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Juan Vicente Perez Mora (1909-2024) "I'm only trying to prevent that guy from claiming to be the world's oldest living man" (Don Vicente about his secret of longevity) "Noo, noo, Nooooo, tell me it's a lie!!! I can't believe this news is true " (Average user on the 110 club. Not a joke) "Peaceful death of 114-years old cause sect mass suicide" (Newspapers tomorrow) "Damn creeps" (Don Vicente's last words about 110club forum users) Age at death: 114 Known health issues: Wheelchair bound for 17 years, but actually always did well for his age. Just he was, you know, 115. Cause of death: Peacefully in his sleep. What a horrible way to go. Alignment: Always seemed a nice chap. Progressively starting to look like an alien, he survived classic geezers like Tanaka, Lucile Randon and Fasu Tsutami. Everyone still remembers his lavish 114th birthday parade. After his death a host of claimants to WOLM title has to fight each other. Among those the uberfraudster how-the-fuck-do-they-still-believe-him Fauja Singh, Japan National Treasure Gisaburo Sonobe (a photo of him does not exist, so may be a nazgul), Brazilian elder Josias de Oliveira and the King of all Life Support Systems Shi Ping.

I can understand this. Probably doesn't want @lay_kulast95 turning up at his retirement home trying to shag him.

https://longeviquest.com/2024/04/worlds-oldest-man-dies-at-114/ Juan Vicente Pérez Mora dead a couple of months shy of 115. Really defied the odds, fair play to the guy.

All these people shit-talking Fred West forget that he did a fucking good patio.

Wokist: Alternative form of wokeist. Wokeist: A proponent of woke ideals. Woke: 1) Conscious and not asleep; 2) Alert, aware of what is going on, or well-informed, especially in racial and other social justice issues; 3) Holding progressive views or attitudes, principally with regard to social justice. Cor, such problematic people.

DDP pick John Barth reported dead aged 93.

Kazakh politician Omirbek Baigeldi (Wiki) dead at 84

A meritocracy is great and I don't think people should be given things for free but the problem is in a lot of western countries historically (but still in living memory) non-white ethnic groups have been segregated and whilst this isn't the case today the long lasting effects of segregation are still being felt. In America majority black neighbourhoods are poorer than the white ones because in the recent past most well paid jobs went to white people, therefore the black people who lived during segregation didn't have the money and couldn't afford good education for their children and grandchildren. And as a consequence (of something that happened decades ago) black people in the modern day do not have the opportunities that white people have, and struggle with education and employment. Affirmative action is just an attempt to make the playing field more equal for those who would struggle to get into certain jobs, collages etc., white people can still get all of those things based on their own merit. To touch on the 'cancel culture' aspect first. In my opinion, it isn't a real (effective) thing. If you think about the people who have been cancelled you get the likes of Dave Chappelle, who is still doing stand up comedy, or JK Rowling, who is still writing books and making millions, or Donald Trump, who has a 50/50 shot of being in-charge of the most powerful country in the world this year. Cancel culture really only works if what you are being cancelled for involves insurmountable evidence that you have committed a crime. In regards to retroactively judging historical figures, in my opinion it is something that is needed to be done. Take Churchill for example, the man was a brilliant war time leader, he was also racist, the latter doesn't override the former but it is something that should be acknowledged. If you don't recognise the mistakes of the past then you don't learn from them. And with certain historical figures it isn't judging them based on modern ideas, Woodrow Wilson was incredibly racist even in the 1910s and Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner something that was criticised at the time by abolitionists. Statues of slave traders and the like should be taken down as we knowing better (not that people didn't know at the time) should not be proud of them.

But not everyone who reaches 99 makes it to 100, or summat.

Some news about 2024 Deathlist name Jean-Marie Le Pen? Yeah, tricky to decide which thread it goes in. Maybe, rather than this thread designated for any old dead people, you should try the Jean-Marie Le Pen thread?

Stefano Cherchi dead at 23.

Happy Birthday Josino Levino Ferreira, 111 today and now the third oldest living man. https://longeviquest.com/supercentenarians/josino-levino-ferreira/

Jane Goodall is 90. She was a witness to the first documented chimpanzee war:

Not sure what the issue is. Tango854 seems comes across as someone who is both courteous and tolerant of differing opinions.

