]. (1915-2023) Georgios Koliopoulos [ELAS] (1915-2023) Albert Middleton [Royal Canadian Air Force]. (1915-) Hatsuo Hidaka [Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service]. (1915-) Nils Severin Økland [Royal Norwegian Navy]. (1915-) Min Jingde [Second Sino-Japanese War]. (1915-) Burd Sisler [Royal Canadian Legion Horse Artillery of the Canadian Army]. (1915-) Constantin Năstase [Romanian Armed Forces]. (1915-) Iosif Rus [Romanian Armed Forces]. (1915-) Vincenzo Prete [Royal Italian Army/Regio Esercito]. (1915-) Ann Konkel. (1915-) Phyllis Furness. (1915-) Mary Brackenbury [Royal Observer Corps]. (1915-2023) Isabel Crook. (1915-2023) Friedrich Grade. [Last surviving Kriegsmarine crew mate of the German submarine U-96] (1916-2023) Geneviève Callerot [French Resistance]. (1916-) Ervin "Judge" Wendt [United States Navy of the Battle of Midway]. (1916-) Bill Monfort [United States Navy]. (1916-) Bruno Kant [Heer/Wehrmacht]. (1916-) Francis Eric "Pony" Moore [Royal Army]. (1916-) Leonid Lazarevich Skvortsov [Soviet Red Army]. (1916-) Albert Van Raemdonck [Free Belgian Forces]. (1916-) Georgette Jeanne Scops [The Maquis]. (1916-2023) James Easton [Australian Army]. (1916-) Herb Keen [New Zealand Army]. (1916-2023) Bernhard Beckers [Afrika Korps of the Wehrmacht]. (1916-) Ena Collymore-Woodstock [Auxiliary Territorial Service]. (1917-) Jiro Tanaka [Imperial Japanese Army]. (1917-) Makoto Ogawa [Imperial Japanese Army Air Service]. (1917-) John Kinsel Sr. [Navajo Code Talker]. (1917-) Frank Chuman [Executive Order 9066]. (1917-) Nestor da Silva [Brazilian Expeditionary Force]. (1917-) Helen Guthrie [Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service]. (1917-) Živan Popović [Yugoslav Partisans]. (1917-) Edward Trevland [Royal Norwegian Navy] (1917-) Rachel Gorman [Women's Timber Corps]. (1917-) Albert Libert [Free Belgian Forces]. (1917-) Blažena Strachotová. (1917-) Bill Bruce [Australian Army]. (1917-) Colin Wagener [Australian Army]. (1917-) Joseph Eskenazi [Attack on Pearl Harbor]. (1918-2023) Brenda Milner. (1918-) Alfons Tomke. (1918-) Bruno Segre [Italian Resistance]. (1918-) Ernest Horsfall [Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers of the British Army]. (1918-) Angel Martín Taboas [United States Army]. (1918-) John Hamilton [British Army of the Dunkirk evacuation]. (1918-) Carlo Domenichini [United States Army]. (1918-) Irene Hosking [United States Army Nurse Corps]. (1918-) Ralph Schnorr [United States Navy]. (1918-) Richard Overman Sr. [United States Army Air Forces]. (1918-) Erdman Blank [Estonian Partisans]. (1918-) Linda Raunet [Estonian Partisans]. (1918-) Endel Uiga [Estonian Partisans]. (1918-) Joe Veselsky [Czech Resistance]. (1918-) Max D. Liston [United States engineer, scientist, and factory munitions worker]. (1918-) Masamitsu Yoshioka. [Last surviving Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service pilot who took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor] (1918-) John Hemingway. [Last surviving pilot of The Few] (1919-) Nancy Stratford. [Last surviving woman pilot of the Air Transport Auxiliary] (1919-) Nelson Broms. (1919-) Cresencia Garcia [6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion] (1919-2023) Jim Miller [Royal Australian Air Force]. (1919-) Władysław Siemaszko [Home Army/Armia Krajowa]. (1919-) Pietro Omodeo [Royal Italian Army/Regio Esercito]. (1919-) Klaus Obermeyer. (1919-) Addold Mossin [Finnish Army]. (1919-) Jack Jennings. [Last living survivor of the Burma Death Railway] (1919-) André Hissink. [Last living member of the No. 320 Netherlands RAF Squadron] (1919-) Elinor Otto [Rosie the Riveter munitions worker]. (1919-) Justino Pires de Arruda [Brazilian Expeditionary Force]. (1919-) Hugo Pedro Felisbino. [Last living Força Expedicionária Brasileira {FEB} male nurse]. (1919-) Tetsuo Sato [Imperial Japanese Army]. (1919-) John Dorsey [Tuskegee Airmen]. (1919-) Les Morice [Australian Army]. (1919-) Bryan Bouchard [Royal Navy]. (1919-) John Hillman [Royal Air Force]. (1919-) Cecil Parker [Normandy Landings]. (1919-) Roy Hashimura [United States Army]. (1919-) Jeanne Gloden-Muller [The Holocaust]. (1919-) Aleksander Lestan. (1919-) Lim Kean Chye. (1919-2023) Jehuda Widawski [The Holocaust]. (1919-) Howard Bier [United States Army Air Forces]. (1919-) E. Gerald Meyer [United States Navy]. (1919-) Charlie Duncan [General George Patton's United States Third Army]. (1919-)

