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Wow. Got a Times obit.

Sadly wasn't picked in the DDP. Another name who could've brought us closer to the record if some teams had a little more imagination. And yet people have picked 50 Cent and Piers Morgan...

Cheers YW. I've updated. Didn't even note he was a Chic member when his death was reported a few days ago! Thank you for all your work this year helping me keep these pages updated!

Józef Tejchma (wiki), Deputy PM of Poland (1972–1976), dead at 94.

Abd Al-Baqi Abd Karim Al-Sadun (wiki), dead at 74. Military leader and regional Ba'ath Party commander under Saddam. Featured on both the U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis. and the most-wanted Iraqi playing cards (as the 5 of diamonds). 32/55 dead from the list, 28/52 dead from the playing cards.

No idea what's supposed to be going on in that music video, but the cameos are impressive.

Updated for the death of Phil Chen. Still too many blanks on this entry.

Updated for the death of Joe Simon. Annoyingly, his year of birth seems to be ambiguous. During his life, every source said 1943. His Billboard obit says he was 1985, therefore born 1936. His Sun obit says he was born in 1943. I would trust Billboard over The Sun any day but I can't find his birth record on Ancestry to confirm either way.

Henry Orenstein (wiki) dead at 98. Quite an incredible life and quite the character.

Yanami > voice actors thread Jethro > comedians thread Familiarise yourself with the threads, and use the search function if need be.

Rodriguez Lara please

A “shame”?! Can I remind you they’re a tyrannical regime with millions of their citizens in concentration camps, starving to death or being subjected to the cruelest forms of torture?

Do you understand what Hollywood is? Jethro and that Japanese voice actor you mentioned are not Hollywood.

It can't be too serious. Member Chris Shiflett is still tweeting, promoting upcoming gigs. Nobody seems to know who it is but Reddit seems to think it could be Nate Mendel. He suffers from excruciatingly painful cluster migraines and has had previous surgery for a neurological condition.

Hmmm, not today. Looking at Google, this news first "broke" 3 days ago.

Yes, Hurd is definitely preferable IMO. In order of likeliness to kick the bucket: Norman Tebbit Douglas Hurd Nigel Lawson Chris Patten (I know him, and he's had serious health issues on and off for years. He's 78 now so worth watching) Michael Heseltine (Still making some appearances here and there but has been very absent from the Lords lately, rumours about his health have been swirling in WM) All the other Thatcher cabinet secs are doing fine (Ken Clarke, Major, Lamont etc.), not notable enough for inclusion, or there just isn't recent enough info on them period.

"Caravaning morons" as James Whale used to say of them.

I saw that. Added by a user who clearly didn’t bother to translate it beforehand.

That was a really well thought out post @msc. The only section I think you lost it on was this one: ”Returnees I'd put my money behind Nigel Lawson (he has shown up on TV a fair bit lately and I haven't revised my opinion that a sneeze could finish him off), Desmond Tutu (considerably frailer than he was a few years ago), and, don't groan, Attenborough (starting to show and sound his age imo, and I'm wary of a trend for DL missing out on 96 year old British legends who die suddenly). I'd also try and find some room for Ozzy, because I feel like he doesn't have much time left on the planet after, well, all the Ozzy stuff he did to himself. (This is not hypocritic after Shane, as Ozzy is now in the danger zone for men of his age with addictions. Ok, a wee bit hypocritical...)” Ozzy was on TV a few weeks ago with Sharon. He looked and sounded as per normal. Yes I know he keeps cancelling/rescheduling gigs, but he’s been doing that for years. Often it’s back related etc. I just think his health is social media and tabloid based and he has a few years left yet. Attenborough is just a wasted space IMO. Still very active for his age, gave a speech at COP last month. I don’t think he’s “too big to miss”. I think that title should be reserved for the biggest world leaders only ie Pope BXVI, the Queen, Gorbachev, Carter. I agree Lawson could go any time but he just keeps springing up at events or on interviews every now and then. He’s pretty unpredictable. Tutu looked frailer and yet not too bad at his 90th birthday event a few weeks ago. Could last another couple of years if he stays that way.

