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I'll go with Russell M. Nelson

The answer is that you are clearly tripping balls, because none of them were born in 1958.

No, it's some celebworx/officialpix "private signing" thing. I don't have a startiger account, but I think the last addition to his page (the one from the summer) is a scan from one of those.

I don't think he's made any appearances since 2020, but I assume he is still in good health, because he still signs loads of fanmail/collectibles. From last month:

Just to have an excuse to dig it back up again, here's the list of every living Oscar nominee born in the 1920s: Eva Marie Saint (b. 1924) Joe Hale (b. 1925) Alan Bergman (b. 1925) Phyllis Dalton (b. 1925) Lee Grant (b. 1925) Mel Brooks (b. 1926) Laurence Rosenthal (b. 1926) Arthur Cohn (b. 1927) Rosemary Harris (b. 1927) Marcel Ophüls (b. 1927) Estelle Parsons (b. 1927) James Ivory (b. 1928) Nancy Olson (b. 1928) Ann Blyth (b. 1928) Serge Bourguignon (b. 1928) Terry Moore (b. 1929) Michael Craig (b. 1929) Mark Rydell (b. 1929) Billy Williams (b. 1929) Fernanda Montenegro (b. 1929) Joan Plowright (b. 1929) June Squibb (b. 1929) I think Harris, Ivory, and Plowright are the most realistic DL choices, should they survive 2024. Given that Grant is an Oscar winner and turns 100 this year, she could continue the Lear/Johns/Saint streak, but she isn't discussed nearly as much on this site, so I'm not really holding my breath. Parsons is pretty much the same story. Craig has a pretty sizable cult following on here, but DLwise that ship has probably sailed. Squibb is a bit of a coin toss, given she only really became famous in the last 15 years, but she's definitely the most active of the group and her age gets a lot of coverage. She's 96 this year, so if she becomes a centenarian (or close) and keeps acting, which doesn't seem impossible, I think her deadpooling notoriety might increase enough to get her on the main list, but that's just me spitballing.

Let's do this thing... 1925: Lester Crown / Martha Firestone Ford 1926: Robert McGinnis / Stella Hackel Sims 1927: Fred Risser / Estelle Parsons 1928: Sidney Kimmel / Pilar Pallete 1929: Jerry Adler / Vikki Dougan 1930: Ion Iliescu / Taina Elg 1931: Mack Mattingly / Ann Roth 1932: Bob Pettit / Jenny Craig 1933: Michael Parenti / Joycelyn Elders 1934: Russ Tamblyn / Shirley Jones

Well, he did announce last week he'll be in Miami for a tribute concert shortly after his 93rd birthday in February: https://www.nws.edu/news/2024-25/nws-announces-gala-honoring-john-williams/ If he does show up there, I'd imagine he's probably recovered from his illnesses considering it's a 5-hour flight. That said, given his age and status, he strikes me as pretty likely to be on the DL until he dies.

Given how long people have said that (just see page 2 of this thread), I'm not too convinced his appearance is really that worrisome. In my opinion, he looks okay for an 82-year-old rocker with a huge health history. I think his retirement from performing probably bought him some extra time. Just see these videos from three/four years ago, where he looks godawful. The second one in particular looks like Weekend at Bernie's.

On Christmas: When Andy Paley died recently, his wife mentioned that Brian had spoken to him on the phone in hospice. Given that, and the fact that he can still attend movie premieres/go out to restaurants and sports games, his dementia doesn't seem particularly dangerous yet and he can probably live a few more years. That being said, I would never have bet that he'd live to be 82 at all, so I wouldn't argue for him to be dropped or anything.

Looks extremely safe compared to last year, which I guess is understandable. Don't really understand bringing Dickinson and Linden back or adding Armani and Ecclestone. Of all the potential picks/returnees, those seemed very low priority. Brian Wilson returning is fair enough, but he probably has a few years left. The Rex Williams return is cute. I'm very pleased they didn't miss out on Saint or Lovell, but there was very little chance they were going to after this year. Attenborough and Hurd are also welcome returns. The drops are extremely bizarre, although I advocated for extremely bizarre drops just because they were gonna be screwed no matter what, so whatever. But I still scratch my head at cutting Flack, Brokaw, and Turner and leaving Brooks, Routledge, and Eastwood on the list. I doubt the Brits on here will be pleased that Tebbit isn't on the list either. Stuart Hall strikes me as pretty risky. Not that I know much about him, but people seem quite confident he will die off radar. My gut feeling: 0 hits. I dunno after last year who's to say.

Alan Greenspan Jean-Marie Le Pen Yoko Ono Rupert Murdoch Gene Hackman Nigel Starmer-Smith Noam Chomsky Sonny Rollins Roberta Flack Joanne Woodward Esther Rantzen Ted Turner Antonia Fraser Tippi Hedren José Mujica Stanley Baxter Frank Gehry Dan Rather Tom Lehrer Estelle Parsons Rosemary Harris Cleo Laine Imelda Marcos Douglas Hurd Robert Duvall Don King James Ivory Leslie Caron Peter Yarrow Norman Tebbit Quentin Blake John Williams Buzz Aldrin Max Baer Jr. Joan Plowright Clive Davis Joe Don Baker Berry Gordy Tom Skerritt Lee Grant Dick Cheney John Astin Jim Lovell James Watson Lalo Schifrin Sly Stone Claire Bloom Ken Livingstone June Squibb Tom Brokaw

Thanks for running. Waited this one out to see if Carter would make it. He didn't. Of course, given these guys' ages, I'm not saying they're guaranteed to live another 24ish hours. Ray Anthony Marita Camacho Quirós Ethel Caterham Caren Marsh Doll James Clayton Flowers Kaiti Grey John Hemingway Tomiko Itooka Ágnes Keleti Phan Wannamethee Guillermo Rodríguez Donald Rose Ike Schab Song Ping Oscar Wyatt sub Eva Marie Saint

Joe Don Baker Daniel Barenboim Lem Barney Black Bart Graham Beckel Cindy Birdsong Michael Bolton Tom Brokaw George Burley Theo Burrell Ruth Buzzi Greg Cannom Graham Caveney Garry Chalk Tim Curry Mike Ditka Kitty Dukakis Roberta Flack Mark Gastineau Jack Hanna Dennis Hastert Chuck Howley Kanya King Sophie Kinsella Sally Kirkland Georg Koch Denis Law Ken Livingstone Judy Loe Peter Max Edie McClurg Nigel McCreary Steve McMichael (j) Ludek Miklosko Nicholas Monson José Mujica Dave Parker Joanna Paul-Robie Valerie Perrine Larry Pressler Esther Rantzen Raphael Vanessa Redgrave Ryne Sandberg Nigel Starmer-Smith Michael Tilson Thomas Ted Turner Johnnie Walker Brian Wallach Peter Yarrow sub Julie Goodyear David Lynch

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Jimmy Carter and Jorge Lanata are hits for me. Ryne Sandberg can replace Carter and Ludek Miklosko can replace Lanata.