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  1. Posted

    On 03/08/2023 at 08:27, arghton said:

    I wonder how many Lehi members there are left as it's mentioned she was the oldest living member at the time of her death. The group was dissolved in May 1948. There are three marked living on the Hebrew Wikipedia - Ezra Yachin (95), Yehuda Naut (98/99) and Eliezer Ben-Ami (99, most known for assembling "orange grenades" one of which was used as a suicide grenade by Meir Feinstein and Moshe Barazani in 1947) - died a few days after my post

    Ezra Yachin not dead yet, but has enlisted in the IDF as an "active reservist".

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    Well, getting killed is a good way to avoid getting sent to a nursing home.

     

    Edit: Might've been one of the perpetrators of the 1948 Deir Yassin massacre too...Maybe YoungWillz is right.

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  3. Posted

    I can't recall if I've participated in this before, but here's my mess of a team:

     

    1. Hassan Nasrallah

    2. Sir Tony Hoare

    3. Kwong Siu-hing

    4. Denis Pushilin

    5. Ismail Haniyeh

    6. Alfred Y. Cho

    7. Imelda Marcos

    8. Norma Major

    9. James Watson

    10. Nasser Makarem Shirazi

    11. Jimmy Carter

    12. Brigitte Bardot

    13. Steve Russell (Computer scientist)

    14. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent

    15. Biljana Plavšić

    16. Jimmy Tarbuck

    17. Cesar Virata

    18. Joseph Kony

    19. Richard Armitage (US diplomat)

    20. Legqog

     

    Subs:

    1. Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah

    2. Rosalynn Carter

    3. Kitanofuji Katsuaki

  6. Posted

    Thimmakka stable and steadily recovering...

     

    Speaking to DH, Thimmakka, said that she was feeling ‘okay’. “I am eating well here and talking to everyone. Everything is good here, I feel better.”

     

    Adopted son says “Last time we were in the hospital, some plants died due to no water. We couldn’t let that happen again so I have been checking in over the phone”

     

    "112" (~95), COPD, heart attack + surgery two days ago, spinal fracture some months ago. I can't wrap my mind around how they seem to think she'll make a full recovery. 

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  7. Posted

    On 30/12/2019 at 22:48, drol said:

    The five Horsemen:

    1)Stanley Ho (1921) :dead:

    2)Shin Kyuk-ho (1921) :dead:

    3)Robert Kuok (1923)

    4)Sumner Redstone (1923) :dead:

    5)John Rigas (1924) :dead:

     

    Absolutely 3/5 dead in 2020.

    Robert Kuok reached 100 two days ago, but I don't think he has made any kind of a birthday appearance and there seems to be no info on how he celebrated, so I'm assuming the once indestructible billionaire might be nearing his end. Of course Li Ka-shing was well enough to congratulate him.

     

    How many Asian billionaires there are left born in the 1920s? (on Forbes lists, therefore excluding Sheikhs such as that one Kuwaiti immortal and politicians)

     

    - Robert Kuok (1923, 100) $10.4B, Malaysia, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Kuok Group, Wilmar.

    - Nobutoshi Shimamura (1926, 97) $1.4B, Japan, Shimamura Co discount retailers.

    - Goh Cheng Liang (1927, 96) $11.3B, Singapore, Nippon Paint. Extremely reclusive, but owns the largest tri-hull superyacht in the world.

    - Lee Shau-kee (Feb 1928, 95) $26.4B, Hong Kong, founder of property development giant Henderson Land. In failing health.

    - Shi Wen-long (Feb 1928 - Nov 2023, 95) $1.8B, Taiwan, founder of Chi Mei Corporation, the largest maker of ABS resin in the world.

    - Li Ka-shing (Jul 1928, 95) $36.7B, Hong Kong, CK Hutchison Holdings and CK Asset Holdings. Richest man in Hong Kong and still doing quite well.

    - Suhon Lin/Lin Shu-hong (Aug 1928, 95) $6.6B, Taiwan, Chang Chun Group petrochemical company.

    - Wee Cho Yaw (Jan 1929, 94) $7B, Singapore, United Overseas Bank and UOL Group. Stepped down some months ago.