If allowed, could I possibly get my rank thingy that currently says executioner change to say 'woke'.

1. Churchill IS an important figure in this country, he was still a racist. But like I said before it doesn't mean that he can't be celebrated, but by saying 'who cares' you are participating in historical revisionism just as much as those who focus entirely on that. Churchill had long career and lived a long life, he was like all a flawed person and you shouldn't ignore that just because he is a national hero as at that point you are dehumanising him and turning him into a godlike figure. 2. Our standards aren't new, Haiti abolished slavery in 1804 whilst many famous Americans continued to own slaves. What I'm trying to say is that people knew that these things were bad at the time and yet other people continued to do them because they're not perfect. 3. I agree that statues and the like shouldn't be destroyed, however I don't think that certain people should be memorialised, but it's really a case by case situation. To go back to Churchill, whilst he held questionable beliefs, he lead the UK in the fight against fascism and deserves to be memorialised, in comparison Edward Colston was a slave trader and is remembered as such and doesn't deserve a statue in public in the 2020s, don't erase the man from the history books but don't celebrate him. 4. I think every citizen of a country has the right to point out the flaws in it's systems, past and present. I'm English, I think the colonialism of the British empire was bad but I also think that we fought against Hitler in WWII and that's a good thing. You can find a balance and saying that you'll hate your country for recognising mistakes of the past is an insane thing to think and potentially shows that you've been blinded by nationalism. 5. Napoleon is a figure that I don't think should be praised for many reasons, slavery is just one but I won't go into that here. You just seem to have a very polarised view of the world where people can't be human and make mistakes, they are either good or bad.

Apologies, corrected.

But unfortunately it does matter to the wokists. They want more black or asian actors where their only concern should be that the actor is talented. It is perfectly normal to me that there is less black actors than white because they are a minority in the general population in the USA, GB and France… That’s the same for colleges, Ivy League schools, executive jobs etc… Like I said I’m for meritocracy not affirmative action. For example in the France national football team there is a lot of black players. But they were chosen thanks to their talent, and thanks to them we won the 2018 WC. But if someone said "I wish there were more white players" he’d be branded as racist and that’d be fair. Also what I hate about wokism is the cancel culture and those who judge historical figures with nowadays criterias.

Arguing over race in Shakespeare is just idiocy (not you, you're more or less spot on here). When the plays were written, Juliet (like all female roles) would have been played by a man, so if in its original context the gender of the actor doesn't matter in performing the play, then in the 21st century the race of the actor really shouldn't matter.

As an aside, I like the Mail's idea that the National Trust "secretly" changing the scone recipe is "virtue-signalling". I would suggest that if you want to signal something, doing it secretly is probably not the best way to go about it.

William Gaunt is on BBC 4 right now reminiscing about No Place Like Home. Recently turned 86 and looks amazing for his age.

People who, when washing up, put all the dirty dishes in the sink at once making the water dirty before you've even cleaned one item. Ideally you should fill the empty sink with water, then start washing the least dirty items (cups or cutlery) and then work your way up to the dirtier things. Also rinse overly dirty items under the tap to remove as much as possible before putting them in the hot soapy water.

Jesus is most often depicted as being a white bloke when he (should you believe such a person existed) definitely wouldn't have been. Once upon a time, women weren't allowed in plays at all. So misrepresentation, often racial, has historically happened to an enormous extent, normally the way of the least discriminated against (white, straight, male). A little bit of additional diversity to an otherwise very undiverse production isn't the end of the world, I wouldn't have thought; it's often not meant to be on point wrt historically accuracy anyway. You make some good points though; 'woke' is as you defined it earlier, it's just a word recently subject to being bastardised by the perpetually angry who want to say nasty things without consequence. Also true is that one must be careful not to patronise an historically discriminated-against group; the best thing to do is listen to their perspective, right?

Never would I have thought he would live another year after this image was taken. Funny how the cause of death is mentioned "failed treatment" as if the team of doctors treating him could have done something differently to keep him alive even longer.

Saw them twice. The second time was after they released 'Brilliant'. They couldn't decide which songs to drop to make room for the new ones, so they didn't drop any, instead doing a two-part show without a support band. So it was like two shows in one. Talking of supports, I got to see John Foxx (original Ultravox frontman) when he supported OMD. Lot of people were kicking themselves for turning up late to that one.