All this talk of This Morning and the titles sequence posted on the Schofield thread reminded me not only of Fred Talbot's troubles but also the late great Claire Rayner who often appeared on the show. Yes, I dredged this up! Not that I would know as I don't watch it any more, but does This Morning have a regular agony aunt nowadays? I mean for the next few days or weeks until it is axed of course.

Sun 4 Jun 56 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 37 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale 36 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore 36 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me 35 The Monkees — I’m A Believer 33 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There +4 29 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon 26 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 26 The Beatles – Goodbye, Fuck Off -6 24 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 24 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flower s In Your Hair) 21 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 13 The Bee Gees – Massachusetts 11 The Foundations – Baby, Now That I´ve Found You

Yeah, he looks a lot paler than he did in Soul Man.

That's right, the big guy gets his own thread after his appearance on BBC1 tonight reminded me to start a fucking thread for him. Tom Baker, The Doctor Who to anyone with a vague awareness of the show, is 86 now, and has apparently been in frail health the last few years after a lifetime of booze started to catch up. Apart from his 7 year lead role in Doctor Who and its lifetime of pop culture references, he was also famously Rasputin in Nicholas and Alexandra. He's also the narrator of Little Britain, Captain Redbeard in Blackadder and the voodoo loving artist in Vault of Horror. Anyhow, here he is on BBC1 an hour ago: Proper future DL front pager.

Emperor Shomu died on this day 1267 years ago, aged 54. - Shomu's father, Emperor Monmu, died when he was 5 years old- before he became king in 724, his grandmother and aunt served as empresses in a regency period. - Shomu's reign, which lasted from 724 to 749, is known as the Jinki era (insert Velma from Scooby-Doo here). - Probably the most notable event to occur during his reign was a smallpox epidemic that lasted from 735 to 737. The plague killed 1 million (about a third of Japan's population at the time). After it ended, Shomu commissioned the Tōdai-ji Buddhist temple (which opened in 752). - Shomu's wife Empress Komyo (whom he married in 729) was the first Japanese consort to not have been born into the imperial family- she was a member of the Fujiwara clan. - Shomu moved Japan's capital several times. The first was in 741, from Heijō-kyō (Nara) to Kuni-kyō (Kizugawa), then in 744 to Naniwa-kyō (Osaka), the following year to Shigaraki-kyō (Koka) and then back to Nara. - Shomu abdicated after a 25-year reign in favor of his daughter Takano (regnal name Koken). He and his wife would become Buddhist monks afterwards.

