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Still active and giving interviews etc. There are much stronger candidates surely?

BBC's annual in memoriam video is up on iPlayer, available here. Very well done this year, and it would appear they've finally acknowledged the death of Clarissa Eden.

Tina seems to be doing pretty well. There’s a 2021 face to face interview of her on YouTube. Another few years left I reckon.

I think the point others are trying to hint at concerns the fact that many of the individuals you're posting about are barely notable, and nobody knows who they are. Many don't even have Wikipedia pages, others only have a handful of very minor credits within film or television etc. When posting, it's important to consider what's going to be of interest to other users on here, and also remember that everyone reads the Deaths in 2021 page on Wikipedia, so if something has been sat on there for hours or even days, we've likely seen it already. Just be a little more measured when posting.

Not Agata Lys too?! This is turning out to be the worst day for celebrity deaths ever!! I am inconsolable.

As a lefty I’d thought you’d have lots of time for Charles.

If that’s the criteria the committee ought to pick Janey Godley too.

Not Tatosov! I was such a huge fan. I will cry ever night for him. RIP you legend!! [channeling my inner Coffin Lodger]

Some new info out on her. According to her death certificate, and her newly released Times obituary, Hiriart was born in 1923, and was 98 at the time of her death. Cause of death is given as "heart failure". She had a heart! Who knew?!

That's just not true. They get considerably older than 82. Jack Lalanne (died at 96) and Bill Pearl (living, 91) being just two examples off the top of my head. It's the ones who abused steroids who don't get to old ages. Bodybuilding, in its natural form, is one of the healthiest things you can ever do for your body as you're working every single muscle in the body, including the ones that are often neglected. Not exercising muscle groups leads to immobility and muscle failure as you age.

Isn't he still working as the Jeopardy announcer?

Grace Mirabella (wiki), editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine from 1971 to 1988 (and Anna Wintour's predecessor in the role), dead at 91.

Twitter reporting the death of Keith Rae (wiki), 104, who has been the oldest living Aussie rules footballer since 2017. More interestingly, he served in the Royal Australian Navy during WWII, and was onboard the HMAS Nestor when it was attacked and sunk by Italian bombers near Crete in 1942.

Joseph Wilson Morris dead at 99. Oldest living federal judge in the U.S. is now James L. Buckley (wiki), 98, who is also the oldest living Senator.

Why don't you use the search function on this forum and find out for yourself?

I saw her being interviewed on the TV a few weeks ago. She literally jogged down the stairs and looked great. I can't imagine her troubling DL for at least another 5 years.

I know. As I said in the second part of the post you just quoted…

It would be really useful if someone compiled a list of all the names ever mentioned in the Ideas and Possibilities threads who are still living. Not me though. I'm bored of writing lists for now. Someone else can do it.

A unique pick in the DDP.

The general theory within IR is that it won’t, because too many countries have nuclear capabilities now.

Who needs to be added to the total? Arthur Smith Leslie Brown Sally Ann Howes Jack Hedley Thomas Kinsella (hasn't got one yet but he's a dead cert QO within the next 24 hours) Anyone else? The total stands at 261 (266 if you add the 5 above). The record is 278. 12 needed. 9 days remaining...

