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13 mars 2024 Hit n°6 Last Call for de Gaulle French admiral and son of Charles de Gaulle, Philippe de Gaulle has passed aged 102 to provide our french deathlist with another centenarian hit. Philippe was born in Paris in 1921, and discovered his vocation for the French navy very early on. In 1940, he joined the Forces Navales Françaises Libres right after his father's appeal of the 18th June and fought as a member of the Resistance during the war. After the conflict, he became a politician, following his father's example, being nominated councilor of Paris between 1983 and 2008 amongst other majors shadow missions. During all his life, he devoted himself to a highly prolific artistic practice and produced paintings, sculptures, illustrations, ceramics and even creating new designs for banknotes and coins, managing to exhibit his works in the most prestigious exhibitions of his time such as Le Salon d'Automne, Le Salon des Artistes Décorateurs and others. During his lifetime, his father always refused to honour him with military honours, suspecting it would be seen as nepotism. He thus dies without ever having been a Companion of the Liberation and without having received the Resistance Medal, in spite of his dedication to resistance during the conflict. He was selected this year at n°1 spot, being one of the most well-known oldest people on the list. His death marks the 6th point for our common list with 4 of them being centenarians.

not surprised but still shocked, I thought he would outlive another centenarian at least. Great period for our list, 4th centenarian to score. obit to come

Tons of tweet saying he died yesterday but don’t know Where they get that from…

That's also what I suspected, can't see how 13 shots can kill you but that depends on a lot of factors I'd say…

Amateur ! Only 12 hungry in the song Though I won’t be listening the song the Same now, What a weird song to die on…

Madeleine Chapsal, french journalist and author talked about in french topics dead at 98. Breaking News from le Monde

Dare I say going home to die ? Or back in hospital in 2 weeks time. I can’t see him reaching 2025

Breaking News in France as well

Cold heart ! Alexei Navalny is a solo hit for @ajlposh : congrats ! Tara Reid on first spot and another sub to choose. -------------------------- McMillan not looking forward ! Ian McMillan is a hit for CalebH and Yorkshire Banker : one point each, congrats ! @CalebH : Frank Caprio in and subs added @YorkshireBanker : Sjoukje Dijkstra in and Alain Delon as sub 3 -------------------------- Fini la Comédie ! Roland Bertin is a solo hit for for @DeathByArsenic : Daniel Barenboim in and Aboudlaye Wade on the sub bench. Congrats, one point ! -------------------------- Stan down ! Stan Bowles is another solo hit for @Toast : Yoko Ono in and Judy Loe straight at n°2 sub after Myers death -------------------------- Grand Prize ! Roger Guillemin is, again, a solo hit for @Torva Messor : Noam Chomsky in and Steve McMichael (and Jamal Yunos added) -------------------------- Ring knell for Apfel ! Iris Apfel is a hit for Buffalophil, insane, joemoneypenny, lilham and ThereWillBeDeaths : congrats, one point each ! @BuffaloPhil : Janis Paige in and Chamorro on the sub bench @Insane : Tim Bolton in and another sub needed please ! @JoeMoneypenny : Nigel Starmer Smith in Zhang lixiong on the sub list @lilham : Bill Coby in and Delon as sub 3 @ThereWillBeDeaths7 : Jim Lovell in and Rob Burrow waiting for his turn -------------------------- Bibidibu bididead ! Mr Ibu is a solo hit for @Captain Hemlock : Yoko Ono in and michael Bolton on the sub list Hope I didn't forget any hit (let me know if this is the case). A lot of solo hits these time…

2nd hit for my shadow list and first one of my theme team diva

Will update the score board and everything this week end as I'm a little late due to a lot of work. If you can, please check your list and let me know who died on it in addition to Navalny, McMillan, Bertin, Bowles and Myers

Urias please !

watching the crown for the first time (Yeah I know… I'm late…) and I thought what a shame they didn't cast Charles Dance to play old Philip, their resemblance is uncanny

Mahathir Mohamad

Well, I’m not regretting my numerous mentions of her then. Has been on my lists for some years now and will stay in until she goes. Could this news qualify her for next year’s list ?

Why have our posts disappeared?

70 firearms seized from his home… and he has no license to own any

The great Bartholomew ! I miss her sometimes…

Oops wrong link sorry

Telegraph has it now

Oh wow that one is a shock ! I studied him a lot in my fashion classes, he was a key figure of the 80’s with Mugler and Gaultier, particularly known for his leather work if I remember well. A-lister for me but doubt he’s that famous for people non interested in fashion. what’s going on with french deaths ??

"fun" fact : Guillemin died on the 103 birthday of his wife who died in 2021, one month after her 100th birthday, as Roger.

Andrzej Wiktor Schally (wiki) who worked with Guillemin and received the Nobel Prize with him is till alive at 97 !

21 février 2024 Hit n°5 We've got a Prize ! " leaving 6 centenarians left. Given the current state of affairs, it is doubtful that there will be that many left at the end of the year…" we wrote yesterday after Presle's passing, unaware that on the same day, French-American neuroscientist Roger Guillemin made that prediction come true sooner than expected ! Guillemin was born in Dijon in 1924. After several years as a doctor in France, he moved to the United States were he pursued his career as a teacher and where he was ultimately naturalized. In the 1970's, him and his work-team discovered the existence of neurohormone, a chemical messenger produced by a neuron which acts like a hormone. This discovery earned them the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1977. His co-worker on the project, Andrzej Wiktor Schally, with whom he got some feud, is still alive aged 97. Throughout his long career, he received many prices amongst which the National Medal of Science and was inducted into both the American Academy of Science and the French Academy of Science. After his medical career, he began painting and was also inducted into the American Academy of Science and Arts. This year, he occupied the 45th spot of our list and becomes our 5th hit, the 4th of which in february : a spectacular month for french deathlist, and a devastating one for french centenarians. Let's hope it continues that way !