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If this works as a general guide the living Oscar nominees who were nominated in the 40s and 50s are: Ann Blyth (1945 - the last survivor from the 1940s). 1950s Nancy Olson (1950) Lee Grant (1951) Terry Moore (1952) Leslie Caron (1953) Eva Marie Saint (1954) Marisa Pavan (1955) Don Murray (1956) Carroll Baker (1956) Patty McCormack (1956) Joanne Woodward (1957) Russ Tamblyn (1957) Shirley MacLaine (1958) Susan Kohner (1959) The vast majority of these were nominated in the supporting categories where during the early years the younger generations used to get nominated (nowadays it tends to be older people nominated in supporting) if we're judging their level of fame. Either way...not many left at all and only Caron, Baker, Woodward & MacLaine are the only leading nominees left. And only MacLaine and Woodward had multiple nominations in decades outside the 50s (MacLaine in the 60s, 70s and 80s and Woodward in 60s, 70s and 90s). Caron only got one more in the early 60s.

There are 9 Kennedy Center Honorees on this year’s list - DvD, Bennett, Belafonte, Brooks, Woodward, Lear, Nelson, Rollins and Turner. Traditionally 2-5 Kennedy Center Honorees die each year. On the 2022 list, of the 8 Honorees 3 died so I’d say the odds are that we lost at least one of the 9 this year, if not more.. Given that the Kennedy Center award is a lifetime achievement award, the recipients tend to be old anyway but it’s always a decent guess that one of that list will shuffle off this year…

Hate to be the pedantic one but as an Oscar nerd she was nominated for Gaslight in 1944, not 1949 as it says on the main page...

The list started with 8 Kennedy Center Honorees. 3 have gone so far (Poitier, Lynn & Lansbury) and given 2 of those have gone in the last 2 weeks and these things come in threes... think it might be one of the remaining 5 - van Dyke, Bennett, Belafonte, Brooks or Ronstadt. Given he's known to be in the most decline of the lot I think I'll go with Bennett...

At that ceremony all players walked out un-aided and stood there for a good half hour/45 minutes. So all seem healthy. Interesting note from the commentary on one match yesterday via doubles champ Todd Woodbridge...Frank Sedgman was supposed to attend this year to celebrate the anniversary of winning all three tournaments (singles, doubles & mixed) in one year. But at the last minute made the decision not to come...

Apparently didn't turn up to accept her Lifetime Achievement Tony last night and didn't record a video/voice message either...

Cara Williams was the 3rd oldest living Oscar-nominated actor. With her passing the top 10 looks like this: 1. Glynis Johns - born 05/10/1923 - 98 2. Eva Marie Saint - born 04/07/1924 - 97 3. Angela Lansbury - born 16/10/1925 - 96 4. Sidney Poitier - born 20/02/1927 - 94 5. Harry Belafonte - born 01/03/1927 - 94 (not a nominee but the winner of an honorary Oscar) 6. Rosemary Harris - born 19/09/1927 - 94 7. Lee Grant - born 31/10/1927 - 94 8. Estelle Parsons - born 20/11/1927 - 94 9. Nancy Olson - born 14/07/1928 - 93 10. Ann Blyth - born 16/08/1928 - 93 Cara Williams' passing means there are only two nominees now alive from 1958 - Sidney Poitier and Shirley Maclaine.

I should’ve said this was a list of the 10 oldest singles Grand Slam winners. Of all tennis players these are likely the most obitable

This leaves the list of the top 10 oldest tennis players like this: 1. Vic Seixas (1 Wimbledon and 1 US Championship) - born 30/08/1923 - 98 2. Bob Falkenburg (1 Wimbledon) - born 29/01/1926 - 95 3. Dick Savitt (1 Wimbledon and 1 Australian Championship) - born 04/03/1927 - 94 4. Frank Sedgman (1 Wimbledon, 2 American & 2 Australian Championships) - born 29/10/1927 - 94 5. Angela Mortimer (1 Wimbledon, 1 French & 1 Australian Championship) - born 21/04/1932 - 89 6. Nicola Pietrangeli (2 French Championships) - born 11/09/1933 - 88 7. Neale Fraser (1 Wimbledon & 2 US Championships) - born 03/10/1933 - 88 8. Shirley Brasher (1 French Championship) - born 13/06/1937 - 87 9. Ken Rosewall (2 French, 2 American & 4 Australian Championships) - born 02/11/1934 - 85 10. Mary Carter (2 Australian Championships) - born 29/11/1934 - 85