Carroll Cooley, a retired Phoenix Police Captain and the arresting officer in the landmark case partially responsible for the U.S. Supreme Court’s Miranda rights ruling requiring a suspect be read their rights, has died. He was 87. https://apnews.com/article/miranda-rights-officer-obituary-eb0453f8239346987404af419732bbc2?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter

Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989 Ruhollah Khomeini died on this day 34 years ago, aged 89. He was the founder of the Islamic Republican of Iran and the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which saw the overthrow of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the end of the Persian monarchy. Following the revolution, Khomeini became the country's first supreme leader, a position created in the constitution of the Islamic Republic as the highest-ranking political and religious authority of the nation, which he held until his death. Most of his period in power was taken up by the Iran-Iraq War of 1980–1988. American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years in the CBS television series Gunsmoke James Arness died on this day 12 years ago, aged 88. Arness has the distinction of having played the role of Dillon in five decades: 1955 to 1975 in the weekly series, then in Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987) and four more made-for-television Gunsmoke films in the 1990s. In Europe, Arness reached cult status for his role as Zeb Macahan in the Western series How the West Was Won.

Looking increasingly like we have ONE death so far and - therefore - a clear winner. Nobody's seen a private ambulance anywhere near Rolf Harris' house, again, have they...askin' for a friend, like?

@YoungWillz (Seaside Special) and @Toast (Juke Box Jury) share a hit with Rolf Harris. Nearly a year in and we only have 3 hits + a DQ. A bit shocking I must say. The List of the Missed is likely outdated, but I have been updating as I see them. If there is interest for another round of this may have to think of a way to spice it up! Lots of crickets in here. As for Mal Jones via @gcreptile. It lists him as dying on January 5th, 2014 in Miami, Florida, USA on a lot of sites now (IMDb being the starting point). Not seeing how any of them got this information though. I've been digging and have yet to find anything as of now....I'm inclined to leave it until some kind of evidence is found.

I'd just like to find somewhere where I don't have to read about Philip Schofield

It all seems to have gone very quiet around here. Unless of course a whole heap of obscure picks have carked it, but you scamps have not informed me! I will be doing my quarterly google search of all the names at the end of the month, but in the meantime please be a dear and check you own teams. These are the only names I have since the last update: 10th May: Rolf Harris 21st May: Ed Ames 24th May: Tina Turner Rolf Harris was, of course, the big hit with 17 teams selecting the antipodean nonce. However, his death has actually bugger all effect on the top of the scoreboard, as the highest ranked player to have chosen him was @The Old Cremin 20th place. Crem moves up to 6th as a result. Of more significance, is the fact the @theoldladyalso selected Tina Turner to go with her Harris hit, to ascend into 3rd place. Somewhat fittingly, Rolf Harris's demise also sees @Toastand @Hellenter the top 10. @John Keygets a first hit of the game with Harris, to finally enter the race properly, leaving only 8 players hiding in the showers, hoping the sports teacher won't notice. The top 10 is as follows - full scoreboard as always is on Page 1. Buffalo Phil (507 points) 7 hits [Ben Ferencs, Bill Butler, Gianluca Vialli, Guido Gorgatti, Hazel McCallion, Lucille Randon, Tim Keller] An Fear Beag (439 points) 6 hits [Gianluca Vialli, Lucille Randon, Mary Quant, Nigel Lawson, Ryiuchi Sakamoto, Tim Keller] The Old Lady (435 points) 5 hits [Betty Boothroyd, Gianluca Vialli, Mary Quant, Rolf Harris, Tina Turner] Wormfarmer (393 points) 4 hits [AL Jaffee*, Ben Ferencs, Bill Butler, Gianluca Vialli] Death Impends (358 points) 4 hits [Bert I Gordon, Billy Graham, Ed Ames, Lucille Randon] The Old Crem (322 points) 5 hits [Frank McGarvey, Gianluca Vialli, Mary Quant, Rolf Harris, Ryiuchi Sakamoto] Dying Probably (318 points) 4 hits [Betty Boothroyd, Harry Belafonte, Hazel McCallion*, Nigel Lawson] Salmon Mousse (300 points) 6 hits [Frank McGarvey, Gianluca Vialli, Denny Crum, Michael Lehrer, Natalie Fornasier, Tim Keller] Toast (291 points) 6 hits [Fay Weldon, Gianluca Vialli, Just Fontaine, King Constantine, Rolf Harris, Ryiuchi Sakamoto] Hell (286 points) 4 hits [Chaim Topol, Gianluca Vialli, Rolf Harris, Ryiuchi Sakamoto]