Not "entirely" dead, but this came to my attention following the news of Jack Hedley's death. Such a fascinating cast list this. To think I've never actually watched it. Must get round to it! 9 living, with 4 more "possibly" living. The Longest Day (1962) The Americans Henry Grace (1907–1983) Alexander Knox (1907–1995) Nicholas Stuart (1910–1985) John Meillon (1934–1989) Mel Ferrer (1917–2008) Edmond O'Brien (1915–1985) Henry Fonda (1905–1982) Robert Mitchum (1917–1997) Robert Ryan (1909–1973) John Crawford (1920–2010) Eddie Albert (1906–2005) John Wayne (1907–1979) Bill Nagy (1921–1973) Fred Dur (?) Rod Steiger (1925–2002) Steve Forrest (1925–2013) Ray Danton (1931–1992) Don Adams (1923–2005) Stuart Whitman (1928–2020) Tom Tryon (1926–1991) Gary Collins (1938–2012) Jeffrey Hunter (1926–1969) Tony Mordente (b. 1935) Bob Steele (1907–1988) Richard Beymer (b. 1938) Red Buttons (1919–2006) Sal Mineo (1939–1976) Roddy McDowall (1928–1998) George Segal (1934–2021) Robert Wagner (b. 1930) Paul Anka (b. 1941) Mark Damon (b. 1933) Fabian (b. 1943) Tommy Sands (b. 1937) Mickey Knox (1921–2013) Ron Randell (1918–2005) The British Trevor Reid (1908–1965) John Robinson (1908–1979) Simon Lack (1913–1980) Louis Mounier (?) Walter Horsbrugh (1904–1973) Leo Genn (1905–1978) Peter Lawford (1923–1984) Patrick Barr (1908–1985) Kenneth More (1914–1982) Richard Todd (1919–2009) Howard Marion-Crawford (1914–1969) Richard Wattis (1912–1975) Leslie Phillips (1924–2022) Lyndon Brook (1926–2004) Jack Hedley (1929–2021) Richard Burton (1925–1984) Donald Houston (1923–1991) John Gregson (1919–1975) Siân Phillips (b. 1933) Richard Dawson (1932–2012) Harry Fowler (1926–2012) Bernard Fox (1927–2016) Norman Rossington (1928–1999) Sean Connery (1930–2020) Frank Finlay (1926–2016) Michael Medwin (1923–2020) Leslie de Laspee (?) Victor Maddern (1928–1993) Bryan Coleman (1911–2005) The French Jean Servais (1910–1976) Christian Marquand (1927–2000) Georges Riviére (b. 1924) Discussed this one with @Lafaucheuse, we can't work out if he's dead or not. Bernard Fresson (1931–2002) Irina Demick (1936–2004) Yves Barsacq (1931–2015) Maurice Poli (1933–2020) Jean Champion (1917–2001) Bourvil (1917–1970) Georges Wilson (1921–2010) Jean-Louis Barrault (1910–1994) Madeleine Renaud (1900–1994) Arletty (1898–1992) Fernand Ledoux (1897–1993) Pauline Carton (1884–1974) Alice Tissot (1890–1971) Clément Harari (1919–2008) The Germans Paul Hartmann (1889–1977) Werner Linz (1903–1985) Wolfgang Lukschy (1905–1983) Ernst Schröder (1915–1994) Curd Jürgens (1915–1982) Richard Münch (1916–1987) Wolfgang Büttner (1912–1990) Wolfgang Preiss (1910–2002) Karl John (1905–1977) Paul Edwin Roth (1918–1985) Heinz Reincke (1925–2011) Heinz Spitzner (1916–1992) Peter van Eyck (1911–1969) Walter Gotell (1924–1997) Hans Christian Blech (1915–1993) Eugene Deckers (1917–1977) Kurt Meisel (1912–1994) Til Kiwe (1915–1995) Hans Söhnker (1903–1981) Robert Freitag (1916–2010) Rainer Penkert (1921–2012) Dietmar Schönherr (1926–2014) Hartmut Reck (1932–2001) Loriot (1923–2011) Gert Gröbe (1913–1988) Ruth Hausmeister (1912–2012) Michael Hinz (1939–2008)

Didn't we have this conversation last year and come to the conclusion (by looking at the select few big names who had died on 24–26 Dec over 30-40 years) that it was a bit of an urban myth?

*1929 (according to that article) At least this resolves it. He's dead.

Hmm.. is this a death notice for the Jack Hedley in today's Times? Two problems – to our knowledge, Hedley was born in 1930 (so he'd be 91, not 92). Also, Jack Hedley was born as "Jack Hawkins" in Fulham, London in 1930 according to the birth index. He changed his name to Jack Hedley to avoid confusion with existing actor Jack Hawkins (1910–1973), but did he change it legally as well? Can't account for where "Snowdon" comes from. No middle name given on his birth record.