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    The 100 Club

    Thanks for that list, I completely forget about Singh. Virginia McLaurin would be the last 1909 one if she was born that year. I'm pretty sure she is, as she has a 87 year old child. Anything English on Kozubski or Hiroshisen? I googled the name of the latter and found absolutely nothing.
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    The 100 Club

    Suprising how there aren't any males born in 1912 notable enough to have a wikipedia page. From 1913, however, 4/5 of the people notable enough to have a wikipedia are male: Carl J. Shapiro, Madoff investor and last of Madoff's "big four", 107 Toko Shinoda, Japanese painter, 107 (Only female in this group) Vance Trimble, Pulitzer prize winner and journalist, 107 G. Venkatasubbiah, Indian lexicographer, 107 Boris Pahor, Slovene writer and concentration camp survivor, 107 Out of these, I'm betting on Shapiro being the first to die and Venkatasubbiah or Pahor the last. Pahor is probably the only somewhat internationally famous of them from Necropolis and probably the oldest internationally famous person if Kane Tanaka's fame for being the world's oldest person for over two years isn't counted. 1911? Three left, four if you count Marita Quiros who doesn't have an English wikipedia page but is linked on the "list of living centenarians" page. 3/4 female. Marita Quiros, former Costa Rican first lady, 109 Renee Simonot, mother of Catherine Deneuve, 109 Eileen Ash, cricketer, 108 and turning 109 on october 30th. Robert Marchand, cyclist, 108 1910 is more balanced. One female and one male supercentenarian. Stanislaw Kowalski, masters athlete, 110 (Also the oldest living man in Poland and the oldest living man with a wikipedia page) Ruthie Thompson, animator, 110 Nobody from 1909, 1908 has only Ruth Apilado, founder of America's Intercultural magazine. 112 years old.
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    World War II Veterans

    Is anyone keeping track on the last medal recipients of WWII? I've found a couple of medals where there are only one or two left of the ones who recieved it (or of the ones who recieved it during wwII) Medal of Honour (United States, awarded 473 times): Charles H. Coolidge, Technical Sergeant, 99 DEAD Hershel W. Williams, Chief warrant officer 4, 97 Victoria Cross (United Kingdom, awarded 182 times): John Cruickshank, Flight Lieutenant, 100 Mannerheim Cross (Finland, awarded 197 times): Tuomas Gerdt, Sergeant, 98 DEAD Military Order of William (Netherlands, awarded ? times): Kenneth Mayhew, Major, 103
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    Military commanders

    There are an increasing amount of known military commanders who haven't been involved in wars. For example Klenberg, who I mentioned in the first post, never fought in any war.
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    Political Frailty

    I've decided to do one of these "remaining WWII vets" things for remaining Finnish WWII vets. Mauno Koivisto (1923-2017) was the last living prime minister and the only president who served. There are multiple ministers living who served/born before 1928: Ele Alenius (1925-2022) was the Second Minister of Finance in the Paasio I and Koivisto I cabinets 1966-1970 and is the last living person who was a Minister in the 1960s. Heimo Linna (1925-2022) was the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry in the Sorsa I and Miettunen II cabinets, 1973-1975 and 1975-1976. Aarno Strömmer (1927-2021) Second Minister of the Interior in the Liinamaa cabinet of 1975. Was never a member of the parliament. Taisto Tähkämaa (b. 1924) was a minister in the Sorsa II, Koivisto II and Sorsa III cabinets. Positions held: Defence Minister 1977-1979 Minister of Agriculture and Forestry 1979-1982, 1982-1983 Sinikka Luja-Penttilä (1924-2022) Health minister 1979-1982 during the Koivisto II cabinet. Didn't serve. Carl-Olof Tallgren (b. 1927) Minister of Finance 1970-1971 during the Karjalainen II cabinet. There are multiple parliament members who served/born before 1928: Pentti Poutanen (1922-2022) Parliament member 1970-1987. Earliest living parliament member after the death of Raino Westerholm (1919-2017) from June to August 2017 with Markus Kainulainen (born on the same day) until Kainulainen's death. Pekka Haarla (1923-2021) Consul, Parliament member 1966-1972 Artturi Niemelä (1923-2021) Parliament member 1970-1975 Sinikka Luja-Penttilä (1924-2022) Mentioned above, parliament member 1966-1983. Didn't serve Taisto Tähkämaa (b. 1924) Mentioned above, parliament member 1970-1991 Ele Alenius (1925-2022) Mentioned above, parliament member 1966-1972 Jutta Zilliacus (b. 1925) Parliament member 1975-1987. Didn't serve. Väinö Vilponiemi (1925-2022) Parliament member 1962-1975. Heimo Linna (1925-2022) Mentioned above, parliament member 1966-1987. Heikki Hasu (b. 1926) Olympic gold medalist, parliament member 1962-1966 and 1967-1970. Anna-Liisa Hyvönen (1926-2021) Parliament member 1972-1980. Didn't serve. Carl Olof Tallgren (b. 1927) Mentioned above, parliament member 1961-1975. Irma Rosnell (1927-2022) Parliament member 1954-1987. Didn't serve. Sauli Hautala (1927-2021) Parliament member 1975-1983 and 1987-1991. Pirkko Ikonen (b. 1927) Parliament member 1983-1991. Didn't serve. Elsi Hetemäki-Olander (1927-2023) Parliament member 1970-1991. Didn't serve. Ensio Laine (1927-2021) Parliament member 1968-1995. Oili Suomi (1927-2023) Parliament member 1970-1972 and 1977-1979. Didn't serve. 1928-1930, didn't serve: Raimo Ilaskivi (b. 1928) Parliament member 1962-1975. Helvi Hyrynkangas (1928-2021) Parliament member 1979-1983. Liisa Hilpelä (b. 1928) Parliament member 1983-1991. Tellervo Koivisto (b. 1929) Former First Lady, parliament member in 1975. Erkki Pystynen (b. 1929) Former Speaker of the Parliament, parliament member 1975-1991. Orvokki Kauppila (b. 1929) Parliament member 1970-1972. Sakari Knuuttila (1930-2023) Parliament member 1966-1991. Lasse Näsi (1930-2022) Parliament member 1991-1995. ----- Jaakko Numminen (1928-2022) Minister of Education 1970 in the Aura I cabinet, was never a parliament member.
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    Military commanders

