Ulitzer95

Can we all give the COVID related stuff a rest? Let’s appreciate the big man and his response to encountering Avid Merrion in the noughties:

As requested by @drol... Here are the living subjects of Carl Van Vechten (1880–1964), photographed between 1932 and 1964: Adele Addison (wiki, b. 1925) American lyric soprano Don Bachardy (wiki, b. 1934) American portrait artist, partner of Christopher Isherwood Harry Belafonte (wiki, b. 1927) American singer-songwriter Joyce Bryant (wiki, b. 1927) American singer and actress Frederick Buechner (wiki, b. 1926) American novelist and poet Roy Eaton (wiki, b. 1930) American painter Richard T. Gibson (b. 1931) American journalist and activist. No Wiki page, interviewed several years ago, appears to live in the UK now. Reri Grist (wiki, b. 1932) American coloratura soprano Afrika Hayes (b. 1933) American soprano and music educator, daughter of tenor and composer Roland Hayes. No Wiki page. Leo Holder (b. 1958) American graphic artist, son of Carmen de Lavallade (below) and Geoffrey Holder. No Wiki page, still active though. John Terry Hornblow (b. 1931) American son of producer Arthur Hornblow Jr. No Wiki page, living according to the U.S. residency records. Marilyn Horne (wiki, b. 1934) American mezzo-soprano opera singer Raymond Jackson (b. 1933) American concert pianist. No Wiki page, personal website here. Margie Lou King Barab (b. 1932) American singer and actress. No Wiki page, living according to the U.S. residency records. George Lamming (wiki, b. 1927) Barbadian novelist, essayist and poet Philip Langner (b. 1926) American producer, son of Lawrence Langner. No Wiki page, wife's obit from a few years ago says he's alive. Carmen de Lavallade (wiki, b. 1931) American dancer and choreographer, widow of the great Geoffrey Holder. Robert Morse (wiki, b. 1931) American actor and singer Peter Perenyi (b. 1940) American son of Eleanor Perenyi. No Wiki page because not notable in his own right, gave an interview last year. Leontyne Price (wiki, b. 1927) American soprano George Shirley (wiki, b. 1934) American operatic tenor I went through his entire collection here to get this info. There may be one or two more living subjects, but some are just too obscure to track down a fate for. When I get time, I'll also look at the earlier portraits of Allan Warren, which consist of mainly British subjects – royalty, aristocracy, actors and writers etc.

@Gisooo good spot! She had some leading roles in the Golden Age of Hollywood, plus a supporting role in The Body Snatcher opposite Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff. I've sent this to two different people in the film press who I think may cover it.

U23s team. Are we reporting on the deaths of non-professional players now? Christ.

A unique pick on the DDP. QOs: The Sun, Independent, Daily Mail.

Bowie you found annoying but you love Sting? Get out. @Paul Bearer, perma ban please.

5/15 of your team are dead in just 21 days?! Very impressive.

Fred Moore (wiki), Australian miner and trade unionist who campaigned for workers rights and Aboriginal rights, dead at 99.

Leonor Oyarzún (wiki), Chile's First Lady from 1990 to 1994, is dead at 102. A unique DDP pick. Her profile on the DDP says born in 1922, when she was actually born in 1919 so that will need changed. Will she get a QO? Tough one.

That’s 3 of the top 15 oldest gone within the first 3 weeks of 2022.

I've checked Ancestry family trees and Newspapers.com. Nothing. I'm not subscribed to the Canadian newspaper archives so can't check there. My hunch is that she's still alive. She received the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012, so she's very much been on the radar within the last decade, and if she died I'm sure it would be publicised.

SC has gone awfully quiet...

The Glenn Miller Orchestra UK playing a little birthday tune for him.

I always got Sir David Cox confused with Sir David Butler. Both British. Both called David. Both knighted. Both dealt with statistics. Both born in 1924. One key difference now... Sir David Butler is still alive, though statistically unlikely to live to cover another UK general election.

Guardian obit for John Pett (wiki), British documentary-maker who died back on 30 November 2021, aged 94. I wanted to mention him because he directed 3 episodes of The World at War, one of the best documentary series ever made in my opinion.

Nah. There was weekly stuff about child sex abuse in the Roman Pedo Church when he was Pope. He gave not a fuck then, and probably gives less of a fuck now. Still baffles me how the Pope still receives little scrutiny by the media. Even in the UK. The powerless and neutral Royal family are critiqued more than the head of a multi-billion member partisan belief system, which is pretty incredible if you think about it.

Japanese media reporting the death of Shizuo Miyauchi, aged 76, from pancreatic cancer. He was an announcer for TBS and the original voiceover on Takeshi's Castle when it aired in Japan in the 80s. His voice can be heard faintly on the UK version, as Craig Charles dubs over him with his shit jokes.

Update: we're now on 14 likes. Can we make YW's comment the most liked in DL forums history just to give SC a sleepless night?

A few dead nonagenarians/centenarians awaiting obits: Kenneth Norman Jones CBE (wiki), senior Australian civil servant, supposedly dead at 97. Klara Post (wiki), Dutch Olympic gymnast, supposedly dead at 95. Patricia Kenworthy Nuckols (wiki), American field hockey player and WASP during WWII, supposedly dead at 100. Only the biggest celebrity death reveals from Ulitzer95. You're all spoilt.

It’s sourced on the Wiki page. If you look at reference #35 (in the column furthest to the right on the table), it’s there but it’s annoyingly Euro blocked. I’ve uploaded a screenshot of the start of the article for you here.

I think so. Here's the part of that sketch you're referring to: I did some Little Britain-related research back in December. Easy to forget that it started airing 20 years ago. Dozens of the supporting actors and guest stars are dead sadly.

I liked it, just to annoy you. So 6 likes, 7 morons.

Recreational skiing deaths are still pretty rare. It’s easy to think otherwise given the few big stand out names you could throw up that have been involved in skiing accidents eg Sonny Bono, Natasha Richardson, Michael Schumacher. You could say the same of helicopters and opioids, both of which are more lethal than skiing. It’s not a valid reason to start banning everything. If you wish to live your own life completely risk-averse, you’re welcome to lock yourself in your home forever more. Some life that is.

Yes, you’re correct. Edited. Can’t say I’m the biggest Marvel fan. Seen 50% of them, but none of the Avengers flicks for example.