    - Mochtar Riady (May 1929, 94) $1.4B, Indonesia, Lippo Group. Controversial and has looked half-dead for atleast a decade.

    - Lui Che-woo (Aug 1929, 94) $12.8B, Hong Kong, casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group and property developer K Wah.

    - Kwong Siu-hing (Dec 1929, 93) $12.3B, Hong Kong, Sun Hung Kai Properties.

    I think that's all?

     

    Siu-hing's health is an interesting case...she still allegedly controls Sun Hung Kai Properties but she looked quite frail already in August 2013:

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    Yes, the news articles likely use images that are from 15 years ago.

     

    Sulaiman Al Rajhi (1929, 94) had a net worth of 11 billion in 2006, but he allegedly donated so much between 2006 and 2015 that he's currently "just" a millionaire. Semahat Sevim Arsel (1928, 95) is a bit debatable but I wouldn't completely count Turkey as Asia...same for Israel.

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  8. Posted

    On 06/05/2023 at 22:48, arghton said:

    Military (mostly minor names mentioned on the vietnamese wikipedia as they have Wiki pages for seemingly all SV Generals - some of the Maj/ Lt. Gens likely dead):

    Lt. Cen Phạm Quốc Thuần (1926) Said to live or have lived in Oregon.

    Lt. Gen Nguyễn Bảo Trị (1929) Was still attending events a few years ago.

    Lt. Gen Trần Văn Trung (1926) Was said to be "lying in critical condition in a Paris hospital" in 2012, I doubt he's still alive.

    Lt. Gen Nguyễn Vĩnh Nghi (1932) Possibly dead? 

    Lt. Gen Mai Hữu Xuân (1916/1917-1988) Involved in the 1963 and 1964 coups. Very much dead (Trần Thiện Khiêm was the last living of those who had a major role in the coups) but nobody seems to know when, all is known he died in the US.

    Maj. Gen Nguyễn Chấn (1931-2022?) Said to have died in Toronto last year.

    ...

    South Vietnam Lieutenant General Phạm Quốc Thuần (wiki) died in August at 96 two weeks short of his 97th birthday in Fountain Valley, California. Suprised he was still alive. 

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  12. Posted

    On 13/07/2023 at 03:14, arghton said:

    13. Tep Vong - Cambodian leading buddhist monk who survived Pol Pot's times and became an unconditional supporter of dictator Hun Sen. Critically ill with fall complications (and a series of strokes) in 2020 and his health has been very bad for years now. Looks like a corpse.

    Tep Vong, Cambodia's most powerful religious leader, recently hospitalised in ICU, underwent blood transfusion due to anemia and pacemaker battery change but already discharged and looks almost as healthy as a mummified corpse.

     

    Edit: Now apparently re-hospitalised, but already discharged again.

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  14. Posted

    On 29/09/2023 at 00:27, arghton said:

    Age somewhere around 95 with COPD, osteoporosis and a long health history. I'd say she'll...recover fully in around a week. 

    Saalumarada Thimmakka re-hospitalised again with respiratory failure but...recovering and to be discharged in a few days.

     

    Edit: Noticed that Ingrid Arvidsson, antepenultimate survivor of the 10/10 pool from 2016, died a few months ago not mentioned on the forum when that happened. Her death left Fauja and Saalumarada the last surviving picks there. Judging on her condition I'd say Fauja will end up the last survivor.

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  15. Posted

    On 01/05/2022 at 19:44, arghton said:

    AZERBAIJAN

    Enver Mamedov (1923-2023) Diplomat, former boss of the Soviet TV.

    Khoshbakht Yusifzadeh (1930) State Oil Company VP.

    Dadash Rzayev (1935) Minister of Defence 1993

    Artur Rasizade (1935) Prime Minister 1996-2003, 2003-2018

    Rahim Huseynov (1936) Prime Minister 1992-1993

    Shargiyya Veliyeva (1936) Former Supreme Soviet member.