    William Carr died last week aged 97. http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/article-template-standard.page?doc=farewell-to-the-father-of-the-modern-rcaf/kfi7pv9j
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    Ideas and Possibilities for 2021

    These have probably been mentioned multiple times before, but Khieu Samphan. Last surviving senior member of the Khmer rouge, will be 90 next year and spending the rest of his life in jail. Also in pictures taken 6 years ago, for example his wikipedia picture, he looks like he has a mold farm on his head. One of the former Zambian presidents Kenneth Kaunda/Rupiah Banda/Guy Scott: Kenneth Kaunda is turning 97 next year. Rupiah Banda doesn't look frail, but he's overweight, turning 84 and was just diagnosed with colon cancer. https://www.lusakatimes.com/2020/10/17/zambias-fourth-president-rupiah-banda-diagnosed-with-cancer-of-the-colon/ Guy Scott is just 76 but has Parkinson's disease and looks very frail. When you look at these photos from January he looks much worse than what he looked a couple of years ago. https://www.lusakatimes.com/2020/01/22/kambwili-visits-ailing-guy-scott-declares-his-readiness-for-2021/ https://zambiareports.com/2020/10/15/update-guy-scott-discharged/
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    Political Frailty

    https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11600817 Marjatta Väänänen, a politician in Finland during dictator/president Kekkonen's presidency (served as minister of culture and minister of education in the 70s/80s) has died from a long term illness. A name probably everyone finn over the age of 50 recognizes. She was 97. One of the last members of the 70s-80s centrist group "Black dozen" in the parliament that opposed changes to Finland's foreign policy and were on "Kekkonen's side" who, however, already had advanced alzheimer's disease back then. This means there are only two members of the Black dozen (Musta tusina) alive, Taisto Tähkämaa (b. 1924, former defence minister and minister of agriculture and forestry) Heimo Linna (b. 1925, another former minister of agriculture and forestry) The liberal K-line has more living members: Seppo Sarlund (b. 1942, lobbyist) Paavo Väyrynen (b. 1946, perennial candidate for president and veteran politician) Mauri Pekkarinen (b. 1947, has held multiple positions in governments during the 2000s, now a MEP) Seppo Kääriäinen (b. 1948, former defence minister) Matti Vanhanen (b. 1955, current minister of finance. Has had some heart problems.) edit: Got them wrong, the K-line was on Kekkonen's side and the Black dozen opposed Kekkonen. Decaying brain
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    Six people, six months

    At the moment, at 4 points: gcreptile - Toots Hibbert, Mike Sexton, Betty Dodson and Lee Kerslake 3 points: Joey Russ - Toots Hibbert, Mike Sexton and Pat Smullen 2 points: The Old Crem - Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Tommy DeVito GuyFromFuture - Toots Hibbert and Tommy Devito The Unknown Man - Pranab Mukherjee, Norbert Stiles Paddyfool - Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Norbert Stiles 1 point: theoldlady - Roberta McCain (Me) - Roberta McCain markb4 - Roberta McCain Kenny mccormick - Roberta McCain Perhaps - Pranab Mukherjee WEP - Christopher Vialva the chilean way - Norbert Stiles redrumors - Norbert Stiles Charlotte's Controller - Norbert Stiles
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    Authors Last A Long Time, But....

