The Immortal

Warren Upton's October article claims 18 living survivors, assuming the two who've died on 3 November were counted on that list it would mean 16 claimed left which seems like a realistic number to me. Hoping once we get to a low enough number (maybe 10-12) we'll get a proper documented list with names in the media, just like we had with The Few or the Merrill's Marauders.

Deathrace Form Guide #12 Allan Lichtman Also known as the "Nostradamus" of the U.S Presidential elections, he successfully predicted almost every U.S election since 1984 with the exception of 2000 and now, 2024. He's also getting humiliated online for his failure. Oh, and he's 77 so perhaps this failed prediction might just be his last one.

Dead. Seems like he was not as healthy as I assumed, one commenter saying he had health problems since before he retired apparently.

Ellen Rometsch (alleged mistress of John F. Kennedy and rumored spy) is still alive as of July 2024. I was just wondering the other day if she was still alive and decided to do some checking. After the whole spy fiasco she went back to Germany and remarried her ex-husband Rolf Rometsch and all that is known was that she lived in Bonn and a journalist tried to interview her in 2013 but she and her husband refused any kind of interview concerning her alleged affair or rumored double life. I couldn't find anything since then and seeing how privately she lives, I wasn't 100 percent sure if she was still alive. Well, I do so more digging and come to find out that Rolf Rometsch died this July. I don't know how reliable the obituary source is but it's based in Bonn where he and Ellen lived and the obituary does mention an Ellen and other relatives who survived him, so I am pretty confident in saying that it's the same Ellen Rometsch here and that as of July 2024, she is alive.

So I found out that Ira "Ike" Schab was hospitalized recently according to his fundraiser. The exact timespan hasn't been specified but considering the recent post on him being hospitalized was made on the 25th, and the update of him returning home is posted on the 29th, let's assume he was hospitalized from the 25th to the 28th.

Jim Lovell did an interview a month ago, is in much better of a shape than I presumed especially considering his age and still seems to be very sharp mentally.

Basilar skull fractures are something almost always associated with violent impacts at high speed and falls along with high speed motorsport or road accidents, are usually the most common causes of such an injury. Assuming he fell head first (especially at a lateral angle) onto concrete pavement I can definitely see how it happened.

Coroner Thomas Noguchi, who performed the autopsies of Marilyn Monroe, Robert F. Kennedy, Sharon Tate and Natalie Wood among others. Still alive at the age of 97.

Finally saw some photos taken during the annual Medal of Honor recipients convention including the annual group photo. Bruce Crandall, Tom Kelley and not sure who the one on the left is, are in wheelchairs but out of the three Crandall is the only one who truly stands out as frail (in another photo of him on instagram, his watch doesn't even fit his wrist!). Although Crandall is the oldest living recipient to my knowledge at 91, he was very active and going strong up to a year ago so it looks like he's had a sharp decline. Also, the absence of Jose Rodela despite the fact he actually lives in San Antonio where the convention was held, tells me his condition is bad enough that he's most likely unable to leave his home.

He's in hospice and his face doesn't show any kind of scarring, so I doubt he's using any feeding tube. Whatever might be the case, hope he goes out peacefully in his sleep without any suffering.

Looks more mummified than human at this point.

I agree with having more westerners appear too, but so far I've had little success with my suggestions despite most of them ending up dying not long after I suggest them.

The wiki article says her husband and son were suffering from cancer back in 2015 but it seems her husband at least is still alive. Seeing Wang Zhenyi is 99 years old apparently and in this bad a condition, he's got to be a candidate for the immortals list next year surely.

While looking for news on the annual Medal of Honor convention that is supposed to be going on in the city of San Antonio right now, I came across this. Apparently the National Medal Awards ceremony for China took place and two recipients in particular stood out as very old and frail, the man (definitely military judging by the outfit and the fact he does a salute later on) at the 6:51 mark and the lady at 7:18. They were in wheelchairs and had to be escorted to the ceremony, the old military man somehow stood with assistance and gave a speech at the 22 minute mark of the video (potential immortal?) before being taken back to his wheelchair. @drol @arghton I have zero clue who those two are, but I'm sure you would know.

Fuck. Now McGonagall too? I swear so many Harry Potter stars have died lately.

F1 driver Sergio Perez's father Antonio Perez Garibay, apparently hospitalized following his son's Azerbaijan Grand Prix crash after collapsing from pre heart attack symptoms. Now stable. https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/formula-1/sergio-perez-antonio-hospital-update-33688396

La Toya looks rough too, also haven't heard or seen anything on Jermaine in a while.

Katherine Jackson has outlived another son, and Berry Gordy (Motown Records founder and a mentor to the Jackson 5) has outlived two of the Jackson 5 now.

All three drivers attended another Classic Days event this July along with Jacky Ickx and a few other ex-Le Mans drivers. Ragnotti (far left) is much thinner compared to what I can recall of his previous appearance, same with Laffite (far right) who in addition appears hunched now. Ragnotti and Laffite have committed to the Nogaro Classic Festival in October (and they will attend, historic events like these are the lifeblood for these old Le Mans drivers and it would take a serious illness to prevent them from going) but crucially Pescarolo hasn't even though he's been to this exact event before.

Ron Yeats is a hit for me.

It seems Hans Herrmann didn't participate in 1955 because of injuries he sustained earlier in a practice crash in Monaco, so Da Silva Ramos is the only one left assuming all other drivers are dead. Some real interesting backstories to some of the names though. Mortimer Morris-Goodall is apparently Jane Goodall's father, Goodall's co-driver Leslie Brooke was awarded the George Medal in World War II, French driver Pierre Louis-Dreyfus became a centenarian, Riseley-Prichard was in a child pornography scandal, Dr. Mario Damonte was apparently a chemist. Then there's others who saw fame in the automotive industry (test driver Norman Dewis for example).

@Octopus of Odstock Who all from the infamous 1955 24 Hours Of Le Mans are still alive? I see Hermano Da Silva Ramos participated and he's alive but there are lot of drivers with no wiki links, I wonder if any of them are alive.

Aussie cricketer Will Pucovski is forced to retire at the age of 26 due to repeated concussions/head injuries (he's had a total of 12, apparently).

These 110club stans remind me exactly of these anime and TV show stans who go completely unhinged because their favorite character died in their show. Actually it feels like SC's as a whole are treated like movie characters there and It's so fucking weird honestly. I've observed certain fan favorites (Charlotte as you saw here but Tekla Juniewicz, Bob Weighton come to mind and of course Kane Tanaka) that usually get more mourners while others (usually Japanese or Latin American SCs) they don't really bother about much. It's also such a shame because there are genuinely some good people on there who put in hard work and research or are genuinely interested, but the stans and their obsession with longevity and milestones just ruin it for all.

Hungarian composer Franz Liszt in March 1886, four months before his death. He was something of an immortal among composers, he outlived almost all of his contemporaries and lived quite a long life for a composer, reaching the age of 74 despite being in ill health for around seven years at that point.