Times have changed so much since I was in a conventional workplace. It wasn't a crime to hook up with someone who worked in the same company, it didn't raise any eyebrows, in fact it was the way a lot of people met their spouses. Big age gaps were less common, but people regarded it as not their business: "Ugh, I couldn't fancy an old man like him, but whatever turns you on." "Blimey, she must be old enough to be his mother but I can see why he fancies her." It wasn't seen as a sick perversion. I've always taken the view that if people are of sound mind and consenting age (and they genuinely consent) , it's got fuck all to do with anyone else. If the young fellow was forced in any way, that's obviously wrong, but we may never know. Schofield of course is a loathsome piece of shit for cheating on his wife, but that's a matter for them.

Sergio Calderon, a Mexican character actor best known for playing the “head on a stick” in 1997’s “Men in Black” and Capt. Vallenueva in 2007’s “Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End,” has died. He was 77. https://www.thewrap.com/sergio-calderon-men-in-black-actor-dies-at-77/

My opinion on Deceased Supercentenarians: - Li Ching Yuen, 256, Fake. No explanation needed. Unless Li Ching Yuen was a Greenlandic Shark... he did not live for 256 years. - James Olofintuyi, 174, Fake. Claimed to have a 29 year old son at the time of his death. - Dhaqabo Ebba, 163, Fake. Claimed to have a living 128 year old son at the time of his death. - Niels Paulsen, 160, Fake. Claimed to have a 9 year old son at the time of his death. I found the same exact story of a 160 year old man claiming to have a 9 year old son in a satire-themed comic book. Idea was obviously stolen, and tried to pass off as real. - Mbah Gotho, 146, Fake. This man was not 146. His birthday was Claimed to be 31 December 1870, which is a placeholder birthday. He likely didn't know when he was born, so a random date was chosen for him. I'm willing to bet he was probably born in the early 1900s decade, and was probably 108-114 when he died. Not 146. However, I will add that I think it is possible that Mbah Gotho was older than Israel Kristal at the time of his death in April 2017, and may have been the World's Oldest Living Man at the time of his death. BUT, if he was older than Kristal, it was likely less than a year older. Should be investigated further. - John Smith, 137, nearly 100% fake. A study was done on Chief John Smith which concluded he was probably 96-99 when he died. He claimed to be 7, 8, 9, or 10 "when the stars fell". This is most likely referring to the Leonid Meteor Shower of 1833. This would place his birth year between 1823 and 1826 instead of his claimed birth year of 1784. Meaning that when he died in 1922, he was either 96, 97, 98, or 99. However there is an odd twist to this story, which is why I did not list him as totally fake. Some researchers did a study after Smith died, and they discovered that there was another meteor shower that occurred in 1792. This would accurately place Smith's birth year in 1784, thus making him 137 when he died. The strange thing was, is that it seems he had inside knowledge of the 1792 meteor shower, prior to the researchers who did the study. My guess is that he had likely heard of the 1792 meteor shower from his father, and mixed it up with his own memory. Or, it was just a big coincidence. If Smith really made it to 137, that means that at the time of his death, he would have broken Boomgaard's record by 27 years. A statistical near impossibility. I consulted a gerontologist, and according to the mathematical formula, the odds of Smith achieving the age of 137, would have a lower bound of 1 in 134 trillion. I wouldn't exactly call him a hoax yet, as rarer things have occurred, but unfortunately it's pretty safe to say he did not reach 137. - Koku Istambulova, 129, She honestly does have some decent documentation but it's not enough to prove her age. I'm going to say fake, because she was a very unhappy person in life. Optimists live longer. I highly doubt a negative person would have made it to 129. - Maria Do Cormo Geronimo, 129, Honestly Mrs. Geronimo does seriously surprise me. She doesn't have any birth records, but she does have vivid memories of being a Brazilian slave. Since she has memories of slavery in Brazil, she had to have been at least 3 years old, making her at least 115 when she died. She even had whip marks on her back from being a slave. She may not have been 129 when she died, but I'm going to guess she was between 115 and 122 with 120 being the most likely age. - Johanna Mazibuko, 128, ??? - Luo Meizhen, 127, researchers found that Mrs. Meizhen was more like 115 when she died. Not 127. I'm going to go with the researchers on this one. She indeed did have signs of extreme old age, commonly found in Supercentenarians. - Benito Martinez Abrogan, 126, This case was very unusual. Mr. Abrogan immigrated from Haiti to Cuba in the 1920s but his age wasn't given. He had a very healthy and fit lifestyle and ate lots of fresh rice and vegetables. Mr. Abrogan also ate lots of cassava, which has been proven to slow down the shortening of telomeres, and lower blood pressure. He never owned a car, but walked everywhere he went; another factor into supporting his longevity. He was nicknamed the Aeroplane for the speed at which