    Also, talking about Shitu he's been through, his first wife was killed by the Kuomintang
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    Internet Celebrities

    Talking about Chase, I know three other instagram fame cats that have beaten all the odds and lived. Xherdan, Sphynx with a lot of wrinkles. Not exactly sure of the condition. https://www.instagram.com/xherdanthenakedcat/?hl=en duo, two faced cat doing good with treatments. https://www.instagram.com/duotwofacedcat/?hl=en Jasper, cat with feline herpes. He's lost both eyes to it and has also had a stroke but can live a mostly normal life and is doing well. https://www.instagram.com/jazzy.purrs/?hl=en Some would say that these cats are scary. Maybe, but I respect all of them, as they have survived with these conditions. Edit: Sadly Jasper died one month after this post was written.
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    Arghton's deadpool

    Sheikh Sabah is my only death who isn't a celebrity parent (1/5). It sure has been a bad year for celeb parents.
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    Political Frailty

    Only living Counselor of State of Finland (If we don't count another corpse Paavo Lipponen) Riitta Uosukainen (b. 1942) appeared on the Arto Nyberg tv talk show a couple of days ago. Talked about her husband, Topi, and his Alzheimer's disease and how she can "notice bad people from their facial features" or something like that. She talked a lot but most of it didn't make much sense. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riitta_Uosukainen
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    James Bond 007 (Connery/Moore/Villains etc)

    Only remaining credited cast members of Goldfinger are: Sean Connery (born 1930) - 007 Shirley Eaton (born 1937) - Jill Masterson There's a lot more of uncredited gangsters and others listed on the IMDB but I've decided to not list them here as who the heck even knows if they're alive anymore, searched some of their names and didn't even find a birthdate.
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    Hospitalised!

    Darn, could it be so that deathlist chose the wrong former president of Pakistan?
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    Political Frailty

    Former Somali prime minister Ali Galaydh dies at 78. Second somali PM to die this year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khalif_Galaydh Also here's some other Somali politicians who could kick the bucket soon: Umar Ghalib (b. 1930) former prime minister Ahmed Mohamoud (b. 1936) former president of Somaliland Ali Mahdi Muhammad (b. 1939) former president of Somalia Osman Jama Ali (b. 1941) former prime minister of Somalia, successor of Galaydh Mohammad Abdi Yusuf (b. 1941) former prime minister of Somalia Abdiqasim Salad (b. 1941) former president of Somalia, president during Galaydh, Jama Ali and Abdi Yusuf. Salim Aliyov Ibrow (b. 1942) acting prime minister during a transitional government
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    40. Josef Fritzl

    That'd be in 2027. Sidney Cooke probably won't make it to his 94th birthday and I doubt the Queen will be alive either
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    Internet Celebrities

    Internet celeb cat Chase No Face known for having been in an accident at 4 weeks old and losing a large part of his/her face is already over 15 and still in good health. Edit: Died in January 2021.
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    Prince Philip Duke Of Edinburgh

    Phil doesn't often appear in public so I wouldn't worry about him not being seen in around a month. He's always turned up with his mind and body in good condition but honestly could use some skin care. Liz is another thing, if she disappears something is wrong
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    Ideas and Possibilities for 2021

    Ben Garrison? Isn't that the so-called "boomer comic" man?
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    Donald J Trump

    People usually tend to get very active right before their death. Atleast in some cases.
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    Ideas and Possibilities for 2021

    As some ideas for who could be there. Mark Margolis. Actor known from Scarface, Oz, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. 81 next month so not one of the old ones but has had a brain surgery after a fall during the filming of Better Call Saul and has looked like a centenarian for some time. Seems to be in good health at the moment, but who knows. Carl J. Shapiro. Might not be known enough for the list but he's the only one living of Bernard Madoff's big four clients and, well, 107. Madoff himself could be a good one too, though. Captain Sir Tom Moore. Man of the year. Peter Max, psychedelic artist with advanced Alzheimer's. He'll be 83 soon. King Salman. 84 with alzheimers and from what I've heard, frail. Won't live to see his "Saudi Vision 2030" Kenneth Kaunda. Old.
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    Desmond Tutu

    89 today
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    Notable Coronavirus Victims

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suleiman_Mahmoud Suleiman Mahmoud, Libyan general and leader of some anti-Gaddafi forces during the Libyan civil war dead at 71 from the coronavirus.
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    Ideas and Possibilities for 2021

    I'd drop Van Dyke, Akihito, Greenspan, Tutu, possibly Tom Smith. Van Dyke gives me "lives to 100 vibes". Lansbury, Marcos, Le Pen should be kept, they are in their 90s and atleast Marcos looks frail
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