Are we looking at the same FB profile @Thatcher, where the couple are sat on the sofa? It appears to be a shared Facebook account between them (Denis & Donna)? If so, that couple were both still alive in 2014, and living in Warwickshire according to 192... she was born 1937, though it says he was born in 1921(?!). Neither of them in the GRO up until 2019 though. This is a bit of a wild goose chase tbh but it's starting to look increasingly possible he's alive or was in recent years.

Obit for James Devis (IMDb), British cinematographer, aged 90. Credits include The Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Moonraker, Superman (1978), Dune (1984), Supermario Bros., Highlander: Endgame, Interview with the Vampire, Empire of the Sun, Octopussy, Return to Oz, For Your Eyes Only, The Shining, The New Avengers, The Wicker Man (1973), The Vikings, Reach For the Sky, and 4 Carry On films... phew! What a great career!

Now that is a total kick in the balls! Someone must know, including the chaps on that site who are selling his book, surely?

Let's start with establishing his age... Daily Mirror from mid-October 1968 says he was 41 then, so born c. 1927. Important to note that his name is spelt "Denis" in some papers, and "Dennis" in others. Then heading over to FreeBMD... searching for "Denis O'Dell" and "Dennis O'Dell" from 1925 to 1929 returns just two results: DENNIS O'DELL b. 1927 Croydon DENNIS W. O'DELL b. 1927 Leighton Buzzard Then looking at both Ancestry and the GRO, only one of these guys seems to have died up to 2019 and that's DENNIS W.(William) O'DELL b. 1927, who died in 2003 in Milton Keynes. So, the Croydon individual is still alive. The only other clue I found was this site which is selling signed copies of O'Dell's book on The Beatles, for a tenner a pop. If they have a bundle of them and are selling them at that price, it would suggest he was alive post-2003 surely? My hunch is on alive, and turning 95 next year. Would like to hear @YoungWillz's thoughts on this though.

