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Diddy David Hamilton appears on GBNews now. He seems fine. I'd give him at least another 5 years. Pete Murray is ancient, but with a 2024 appearance on the radiography list, I don't think he's exactly at death's door either.

Apologies – it should have read "first woman to seek the leadership of a major political party". She was heard of at least once after 1968. In 1978, her and her husband, Paul Sawka were elected to serve on the executive of their local Conservative party (in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory). Newspaper coverage of that here.

He was the size of a house in later life and I always said to my mum "heart attack waiting to happen". If you look at pics of him when he was younger he was so skinny too. Anyway, RIP big fella.

Turns out Scotland's Alexander McAllister (wiki) was never the world's oldest living first class cricketer. He died off radar in Sunningdale, Berkshire on 29 January 2008, aged 87! Both Cricket Archived and the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians have updated their profiles for McAllister to reflect this, and his record is in the GRO Index. The fact that McAllister is long dead means there are no known centenarian first class cricketers currently living – this is quite rare. William Faulkner (b. 1923, wiki) COULD still be alive, but there's no evidence. Arjunrao Bharbhare (b. Jul 1924, wiki), John Stenton (b. Oct 1924, wiki) and P. M. Anandan (b. Dec 1924, wiki) are the next three names on my "possibly living" list. The oldest first class cricketer definitely still alive that I know of? Probably Basil Rigg (b. 1926, wiki).

@Octopus of Odstock, sorry but cannot for the life of me find this on Facebook. Can you please DM me the link to the page?

Following the death of Datta Gaekwad today, there are just 4 living Test cricketers born in the 1920s: Ronald Draper of South Africa (b. 1926) Neil Harvey of Australia (b. 1928) Trevor McMahon of New Zealand (b. 1929) Wazir Mohammad of Pakistan (b. 1929) Only Draper and Harvey are DDP picks.

This one is pretty surprising if true... Sylvia Peterson of The Chiffons died on July 28, 2023 (aged 76) according to the group's Wiki page. One-time lead singer of the group, she had left by the late 60s and took up a regular 9 to 5 job. Sung on their biggest hits "One Fine Day", "Sweet Talkin' Guy" and "He's So Fine". Can anyone find an obit? Or even a mention on Facebook or Twitter etc that looks credible?

Two updates: Dave Berry's drummer Kenny Slade died in May 2023 (aged 83), but just spotted now. Bass guitarist for The Cougars, Adrian Morgan, died in December 2023 (aged 80), but only reported by local press last month. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dave Berry and the Cruisers Wiki UK pop and R&B singer from Woodhouse, Sheffield, Yorkshire, regarded as a teen idol during the 1960s, the Cruisers were his backing band for most of his career – though they were only credited on the first two singles Roy Barber 09 Aug 1944 – 01 May 2000 (55) Mention of death Dave Berry 06 Feb 1941 – Living Peter Cliffe 09 Apr 1944 – Living John Fleet n/a – deceased Mention of death Frank Miles 07 Aug 19?? – Living John Riley 26 May 1944 – Living Kenny Slade 12 Oct 1939 – 23 May 2023 (83) Obit Alan Taylor 29 Jul 1948 – 23 Aug 2020 (72) Mention of death Pete Thornton no info available Frank White 1944 – Mar 2020 (~75) Local obit 10/09/1963 Memphis, Tennessee #19 Cover of a single by Chuck Berry 09/01/1964 My Baby Left Me #37 Cover of a song by Arthur Crudup 30/04/1964 Baby It's You #24 Released as Dave Berry / Cover of a single by The Shirelles, popularised by The Beatles 06/08/1964 The Crying Game #5 Released as Dave Berry 26/11/1964 One Heart Between Two #41 Released as Dave Berry 25/03/1965 Little Things #5 Released as Dave Berry / Cover of a single by Bobby Goldsboro 22/07/1965 This Strange Effect #37 Released as Dave Berry / Written by Ray Davies of The Kinks 30/06/1966 Mama #5 Released as Dave Berry NB: Difficult to determine who played on the first record. This is useful but contradicted elsewhere. By default I've listed all members as per this. The second single used session musicians only. NB2: Managed to resolve all of the blanks in Dec 2021, with the exception of Pete Thornton, who is the only member whose living/dead status I haven't found an answer for. The Cougars Wiki UK instrumental group from Sea Mills, Bristol Dave Hack 1940 – Living Adrian Morgan 1943 – 07 Dec 2023 (80) local obit Keith Owen 1942 – 2019 (76) Dave Tanner 1942 – Living 28/02/1963 Saturday Nite at the Duck Pond #33 Based on Swan Lake, banned by the BBC as it "defaced a classic melody"

Tell us you're a virgin without telling us you're a virgin.

Has her own thread because she's notable in her own right, not as just a relative.

Two names we've discussed before now have sources confirming their deaths: Doris Johnson (wiki), Democratic member of the Washington House of Representatives (1965–1969 and 1971–1975) died on 27/6/21 aged 98. Funeral home death notice. James Arthur Ewing (wiki), disgraced Democratic Governor of American Samoa (1952–1953). We previously knew he had moved to Fiji, then discovered a newspaper clipping that had him living in Capri, Italy in 1961. Well he later returned to Fiji, but died and was buried in Australia on 16/2/96 aged 79. His death notice is in the Ryerson Index and here is a photo of the gravestone. Don't think there are any other U.S. politicians left on my "possibly living/dead" list now, but there's a few Canadians I need help with still: * Mary Walker-Sawka (wiki, b. 1916?) – first woman to lead a major political party in Canada. So wtf happened to her? * Fred E. Soucy (wiki, b. 1922) – a lack of 100th birthday news makes me think he's dead. * Don Chard (wiki, b. 1924) – if alive, he'll be 100 on 29th Feb. Still politically active in the 2000s but is he dead?

Yes, he doesn't seem to be too smart, which makes me question how good his research is and wonder if he's making mistakes.

Surely someone would just delete the comment and not in the entire post in that instance? Dunno, just feels a bit fishy to me. This guy should really consider getting a website or something rather than posting on a random group. If something more reliable surfaces I'll submit to IMDb/edit his Wiki.

Annette Crosbie is 90 today. Long may she live.

The author has now deleted his post so he may have made a mistake? In any case, some random guy posting in some random FB chat group is not reliable.

Innocence isn’t measured by social media retweets or likes. Please, just stop making inane comments if you have nothing worthwhile saying. Why do you sit on here all day; don’t you have school or uni or something?

Really relieved for him. One of the nicest people in politics victim to the fantasist tales of a psychopath. There was serious concern in Westminster that Rosindell could have taken his own life. It destroyed his mental health.

So CRUEL!

Charles Stendig (wiki), American furniture businessman, supposedly dead at 99. Also a WWII veteran.

Mystery solved on this one. Jack Billings died in his native Ontario on 13 Aug 1992, aged 74. Newspaper obit here. Not spotted before due to a typo in his name in the newspaper obit.

Italian news site reporting the death of Aussie world champion motorcycle road racer Kel Carruthers (wiki) aged 86. Outright denial from a family member here insisting he isn't even sick. It's 2024. Nobody dies!

Another article from today. States a reaction from the President of Nigeria. Surely dead then?

A blessing for the rest of us.

Is there any reliable source for this?

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