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I think it's high time we update that list: Physics: when will they quark it? Charles Townes, 96. Nicolaas Bloembergen, 92 Jack Steinberger, 91. Yoichiro Nambu, 91. Chen Ning Yang, 89. Leon Lederman, 89. Hans Dehmelt, 89 Val Logsdon Fitch, 89 Philip Warren Anderson, 88 Anthony Hewish, 88 Roy J. Glauber, 86 Masatoshi Koshiba, 86 Ben Roy Mottelson, 85 Tsung-Dao Lee, 85 Charles K. Kao, 78* * = Not old, but has suffered from Alzheimer's Disease since 2004 Chemistry: soon to be inert? John Cornforth, 94. Frederick Sanger, 93. Jerome Karle, 93. Paul Boyer, 93. Jens Skou, 93. Walter Kohn, 89 Torsten Wiesel, 87 Rudolph A. Marcus, 88. David H. Hubel, 86 Irwin Rose, 85 George Olah, 85 Literature: the final chapter? Doris Lessing, 92 Nadine Gordimer, 88 Dario Fo, 86. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 85 Peace: RIP? (hell, this stuff writes itself) Nelson Mandela, 94. Henry Kissinger, 89 Shimon Peres, 88. Jimmy Carter, 87. Medicine: Nurse, the screens!! Christian de Duve, 94. Edmond Fischer, 92. Francois Jacob, 91. Arvid Carlsson, 89. Paul Greengard, 86. Oliver Smithies, 86. Sydney Brenner, 85 Andrew Schally, 85 Economics: cashing their final cheque? Ronald Coase, 101. (oldest living laureate ) Douglass North, 91 Thomas Schelling, 91 Lawrence Klein, 91. Ken Arrow, 91 Robert Solow, 87 Vernon L. Smith, 85 Robert Fogel, 85