he worked, while helping construct the highway across Cuba. This is a good sign, as he would've had to have been extremely healthy to outspeed all the other workers, as his boss and co-workers claimed. He doesn't have any documentation, nor does he show any signs of extreme aging, but the Cuban government and Cuban medical experts say that he was at least 119 years old at the time of his death. They claimed to have run tests on him, and said he was indeed between 119 and 126 when he died, however there is no proof of this. Again, his claimed birthdate is June, 19, 1880, which is a placeholder birthdate. He likely didn't know his actual birthdate, so he guessed. However, because of his extremely healthy lifestyle, I'm willing to guess he was born in the late 1880s, and was thus between 116 and 120 when he died. He died between many of the longest lived men on the planet, McMorran, Chuganji, Moll, and Del Toro. I think it's entirely possible that this man was indeed born in 1887 (not his claimed birthdate of 1880), and was actually 119 when he died. Extremely unlikely, but possible. - Jackson Pollock, 126, I personally found evidence that if Mr. Pollock was born the year he claimed to have been born, his father would have been only 5 years old at the time of his son's birth. His age was probably exaggerated by 20 years, and he was more likely 106, and not 126. One thing is for sure though, he was not born in the year he claimed to be born. - Francisca Susano, 124, I have spent a decent amount of time researching Mrs. Susano's case and I have never found any hard evidence against her. However, that doesn't mean there isn't any. Her eldest child would've been over 100 at the time of her death, strengthening her case a bit. But first we have to prove her child's age wasn't exaggerated. I think she is definitely worth considering. - Juana Chox Yac, 123, Doubtful - Hava Rexa, 123, Doubtful - Belle Rhymes, 123, She also claims to have suffered a constant asthma attack for 99 years straight. Willing to bet the whole story is made up. I sincerely doubt that a human could survive a constant asthma attack that lasted nearly a century, and I doubt this woman lived to be 123. - Sudhakar Chaturvedi, 122, I really don't know what to think of Mr. Chaturvedi's case. He has lots of documentation dating back to the early 1900s, but that doesn't mean he was born when he said he was. - Zhang Daoling, 122, This man claimed to have lived 122 years, and died in the year 156 A.D. I highly doubt he lived this long, back in times where the average lifespan was 35-50 years of age. I'm going to go with fake. He was probably a mythical figure. - Magomed Labazanov, 122, Doubtful. This man claimed to have still been able to walk at 121??? Very unlikely. He does appear to be very old from the videos shown on YouTube. Probably more like 112 when he died and not 122. He honestly does have the appearance of someone who is over 100, but saying that he is 122 is a massive stretch. - Celino Villanueva, 121, Fake. Mr. Villanueva does not show any signs of extreme old age associated with Supercentenarians. If I had to guess his age, I would have said he was about 95 or 96, not 121. His age was probably either exaggerated by 20 years, making him 101 when he died, and not 121, or his identity was mixed up with his father's, making him less than 105. - Jesus Castillo Rangel, 121, Seriously? 121??? This guy looks more like 81 rather than 121. I doubt he was even in his 90s. - Shigechiyo Izumi, 120, We could talk about Izumi's case all day... I am going to go with possibly on this one. Now if you're not familiar with the Izumi case, Shigechiyo Izumi claimed to have been born in 1865 and died at the age of 120 in 1986 (before celebrating his 121st birthday). Now researchers found another Shigechiyo Izumi born in 1880, but with no death certificate. It's possible that our 1865 Izumi got mixed up with our 1880 Izumi and our 1865 Izumi was only 105 when he died. However our 1865 born Izumi claimed to have been given up for adoption in 1871, aged 6, and started work at a sugar mill in 1872, aged 7. This right here would prove that he was not mixed up with our 1880 Izumi, and thus was the age claimed. BUT, there are several problems with this case. One, is that our 1865 born Izumi could be lying. And two, is that there is no documentation or definite proof that he was adopted in 1871 or started work in 1872. I think that a professional researcher, should try and locate some documentation of a Shigechiyo Izumi being adopted in 1871, or work papers of a Shigechiyo Izumi from 1872. Unfortunately, most documentation like this was not common in the 1870s. We may never know the real truth about Izumi. I will add, that the pictures of Izumi aged 120 in 1986, do indeed look like a 120 year old man. He shows all the characteristic signs of extreme aging, commonly found in a Supercentenarian. The whites of his eyes even have signs of extreme old age, and appear darkened in color. Something I've never seen in a person under 110. - Du Pinhua, 120, I have not researched her case enough but it seems like Mrs. Pinhua was indeed 120 when she died. She has all the signs of extreme aging, and elderly people of her village say she was a middle aged woman when they were kids. An 80 year old man who had known her all his life, said he remembers her being aged 