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    Katie Price

    She might need financial advice from William Roache.
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    King Charles III

    British embassies have been denying reports in Russian media that King Charles has passed away.
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    World War II Veterans

    Good to hear that all his children are still alive. However the oldest ever person to have a living parent appears to be Willie Rogers who was 97 years & 109 days (he died 6 days before he was 100) when his mother Bettie Wilson (1890-2006) died.
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    Nazi of SS

    Bruno Dey - former Nazi guard found guilty of mass murder but given only a suspended sentence of 2 years - will be 96 and a half in 2 days' time.
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    Cricket Thread. Only Mad Dogs And Englishmen

    Proctor was a truely great all-rounder although best known for his bowling. He was so immense while playing for 16 years for Gloucestershire (no Test cricket after 1970 due to being South African) that his county were nicknamed "Proctorshire".
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    Oldest Living football league players

    In that case the number drops to 8 as the other 19 are from countries such as India, South Africa, Australia, Jamaica, New Zealand and even one from Scotland!
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    Oldest Living football league players

    Interesting to read - 27 first class male cricketers reached 100.
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    Oldest Living football league players

    Former footballers certainly do not seem to live as long as former cricketers. There have been around 20 centenarian former first class cricketers - difficult to recall any centenarian footballers.
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    Monty Python

    Probably only needs a 'few quid' - to live the life of luxury that most could only dream of so I won't be contributing to the IRF {Idle Rich Fund.}
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    The Fringes Of Fame/family Of The Famous

    Jill Freud (widow of Clement - the disgraced former MP & dog food advertiser) is 97 in 2 months' time.
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    O.J. Simpson: Run Out Of Juice?

    Karma.
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    Foreign Personalities, From Stage, Screen, Politics And Life

    Don Murray has died aged 94. An extremely prolific actor for many decades but many will remember him as Sid Fairgate in Knots Landing and the shock when he was killed off as he was the best known actor in the show.
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    British Character Actors

    Michael Knowles and Caroline Dowdeswell are apparently the most 'significant' Dad's Army actors still alive.
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    Ideas and possibilities for 2025

    Pretty good but a very rushed ending. Not surprising that only one adult star remains from the 1959 film as only Robert Powell and Timothy West appear to be alive from the 1978 version.
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    British Character Actors

    Also Michael Knowles (born 1937) who appeared in some episodes and also adapted many episodes for radio transmission.
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    Ideas and possibilities for 2025

    One actor/actress that seems to stay under the radar is Taina Elg who is now 93. She starred with Kenneth More in 1959 in The 39 Steps. More died way back in 1982 but his last (& third) wife, actress Angela Douglas is only 83 now. She was widowed again in 2022.
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    Cricket Thread. Only Mad Dogs And Englishmen

    He didn't acknowledge her existence for years but began to reference her regularly in his final couple of years on Test Match Special. His relationships would make a far more interesting book than his tedious batting technique coaching manuals.
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    World's Oldest

    Very embarrassing for Norris McWhirter who was still involved then with the Guinness Book of Records which it was probably still known as then as he flew to Japan and was photographed with the "oldest" person in the world shortly before his death at the then believed age of 120.
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    People I Was Surprised To Find Are Still Alive

    Gerald Harper (title role in Adam Adamant & Hadleigh) is 93 next month John Barratt (BBC tennis commentator 1971-2006) is 93 in April - married to Angela Mortimer a former Wimbledon champion
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    People I Was Surprised To Find Are Still Alive

    Jeff Powelll looks pretty ancient every time he posts a tribute including today to Mike Dickson the tennis correspondent for the Daily Mail who died aged only 59.
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    Joan Collins ultra glamorous British actress and Hollywood star

    Mentally she appears as sharp as a tack. However, she has been compared rather unkindly to that Bamforth seaside humour postcard in which a newly wed couple are getting ready for their first night together. The attractive blushing bride first removes her eyelashes, then her nail extensions, then her wig, then her teeth and then it gets rather rude or crude!
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    Celebrity Auctioneers

    But is he banned from seeing Christine Trevanion, Izzie Balmer, Catherine Southon, Roo Irvine or Kate Alcock?
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    Ideas and possibilities for 2025

    Two famous naturalists: Tony Soper (95 today) & Desmond Morris (96 in 2 weeks). Also the 2 wives of Jon Pertwee: Jean Marsh (90 in July) & Ingeborg Rhoesa (90 next year).
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    British Character Actors

    And David Lawton - 101 this year. (Crossroads, When the Boat Comes In, Z-Cars, Maigret, Compact, etc etc)
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    The Boys Of '66

    He looked fit enough 'daddy dancing' when making his usual appearance a year ago on the Christmas 2022 version of Football's Coming Home. Apart from the 1996 video there is another ruder (check names on shirts) version which he appears in decades ago which seems to be filmed in a car park.
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