    Ramiz Mehdiyev (1938) Head of the Presidential Administration 1994-2019

    Azerbaijani oil boss Khoshbakht Yusifzadeh (who I was planning to use in some pools next year due to his amusing name) unexpectedly and tragically dead at 93.

     

    Atleast I still have Sheila Sithole, Thammarak Isarangkura na Ayudhaya, Legqog, Narayan Man Bijukchhe and of course Justus ǁGaroëb.

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  16. Posted

    Lots of rumors on Russian social media and news that Ukrainian politician/oligarch Andriy Klyuyev who was one of pro-Russia president Yanukovych's closest allies before Euromaidan (head of the Presidential Administration, first Deputy Prime Minister & head of the National Security and Defense Council) is in a Moscow hospital, possibly in coma.

     

    Edit: Gazeta and Lenta both reporting he's on ECMO following multiple organ failure...

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  17. Posted

    On 03/10/2022 at 11:29, arghton said:

    Shridath Ramphal, Guyanese politician most known for having been the second Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations from 1975 to 1990 is 94 today.

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    Shridath Ramphal, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations from 1975 to 1990, is 95 today :birthday:

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  21. Posted

    On 05/02/2023 at 23:22, arghton said:

    WWII Navajo code talker John Kinsel Sr. turns 106. As mentioned before there are 3 living World War Two Navajo code talkers left from the 400:

    John Kinsel Sr., 106

    Thomas H. Begay, 95/98

    Peter MacDonald, 94, Navajo Nation crook lord who was once in jail but released 22 years ago due to "failing health" after suffering several heart attacks. Also has diabetes and arthritis, but isn't very frail.

    John Kinsel and Thomas Begay at a Navajo Code Talker event a month ago:

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    Kinsel (who might actually be "only" 102) is extremely frail and apparently it was a miracle he was well enough to attend even though it was held very near his home as he's been almost completely bedbound and in a near-death state for months. Begay looks well and is healthy enough to regularly attend events so I assume he'll be the last survivor. Peter MacDonald didn't attend.

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  22. Posted

    On 17/06/2023 at 10:55, drol said:

    Malawi's most important musician, 92-year old Giddess Chalamanda (wiki), hospitalised with pneumonia, but already on the mend.

    Giddes/Giddess/Gidesi Chalamanda performing again for the first time since his serious illness in June, "impeccably in tune with the band and even commanded the rhythm".

     

    He and Eritrean Bereket Mengisteab seem indestructible. Both very old, quite frail and the most notable musicians ever from their (small, obscure and very low on the HDI) countries, both still performing.

    I think with both of them there's a small chance of a BBC obituary as I recall a lot of quite obscure African musicians have gotten mentions when they've died. Some examples, John Nzenze and Hudeidi in 2020, Tshala Muana and Ethiopia's Honky Tonk Nun last year.

  23. Posted

    On 10/06/2023 at 19:05, arghton said:

    El Cordobés, Manuel Benítez Pérez (1936) Possibly the most legendary Spanish bullfighter of the 1960s who by the time he retired in 1971 (not permanently) was the highest paid bullfighter ever. Known especially from his theatrical, acrobatic style. 

    Manuel Díaz González, bullfighter and son of THE bullfighter El Cordobés (both called El Cordobés for whatever reason) hospitalised after an accident (impaled by a bull, apparently). He's in his 50s and an active bullfighter and he's had around 5 accidents since 2017 including last month when he was in ICU and on IV meds, he has two hip replacements but seems he just can't retire. 

     

    (Benítez Pérez) El Cordobés himself had an emergency heart surgery some years ago.

  24. Posted

    On 07/09/2023 at 23:27, arghton said:

    Hiroyuki Hosoda, Japan's current Speaker of the House of Representatives and former Chief Cabinet Secretary, hospitalised after feeling unwell.

     

    He seems Japan's own McConnell/Feinstein: In March he was said to "suffer from dementia-like symptoms time to time", in July he was hospitalised by ambulance due to heat stroke and last month he was absent from multiple events.

    Hiroyuki Hosoda to step down next month.

     

    Rumors on the internet that Nigeria tourism minister Lola Ade-John has been poisoned and is fighting for her life.

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