The Immortal

Found out billionaire Charlie Munger is 98 years old. He should be considered for the DL as he is more than famous enough, not to mention his age.

Worth mentioning his uncle Maurice was a very successful race car driver, and Jean-Louis himself dabbled in racing at an amateur level.

Jean-Louis Trintignant a hit for me and countless others.

Discharged 2 days ago.

The death of Nancy Berg in 2022 means the entire credited cast of the 1964 Cold war movie Fail Safe is dead. Grand Prix (1966) is also on it's last legs, down to Eva Marie Saint, Genevieve Page and Francoise Hardy for the main speaking cast.

Been a while since the last OoO update, wondering if there's any new info about certain old racing drivers. Especially curious on anything about Jean-Pierre Jabouille (supposedly has dementia according to his friend and former racing driver Jacques Laffite).

In that case, my bad.

Ignore my post here, maybe delete it if you can.

Iraqi footballer Haider Abdul-Razzaq has died at the age of 39 from blunt force trauma after being severely thrashed by unknown attackers, he was a part of the Iraq football team in the 2004 Olympics, which finished 4th. https://thenewsglory.com/iraqi-football-star-haider-abdul-razzaq-dies-after-being-severely-beaten/

I only really knew about David Frankham from one of his other roles, the rest were pretty unknown to me because I just don't know much about 1950's Disney. That being said asides from maybe Frankham, none of the names are immediate DL potential as they all appear very well in the online convention I mentioned.

Found out a couple of Disney legends from the 50's appeared for an online convention a month ago, which is quite a surprise. David Frankham (95) who voiced Sgt. Tibbs in the 1961 version of 101 Dalmatians Margaret Kerry (93) who voiced Tinker Bell in the 1953 version of Peter Pan Donnie Dunagan (87) who voiced young Bambi in the 1942 namesake film Peter Behn (87) who voiced young Thumper in the 1942 version of Bambi

Just come back from attending the Indy 500, which is essentially F1 on steroids. Utterly crazy experience.

Italian racing driver Vittorio Brambilla died on this day, 21 years ago aged 63. Nicknamed the "Monza Gorilla" for his aggressive driving style, he only won a single Formula 1 race back in 1975 and was lucky enough to survive a head injury in the 1978 Italian Grand Prix in a pileup which would kill F1 driver Ronnie Peterson.

Rodri, a Spanish defender for the 1962 World Cup, dead aged 88. https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/club/news/2621606/legendary-defender-from-the-1960s-rodri-passes-away

On this day 40 years ago, American race car driver Gordon Smiley died, aged 36 in an extremely violent crash in qualifying for the 1982 Indy 500. So Smiley had been known as an arrogant driver and a general prick, who was way over his head. Despite being warned by several senior drivers about his driving style and being told he was way over his head, he simply ignored their warnings. And then during qualifying, it happened. He lost control of his car, veered right and hit the wall and it completely disintegrated on impact. As for Smiley? The details are a bit too gruesome even for the DeathList so if you want to know you will have to look it up, but he was quite literally, turned into mincemeat. Even to this day, Smiley's fatal crash is considered one of the most violent in racing history.

Singer Halsey has been diagnosed with at least 4 different autoimmune conditions recently (POTS and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome being the most serious of these) and potentially has a 5th, she has also suffered from multiple bouts of Anaphylaxis (severe allergic reactions) and claims she has been sick for "most of her adult life", but that things have worsened since the birth of her son. She still claims her concert tour will go ahead, but let's see what happens. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/halsey-health-issues-tour-dates-1351498/

Indy 500 driver Art Pollard died on this day 49 years ago, aged 46 in a fatal crash in practice for the 1973 Indy 500 in which his car hit the outside wall, before it tumbled and burst into flames. Pollard was an experienced racer who competed in several Indy 500's. He wasn't the only one who would have a fatal accident that weekend, driver Swede Savage and pit crew mechanic Armando Teran would be killed in separate accidents during the race (Savage actually dying months later in hospital).

Italian racing driver Lorenzo Bandini died on this day 55 years ago, aged 34, from severe burns he sustained in a crash 3 days earlier at the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix. He spent majority of his career racing for Ferrari. There is an award called the "Trofeo Lorenzo Bandini" which is named after him, it is presented every year to the most promising upcoming racing drivers.

Canadian F1 driver Gilles Villeneuve died on this day 40 years ago, aged 32 in a qualifying accident at Zolder for the Belgian Grand Prix. He got 6 career wins and 13 podium finishes and was considered to be one of the most talented drivers of his generation, he was also known for his incredible pace and aggressive racing style. .

Been some time since the last driver death anniversary of the day, but American F1 and sports car driver Hap Sharp died on this day, 29 years ago. The reason I decided to feature him, is the cause of his death. Hap ended up committing suicide after being diagnosed with term inal cancer. .

French racing driver Sebastien Enjolras died on this day 25 years ago, aged 21 during a practice crash for the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans after his car flew airborne over the safety barriers and then crashed and exploded into flames.

On this day 28 years ago, legendary F1 driver Ayrton Senna was killed in a fatal accident in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at the age of 34, after he crashed into a barrier at the Tamburello corner. Senna won 3 F1 championships and 41 races. He is considered as one of the greatest motorsports icons in history, even being given a state funeral at his home country of Brazil. .

F1 Driver Roland Ratzenberger died on this day 28 years ago, at the age of 33 in a qualifying accident during the infamous and tragic San Marino Grand Prix in 1994 which was his rookie season. Even if you have only a little knowledge on motorsports, I am sure most of you will know exactly which driver death anniversary of the day is going to come tomorrow.

American race car driver Chuck Daigh died on this day 14 years ago, aged 84. He started off as an engineer, before he moved to driving race cars. He did enter a couple of F1 races in 1960 for Lance Reventlow's Scarab team which was highly uncompetitive, but Daigh found bigger success in endurance racing, winning the 12 hours of Sebring in 1959.

Yesterday, Italian F1 driver Michele Alboreto was killed in an accident while testing an Audi Le Mans Car 21 years ago. And on this day 13 years ago, Indy 500 racer Danny Kladis passed away and though he never found success in Indianapolis, he became notable for an unexpected reason later in his life, his longevity and status as Indy 500's oldest living racer at a point of time, having lived to the age of 92 at a time where most Indy drivers were lucky enough to have reached their 40's and 50's.