40, when he was born. 80 + 40 = 120, thus supporting Pinhua's age. Unfortunately her case seemed to run into a lot of dead ends, and I can't find much more evidence than that of her being 120. I'd still say she has the strongest case of everyone on this list though. - Rebecca Lanier, 120, looks more like 80. Fake. This woman shows no signs of extreme aging. - Ignacio Aguilar Jaramillo, 119, I would have to go with... fake. Apparently he could still dance at age 115? A very unusual feat for a Supercentenarian. I don't believe he was 119. - Kamu Tongnumchokdee, 119, Dude looks like he's barely 89. Apparently he could still walk, and carry out farm work at the age of 119. The oldest that I would believe he was, is probably 105, but no more than that. His age was probably either exaggerated by 20 or 30 years, and he was probably either 89 or 99 when he died. Not 119. - Oh Yoon-ah, 118, Doubtful. This woman claims to have still gotten on the exercise Bike for 20 minutes a day at age 115. Not completely impossible as Maurice Floquet achieved this at 111, and as female SCs are in better shape than male SCs, it's not entirely impossible, but very unlikely. I'd compare this to being struck by lightning 3 times, and meeting someone who was struck by lightning 4 times. Not completely impossible, but hard to believe and verify. - Goddard Diamond, 118, Now this case is a weird one. Mr. Goddard Diamond claimed to have been born in 1796 and died in 1914. Mr. Diamond was featured in an interview in 1896 where he claimed to be 100 years old. He appears in good shape, and he claimed to have had a routine where he applied olive oil to his body every day. There is also pictures of Mr. Diamond from 1861 at the claimed age of 65, where he indeed looks like a 65 year old man. There is early life documentation of Mr. Diamond supporting a 1796 birthdate, and thus making him 118 when he died. But, there is also documentation supporting a 1805 birthdate, and making him only 109 when he died. I honestly don't know what to think of this case. I think this would take a professional researcher to figure out, and find more documentation of either him being born in 1796 and being the oldest man ever, or being born in 1805 and not even being a Supercentenarian. One piece of evidence that strengthens his case, is the 1861 documentation and picture of him being 65. If the 1805 birthdate us accurate, I highly doubt a 56 year old man would look this old. But again, if he was 118 when he died, the probability of a man surpassing Boomgaard by 8 years of close to nothing. It is worth noting however that Calment passed the female record by 9. - Jintaro Tanaka, 118, Possible but unlikely. Researchers at the Calment Project actually verified this man to have died in 1997 on his 118th birthday. He had all the nesscessary documentation, and the statistics fit perfectly in line with his life being around the same time as Calment, Knauss, and Mortensen. He would even close the gap of the oldest living man, before Mortensen. However, there was one little problem. The same researchers at the Calment Project later found that another Jintaro Tanaka had died in the 1960s, and the birthplace and wife's name matched exactly. It IS possible that there was another Jintaro Tanaka also born in 1879, who had the same wife's name, but what are the chances? I'm going to go with Doubtful, but I wouldn't call him fake just yet. - Teriihaeretei Taaroa, 117, I found documentation from an ancestry website sourcing that Mr. Taaroa was actually 104 when he died, and not 117. Now unless this incredibly accurate ancestry website is wrong... - Andrew Hatch, 117, Fake. Mr. Hatch claimed to have lived between 1898 and 2015, BUT he does not appear in a census until 1930, as a baby. This means he was probably only 85 at the time of his death. The only way he could have actually been 117, is if somehow he avoided all census recordings, all forms of documentation, and lied about his age stating that he was under a year old, when he in fact was 32. Extremely unlikely, considering the time period he lived in. - Juan Pablo Villalobos Maradiaga, 116, I did a heavy amount of research on his case, and found absolutely nothing to disprove Mr. Maradiaga's age. Although, I will say I didn't find much evidence to begin with. He did indeed have a son who would've been 95 at the time of his death, meaning that he couldn't have been much younger than the age claimed. Some researchers found a Juan Pablo Villalobos Maradiaga born 5 years after our 116 year old Juan Pablo. Unfortunately though, the birthplace is wrong. That leaves us with 2 possibilities. Most likely situation, is that Juan Pablo was only 111 when he died, and the census made a mistake on his birthplace. Even so, he would have still been the 1st Supercentenarian of El Salvador, and oldest man recorded of El Salvador, until Santos Rivas narrowly outlived him in 2023. The second situation, is that the census is of a different Juan Pablo Villalobos Maradiaga meaning that his age is still unknown, and he may have indeed been older than Kimura when he died. I'm going to go with 111, but I won't exactly rule out 116 yet. - Bernando Lapollo, 114, FAKE! This guy doesn't stop changing his story. Researchers did a study and found out he was more likely in his 100s when he died. Not 114. Anyway let me know what you think...

