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Define "very very high". So far they're saying at least 195 dead, with 774 injured. That will likely rise into several hundred. Turkey has had much worse in modern times. The 1999 earthquake killed 17,000–18,000 people.

Robert Dalva (wiki), American film editor, dead from lymphoma aged 80. Nominated for an Academy Award for Black Stallion (1979). Other credits include Raising Cain (1992), Jumanji (1995), and Jurassic Park III (2001). Dalva was part of "The Dirty Dozen" group (wiki) of filmmaking students who attended the University of Southern California together in the mid-1960s. The group also included George Lucas. Dalva is the first of the dozen to die.

Allen Q. Jones (b. April 11, 1924) of Dunbar, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The baby of the group. Obit for his wife, Nancy Jones, who died in February 2021, aged 91. Mentions Allen as surviving her. Further press coverage of Allen Jones from July 2021 here. I would say most certainly still alive.

He did post in the correct thread. Do shut up.

Good spot. Yes, there are tributes up from friends (here and here). Seems he died yesterday (3rd February).

Of the “mysterious five”, do a forum search as I’m pretty sure me and @arghton tried to tackle some of them before. If you still can’t find anything then I’m happy to do some research, and if I get stuck I’ll wheel out the God of Research, the @tracy.

Tom Ford lives near me in London now. I see he’s single…

Yes, Calvin Klein still shagging 20 year old models at 80. Maybe that’s what is keeping him young.

You seem VERY nationalistic. Are you Jean Marie Le Pen?

You're saying you could write a 1500 word biography on somebody you don't know in 30 minutes, have it proof read AND signed off by an editor? Hmmm... I don't think so. Then again, maybe this is your special French powers at play again.

Literally you every single time you post on this forum: I said "fully fleshed out". The Telegraph obituary is 1500 words long. It looks pre-prepared and it was uploaded around 2:30PM (so 1:30PM Paris time). Can you write a 1500 word biography on somebody in half an hour?

Fully fleshed out Telegraph obit already. Media maybe knew that he was ill. Interestingly he seems to have been very private about his personal life/relationships. His Telegraph obit simply contains the single sentence paragraph "He never married." at the end.

You can still buy a bottle online for about £90.

BBC obit.

Local judges are not notable individuals in the UK.

Totally forgot that Benjamin Bederson (wiki) was still with us. So there were at least three living. But not now, as Bederson has died aged 101.

Whoever this dude is, multiple tweets are reporting that he died yesterday.

The first of the 9 different actor/stuntmen to play Michael Myers to die.

George R. Robertson (wiki), Canadian actor who played Commissioner Henry Hurst in 6 of the Police Academy films, dead at 89. Legacy obit

You seem to have bought into this idea that tall people don't live long. That's not really true. Yes, there's a slightly higher chance that people (particularly men) who are considerably tall will die a few years before their shorter counterparts, but it's not as big a factor as you're letting on. Christopher Lee lived to 93 and he was 6'5 (1.96m). Angus Scrimm (the actor in drol's display pic) was also around the same height and he lived to 89/90. If you're healthy and look after your diet, and exercise etc. then your circulation should be good. Therefore it's not difficult for these people to live to their 80s, 90s etc. A lot of living centenarians won't have their heights on record but Philippe de Gaulle is 101 and he was 6'2 (Charles de Gaulle was 6'4).

Lewis Stevens (wiki), Tory MP for Nuneaton (1983–1992), dead at 86.

Never heard of a tactical wank? All you have to do is cut a hole in the bottom of your pocket…

A useless fact. The death of Baroness Berners means that there are now just 10 9 living female hereditary peers (in their own right). The 21st Lady Saltoun, 92 The 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, 88 The 10th Baroness Howard de Walden, 87 The 11th Baroness Arlington, 83 The 31st Countess of Mar, 82 The 8th Baroness Braye, 81 The Marchioness of Lothian/The 16th Lady Herries of Terregles, 78 The 22nd Lady Saltoun, 66 The 13th Lady Kinloss, 65 The 9th Lady Balfour of Burleigh, 49 The 29th Baroness Dacre, 39 They've been dwindling in numbers for some years. Rewind back several decades ago and there were many more. Why that was the case I'm not entirely sure, but my educated guess would be that two consecutive world wars wiped out a lot of the men, and with certain peerages the women were able to inherit them. Following the retirements of Lady Saltoun in 2014, and the Countess of Mar in 2020, there are no female hereditary peers currently sitting in the House of Lords.

Edmund White, a favourite punt on here since the early 1990s, has just outlived the co-author of "The Joy of Gay Sex". Charles Silverstein (wiki) died on January 30, aged 87 or 88. Surely a NYT obit on the way?