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Irish Freddie Strahan, who played for Shelbourne between 1957 and 1969, has died aged 85. He had 5 caps with Ireland between 1964 and 1966, scoring once against England.

Julián Gascón Mercado has died on 12 October aged 99.

Alain Pompidou, adoptive son of former French President (1969-1974) Georges Pompidou and First Lady Claude Pompidou, has died aged 82. He was their only child.

Pearl Harbor survivor Robert Fernandez died yesterday aged 100. The article says that "his death brings the number of Pearl Harbor survivors to a little more than a dozen".

Hungarian pair skater Andrea Kékesy, silver medalist at the 1948 Games, has died aged 98.

Confirmed on facebook and instagram

And like Iraq. Each time a dictatorial of that region falls, it becomes even worse for the people.

Donald Rose is also a WWII veteran.

Herbert Druce died on 7 May at 109. Angelina Searles died on 24 March at 109. Rinaldo Duranti died in January at 108. Lake White died on 12 November at 109. Mihaila Ion died on 2 October at 108. Jean Sevin died on 24 February at 107 Al Klugiewicz died on 7 July at 108. Edward (Edvard) Trevland died on 16 December 2023 at 106. Kurt Gigler died on 11 April at 107. Eunice Byers died on 20 May at 107. Betty Gemmell died in June at 107. Robert Coyreau des Loges died on 17 September at 107. William Precek died on 22 May at 106. Lloyd Gathright died on 25 August at 106. Clarence Sheley died on 25 May at 106. Genevieve Freer died last Saturday 30 November at 107. Arnold Von Der Porten died on 7 February at 106. For now I’ve searched people born until 1917, I will check the rest later.

She is first of former king Gustav VI Adolf’s 11 grandchildren to die.

A former East German athlete who dies before her 60’s, how surprising !

Romanian goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam has died aged 65. During the 1986 European Cup final, he saved a record four penalties during the shootouts against Barcelona, enabling Steuea Bucarest to win its only European trophy.

About Gillian Vaughan : A Facebook user said that she now goes by the name O’Connor (which make sense since Vaughan was married to Des O’Connor) and gives us the link to her FB page. Last post on 6 May 2023. And there’s this obit about a Gillian O’Connor who died on September 2023 at 86. The age match, but O’Connor is a common name…

Morton I. Abramowitz, former US ambassador to Thailand (1978-1981) and Turkey (1988-1991, has died aged 91.

French obits : Libra Memoria Le Républicain Lorrain (paywall but we can see the date and place of death)

He was in Polish squad for the 1986 WC, playing only 30 minutes in the round of 16 game against Brazil.

Marina Oswald Porter, the widow of Lee Harvey Oswald, was widowed for the second time on 8 October when her second husband (they married in 1965) Kenneth Porter died aged 86.

Sorry for your loss, drol, my condolences.

Ailsa Stewart has died on 5 May.

From Facebook group that I quoted above: Gustav Pitka has just turned 100 Henry Heino Kivi died aged 100 on 8 October. Jaanus Jahilo died aged 99 on 29 September.

Edgar Mänd died on 12 November at 99.

Clifton R. Wharton Jr. who was Deputy Secretary of State for six months at the beginning of Clinton’s first term, has died aged 98.

Italian Gino Pivatelli is definitely alive. Uruguyans Omar Pedro Méndez and Roberto Leopardi are like Dincer and Ersoy : no knews about them, so could be alive or dead. So technically, there could be 6 survivors from the 1954 World Cup.

Notable ? In France we follow quite closely North African football and I’ve never heard of him. He only got 4 caps with his country.

The article says that he was "one of the last members alive from the 1954 WC squad". So Mehmet Dinçer and Sükrü Ersoy could be alive.