Alright, my thoughts (not that anybody cares... particularly not the "committee") KEEP (21) Angela Lansbury (frail, seldom seen now and 97 next year) Betty White (frail, 100 in January) Bob Barker (99 next year, frail, seldom heard from now, numerous hospitalisations) Henry Kissinger (loose keep... he's still active, though frail(ish). Could go on for another 2 years or could go in 2 months) June Brown (95 next year, lifelong smoker, now retired and gone quiet as of recent) Jimmy Carter (frail, occasional hospitalisations, imagine he will go next year) Leslie Phillips (strong keep... how is he still alive?!) Prunella Scales (had dementia for years now and the most recent update suggests she has max 1-2 years left) Tony Bennett (strong keep... Alzheimer's + looked fucked in that August appearance, I think he'll just pass in his sleep soon enough) Rosalynn Carter (looks frail enough and health issues like her husband) Queen Elizabeth II (loose keep, in an ideal world we'd know exactly what's going on, I still think it's nothing serious but too big to drop) Harry Belafonte (loose keep, still in the public eye but noticeably very frail now) Bob Newhart (ditto the Belafonte comment, still alive but looks frail, I think he may do an Ed Asner and just go suddenly) Barbara Walters (seriously ill for years, now totally out of public view) Pope Benedict XVI (frail, seldom seen in public and 95 next year, the only other "way too big to drop" name other than Carter and QEII) Linda Nolan (terminal cancer, recent reports suggest she's nearing the end now) Joanne Woodward (Alzheimer's for years and not seen in the public eye in a long time) Sidney Poitier (no longer seen in public, we're led to believe he's very frail and he's 95 next year) Stanley Baxter (turning 96, seldom seen nowadays, noticeably frail in the last few pics of him) Shane MacGowan (loose keep, he just looks so fucked, like a small cold could finish him off) Shannen Doherty (terminal cancer, now well surpassed her expectancy, I think it will catch up with her soon enough) DROP (18) Dick Van Dyke (still doing sit ups and running at 96, there are stronger nonagenarian options) Akihito (looks fine in recent pics, still working) Loretta Lynn (going on that recent video, looks ok, seems to have recovered the best one can from a big stroke) Alan Greenspan (looks ok, not much change in that recent video I posted, again there are stronger nonagenarian options) Jacques Delors (loose drop, cancelled an event recently due to health but looks ok in a recent vid... too unpredictable) Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (gave a recent public address, looked ok) David Crosby (if you just Google him you can find loads of recent interviews, inc. videos, he looks ok) Dick Cheney (appeared in the recent 9/11 doc in the BBC and at Dole's funeral, looked fine) Imelda Marcos (loose drop, looks ok in recent public pic despite being in a wheelchair, we just don't know enough) Yoko Ono (loose drop, looks ok, definitely slowing and getting frail but could go on for a few years yet) Mel Brooks (loose drop, still active and working and giving interviews, there are stronger nonagenarian options) Willie Nelson (loose drop, performing the other week and looks ok) Betty Boothroyd (I just watched a video of her from her office the other week, looks ok and still working) Jean-Marie Le Pen (loose drop, seems to still be active and doing video interviews despite the health fears several years ago) Raul Castro (loose drop, still making the odd public appearance and looks ok) Burt Bacharach (frail(ish) and seldom seen but we just don't know enough to give him a place) Bernard Cribbins (we're told he's doing "fine", ditto the above reason – we don't know enough) Vanessa Redgrave (loose drop, some whispers about her health but not enough concrete info to go on) ADD (29) Frank Williams (91, obese, wheelchair bound and looks frail) Sidney Cooke (95, strokes and heart attacks galore, another "how is he still alive?" name) Katharine Jackson (wheelchair bound, serious stroke, frail and hospitalisations, ditto how is she still alive?) Tim Curry (probably my most controversial pick but hear me out – totally fucked from that major stroke and still indulging in his vices that likely caused it e.g. smoking, his physical and mental state is so bad I would expect him to have a recurring stroke to finish him off) Lord Norman Tebbit (from seeing him in the flesh myself this summer I can tell you he won't see 2023) Philippe de Gaulle (100 in 2 weeks time, we're told too ill to make public appearances, an easy hit) Winnie Ewing (Alzheimer's for years, ppl are shocked she's still alive) Monica Vitti (Alzheimer's for decades, surely can't see through another year) Gail Halvorsen (102 next year, frail and miraculously survived a COVID infection by the sounds) Tom Smith (terminal cancer that's spread all over his body) Tom Parker (terminal brain cancer, good news recently but like Doherty, I think it will catch up quite quickly) Mikhail Gorbachev (frail, seldom seen in public, add him to the small "too big to miss" club) Jerry Lee Lewis (very frail, can barely string a sentence together) Olivia Newton-John (terminal cancer, quieter as of recent...) James Whale (terminal cancer, looks like a burnt lasagne, he's now outlived his prognosis, can't see him getting to 2023) George Alagiah (terminal cancer, seems close to the end now) Bill Turnbull (ditto Alagiah) Jean-Louis Trintignant (turning 92, still has cancer) Jimmy Millar (dementia for years, death hoax this year which was very believable at the time as he's been expected to go for a while now) Frank Field (terminal cancer and in hospice care) Sandra Day O'Connor (Alzheimer's for years, never seen in public) Superstar Billy Graham (yet more recent hospitalisations, years of ill health, another how is he still alive type) Pele (cancer, very frail, inconsistent statements from family suggest they downplayed it when the truth seems that he's dying) Liza Minnelli (recently disappeared from public eye, rumours she's near the end) Sir Bobby Charlton (dementia, didn't attend his own brother's funeral last year due to ill health) James Watson (very frail, already looks like a corpse) Sir Michael Gambon (noticeably absent from public eye recently, rumours of ill health, not attending the Harry Potter cast reunion) Larry Storch (99 next year, has looked very frail for years, another how is he still alive type) Glynis Johns (99 next year, been in a care home for years)