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So Matthew Perry and Luke Perry died at almost the same age, 54 for Matthew, 53 for Luke. And Matthew starred in one episode of Beverly Hills before Friends.

1948 Turkish olympian Mustapha Batman who was listed as alive by Olympedia, actually died in 2004. Which makes Uner Teoman the last Turkish survivor* from the 1948 Games. She is 91 years old. * There’s a Turkish olympian, A. Tarık Eğrilmez, who doesn’t have a death date, nor a birth date for that matter. But he competed in art, and art competitors were much older than the athletes, so he’s most likely dead.

Austrian alpine skier Anderl Molterer , Silver and Bronze Medalist at the 1956 Games, has died aged 92.

Maya Hug, Swiss figure skater who competed at the 1948 Games, died on 26 April 2023. That makes Lotti Honer also a figure skater, the last known* 1948 Swiss survivor. *7 Swiss athletes don’t have a death date on Olympedia and don’t appear on Oldest Olympian oldest living list or centenarians list.

French Olympic fencer Bernard Morel, bronze medalist at the 1952 games in Sabre team, has died aged 98.

George Best was Northern Irish !

Sorry, error. Can the admins please delete this post, if it is possible ?

American swimmer Jackie LaVine, selected in the 4x100 m Freestyle relay in 1948 (she actually did not compete), and bronze medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay in 1952, has died aged 93 one year ago on 21 October 2022. I’ve sent a message to Olympedia to inform them.

French actress Catherine Deneuve is 80 today.

She died before the character she portrayed, Camilla Parker Bowles, though she was 10 years her junior.

L’acteur Jean-Roger Milo est mort à 66 ans. Son rôle le plus connu était celui du mineur Chaval dans Germinal de Claude Berri.

He was the last living Spanish olympian from the 1956 summer games. Indeed, Spain only sent 6 athletes, for the equestrian events who took place in Sweden. They didn’t send athletes in Melbourne, to protest against the presence of Soviet athletes.

Latvian Oleg Antropovs, who was Olympic Champion in volleyball with USSR at the 1968 Games, has died aged 75.

I just saw her SVU episode yesterday ! RIP

Finish Jaakko Ihamuotila, former President of Neste from 1980 to 2000, has died aged 83.

French Gérard Fenouil, who won the bronze in the 4x100 metres relay at the 1968 Games, has died aged 78.

Swedish canoer Agneta Andersson, 3 times Olympic Champion in 1984 and 1996 has died aged 62. She won a total of 7 Olympic medals.

With the reigns of Odo (Eudes or Odon in French) and his brother Robert began the rise of the powerful family the Robertiens. In 987 Robert’s grandson Hugues Capet became king, thus ending the Carolingian’s dynasty rule. The Robertiens took the name of the Capétiens. Their dynasty would reign over France for 805 years consecutively until 1792 and the downfall of Louis XVI. After the fall of Napoleon they also regned 34 years more, from 1814 to 1848.

Costume designer Shawna Trpcic, who worked on The Mandalorian, The book of Boba Fett and Ahsoka, has died aged 56.

On this day 40 years ago, Uruguayan football manager Juan Lopez Fontana died aged 75. He managed Uruguay at the 1950 World Cup, as they won their second World Cup. He outlived his two immediate successors : German Sepp Herbegger (1954) and Brazilian Vincent Feola (1958).

From 2000 to 2005, he was also the head of PSG’s youth academy.

Theresa Kufuor, former First Lady of Ghana from 2001 to 2009, has died aged 87. Her husband, former President John Kufuor is still alive. He is the first Ghanaian president to outlive his wife.

Turkish Football player Galip Haktanir, who was an unused substitute at the 1948 Olympic Football Tournament, has died aged 102. He was the last known* male Turkish Olympian from the 1948 Games. Now the last known* 1948 Turkish Olympian is Uner Teoman. She ran the 100 metres. Haktanir was Turkey’s longest lived Olympian ever. He was also the longest lived and only centenarian Olympic football player, though he was a substitute. Now the last known** living member of the 1948 Olympic Football Tournament is Dutch Kees Rijvers, who played Netherlands only game against Great Britain. * Mustafa Batman whereabouts are unknown. Olympedia gives his birth date, 1927, but does not mention anything about his death. His Turkish wiki doesn’t say his birth nor death dates. He is not listed here either. He was member of the Athletic team but didn’t took part in the tournament. **Several 1948 football players whereabouts are unknown : the whole Afghanistan squad, and a few Chinese and Egyptian. However they’re most likely dead as they don’t appear on this or that list.

Branagh’s Death on the Nile is even more boring that his Murder on the Orient Express !

https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/26-05-2023-what-s-in-the-bottle--ireland-leads-the-way-as-the-first-country-in-the-eu-to-introduce-comprehensive-health-labelling-of-alcohol-products Of course, Ireland are the first country to do that ! Who’s next, Scotland ? Russia ? Poland ?