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  2. Posted

    It's a common fallacy (usually given further credence by the cinema) that duels were always to the death.

    OTOH, being shot rarely only results in a flesh wound, despite what's shown in the cinema. But then, duels were not fought with high powered rifles.

     

     

     

    regards,

    Hein

  6. Posted

    General Vo Nguyen Giap, of Vietnam War fame. Born in 1912, he's in his nineties. I've no idea about his health, though, but he could make a nice outsider.

     

    According to this BBC News article of May 5, 2004:

     

    Now 92 years old, he is still beguiling audiences with his lucid account of his military strategy, and battlefield details.

     

    Though physically frail, his memory is prodigious.

     

    I recommend this soldier for consideration for the 2005 list.

     

    regards,

    Hein

  9. Posted

    News broke tonight on Dutch TV that Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands suffers from cancer of the respiratory tracts, apparently unoperable. It looks the English language news bureaus haven't picked it up yet. It seems like a good boost for his candidacy for 2005, at 93 years.

     

    regards,

    Hein

  10. Posted

    I did some research on living Nobel Prize winners, and found the following possible candidates for 2005, all 85+ years old:

     

    Hans Bethe (Physics, 1967) born 1906

    Joseph Rotblat (Peace, 1995) born 1908

    Rita Levi-Montalcini (Medicine, 1986) born 1909

    Ronald H. Coase (Economics, 1991) born 1910

    Maurice Allais (Economics, 1988) born 1911

    Naguib Mahfouz (Literature, 1988) born 1911

    Julius Axelrod (Medicine, 1970) born 1912

    George E. Palade (Medicine, 1974) born 1912

    Milton Friedman (Economics, 1976) born 1912

    Herbert C. Brown (Chemistry, 1979) born 1912

    Willis Eugene Lamb (Physics, 1965) born 1913

    Norman E. Borlaug (Peace, 1970) born 1914

    Renato Dulbecco (Medicine, 1975) born 1914

    Raymond Davis Jr. (Physics, 2002) born 1914

    Thomas Huckle Weller (Medicine, 1954) born 1915

    Charles Hard Townes (Physics, 1964) born 1915

    Henry Taube (Chemistry, 1983) born 1915

    Saul Bellow (Literature, 1976) born 1915

    Paul A. Samuelson (Economics, 1970) born 1915

    Norman F. Ramsey (Physics, 1989) born 1915

    Jean Dausset (Medicine, 1980) born 1916

    Robert F. Furchgott (Medicine, 1998) born 1916

    Vitaly L. Ginzburg (Physics, 2003) born 1916

    Andrew Fielding Huxley (Medicine, 1963) born 1917

    Christian de Duve (Medicine, 1974) born 1917

    John Warcup Cornforth (Chemistry, 1975) born 1917

    Herbert A. Hauptman (Chemistry, 1985) born 1917

    William S. Knowles (Chemistry, 2001) born 1917

    John B. Fenn (Chemistry, 2002) born 1917

    Frederick Sanger (Chemistry, 1958) born 1918

    Arthur Kornberg (Medicine, 1959) born 1918

    Ernst Otto Fischer (Chemistry, 1973) born 1918

    Frederick Sanger (Chemistry, 1980) born 1918

    Kai M. Siegbahn (Physics, 1981) born 1918

    Jerome Karle (Chemistry, 1985) born 1918

    Edwin G. Krebs (Medicine, 1992) born 1918

    Nelson Mandela (Peace, 1993) born 1918

    Paul D. Boyer (Chemistry, 1997) born 1918

    Jens C. Skou (Chemistry, 1997) born 1918

    William N. Lipscomb (Chemistry, 1976) born 1919

    James M. Buchanan Jr. (Economics, 1986) born 1919

    Joseph E. Murray (Medicine, 1990) born 1919

    Owen Chamberlain (Physics, 1959) born 1920

    François Jacob (Medicine, 1965) born 1920

    Baruj Benacerraf (Medicine, 1980) born 1920

    Lawrence R. Klein (Economics, 1980) born 1920

    Nicolaas Bloembergen (Physics, 1981) born 1920

    E. Donnall Thomas (Medicine, 1990) born 1920

    Edmond H. Fischer (Medicine, 1992) born 1920

     

    Note that I didn't check their health, so more research is needed.

     

    Source: the website of Nobel Foundation.

     

    regards,

    Hein

  11. Posted

    An aide of Arafat says his illness is not fatal, according to this BBC news article.

     

    Nabil Abu Rdainah told the Reuters news agency that whatever ailment Mr Arafat had was curable.

     

    Earlier, doctors treating Mr Arafat said they had so far ruled out the possibility he had leukaemia.

     

    Medical staff will not reach a diagnosis until Wednesday, according to a Palestinian spokeswoman.

     

    I remember several heads of state whose expected demise was denied untill (and after) death, but I do hope old Yasser keeps on breathing another few months. I can't help thinking many Palestinian politicians who aspire to become Arafat's successor do the same.

     

    regards,

    Hein

  12. Posted

    You mean a serious pointless rant?

    That's also possible, ranting is serious business after all, if pointless.

     

    I apologise for a silly joke, the kind computer programmers make when confronted with a logical 'or' question. :lol:

     

    regards,

    Hein

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  15. Posted

    I was wondering if Miep Gies is a good candidate for the 2005 list?

    During World War II she protected Anne Frank and her family by hiding them in a secret annex above Anne's father's shop in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She saved the diary that made Anne Frank a household name.

     

    I suppose she is. She's in her nineties, and I think I remember a TV thingy about her health deteriorating.

     

    Will she pass the famousness test, however?

     

    regards,

    Hein

  16. Posted

    It seems to me JPII is working hard at meeting his maker.

     

    According to this BBC article he

    looked frail but alert in his wheelchair.

     

    Dutch television news sources say he made a remark that he suffers from physical discomfort.

     

    Go, Johnny, go!

     

    regards,

    Hein

  18. Posted

    Magere Hein:

    Francis Crick, Nobel Prize winner and co-discoverer of the structure of DNA dies.

     

    BTW, there are quite a few very old Nobel Prize winners alive out there. They'll all pass the "fame test", so this may be a good mine for 2005 and on. :ghost6:

     

    regards,

    Hein

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