I found several 1970 players whose deaths weren’t announced on this thread (at least that I know of, I apologize if there’s mistakes) : Swedish Rooney Pettersson has died on 26 September 2022. He was the backup goalkeeper behind Ronnie Hellström and Sven-Gunnar Larsson and didn’t play any match. Uruguayan Julio Morales died on 14 February 2022 aged 76. Peruvian Javier Gonzalez died on 11 April 2018 aged 78 His countrymate Orlando De La Torre died on 24 August 2022 aged 78 too Bulgarian Aleksandar Shalamanov died on 25 October 2021 aged 80 Moroccan Hedi Dahane died on 13 July 2020 aged 73 or 74 His countrymate Abdelkader Ouaraghli died on 7 October 2022 aged 78 or 79

Leon Comber Telegraph Obit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/05/18/leon-comber-malayan-emergency-author-died-obituary/

Jamshid bin Abdullah, last Sultan of Zanzibar 1963-1964 is 93 today.

Yeah, he left over a disagreement with one crap director, at least one other person, and a temperamental producer, and he's still quite clearly fucked off by the BBC closing ranks when he got sacked off the show. Obviously I don't think Tom is snuffing it in the next week (well, I hope he doesn't) but he made a rare TV appearance and I was surprised he didn't have a thread of his own despite being a huge British icon. So now he does.

David Mathers died in 2014 - https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/results?firstname=david cochrane&firstname_variants=true&lastname=mathers&sourcecountry=great britain

Stan Berenstain went for a final walk down the sunny dirt road, this day 10 years ago aged 88.

I bet you're expecting me to post Nick Drake aren't you. Well I'm going for Soviet film director Alexander Dovzhenko instead.