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  1. Posted

    11 hours ago, Sinbabad said:

    Werner Spitz, a forensic pathologist who testified at OJ’s trial, has died aged 97.

     

    He had also worked on the investigations of the assassinations of JFK and Martin Luther King.

    They're all going now - OJ's relationship with his children from the marriage to his murdered wife would be interesting to know more about. Did they really believe their father was innocent? Reports state his children and grandchildren were present at his death - did those gloves finally fit?

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    15 minutes ago, gcreptile said:

    Ahem... I also kind of think he didn't do it, but he nevertheless wanted to have the attention on him, as a sort of cover-up.

    I've heard the theory that he might have protected on of his elder children from the first marriage. A cover-up for a different crime might also be plausible.

     

    I don't know, in my mind, he doesn't look like a murderer. I can totally believe that Bill Cosby did it, the crimes were hiding in plain sight. I never got that vibe from Simpson. His former Twitter page made me think that he was more of a "player", a more suitable character for a small-time (or medium-time) criminal. You'd have to be a really big sociopath to have such a light-hearted persona in spite of having committed a murder.

    What about all the times he attacked her & police were called to their home? The race card was played without doubt & the evidence was ignored. A trial that lasted 9 months and a decision in 4 hours - just laughable. He was known for violence  towards women and had a penchant for women decades younger who he could control. Even the Kardashians fell out with him according to The Sun. The American legal system is bizarre - someone was executed this week for 2 murders decades ago after being on Death Row ever since yet a guy who killed about 35 just has life imprisonment due to some sort of plea bargaining. 

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  3. Posted

    1 hour ago, Youth in Asia said:

    According to Sharon Osbourne, OJ and his wife were drug dealers to celebrities, and she was killed in a hit by the local drug Mafia. He then made his escape in a confused and drugged up state because he thought they were going to kill him too.

    She's increasingly desperate to be in the news & to appear relevant. She's bad-mouthing a murder victim & if OJS was not the murderer why was nobody else ever on trial? 

  4. Posted

    Debra Paget (born 1933) is 91 later this year. She played the love interest (Lucia) of Victor Mature (died 1999) who played the title role in Demetrius & the Gladiators which was filmed 70 years ago in 1954 so not surprisingly she is the only major cast member still alive. The film and its predecessor The Robe are showing on various channels today as it is Good Friday.

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    2 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

    Telegraph obit for Squadron Leader Cecil "Boz" Parsons, aged 105, Aussie "flying coffin" pilot in the RAAF who flew heavy bombers over Berlin and Dunkirk. Awarded the DFC. Was still flying aircrafts until 94.

    Survived by his wife of 77 years and all three of their children (exactly what you want to hear in an obituary for someone that age).
     

     

    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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    17 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:


    Aye, but isn’t that across all cricketing nations?

     

    We’re only talking about English and Welsh league players in this thread.

     

    17 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:


    Aye, but isn’t that across all cricketing nations?

     

    We’re only talking about English and Welsh league players in this thread.

    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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    1 minute ago, Ulitzer95 said:


    I've seen the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock version of The 39 Steps. Is the 1959 version worth watching?

    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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  19. Posted

    3 hours ago, JQW said:

     

    Caroline Dowdeswell, who played bank assistant Janet King in the first series is still around, I believe.

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

  20. Posted

    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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  21. Posted

    12 hours ago, Deathrace said:

    Isn't that his daughter?! 

    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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  22. Posted

    14 hours ago, PLANet said:

    Shigechiyo Izumi was verified to be the "Oldest Living Man" by Guinness World Records in 1978. He lived to 1986, dying at the recorded age of "120". In 1987, a year after his death, Japanese researchers leaked to the media the idea that he had been "only 105" and had taken on the identity of an older sibling who had died

    GWR retracted this claim only in 2010.

     

    Just think this is Japan, a developed country and not Venezuela.

    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.

  24. Posted

    4 hours ago, JonNgoat said:

    I noticed that Brian Glanville wrote Franz Beckenbauer’s obituary in the Guardian and was surprised to find he is still alive at 92, though not sure if he is still writing anywhere. He looked ancient when I was reading him in World Soccer about 20 years ago.

    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.

  25. Posted

    1 hour ago, MrWonderful said:

    At the Emmys last night, presenting an award with Taraji P. Henson.  She looks fantastic.  Glamorous and elegant, just as you might expect.  

    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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