Deathrace 1,171 Posted August 9, 2021 45 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said: I thought of Dionne Warwick and Gladys Knight too but forgot them... and Elton John Too, I wondered if he could be considered as a diva but Why Not ?! thanks for the answer Madonna and Celine Dion (hardly a picture of good health) I would say as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,051 Posted August 9, 2021 Just now, Deathrace said: Madonna and Celine Dion (hardly a picture of good health) I would say as well. Absolutely agree with you, as Mariah Carey and Beyonce (Maybe even Adèle ?) but they’re not from 30’s-40’s ahah Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted August 10, 2021 On 09/05/2021 at 17:43, MrSpud42 said: Alex Cord - Actor who played Archangel in Airwolf amongst other roles. He's in his late 80's, though no known health problems. Just as an outside shot. Didn't make it - Alex Cord is dead: https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/alex-cord-dead-airwolf-1235038356/ Awaiting a QO for that DDP thingyummy... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,745 Posted August 10, 2021 Internet pioneers- some of these are strong future possibilities, however the most notable ones (Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn and Tim Berners-Lee) still seem very active and healthy. Steve Russell (full name Stephen Russell, called "Slug") who made the first widely distributed videogame Spacewar! in 1962 is also still with us and 83/84 years old. Can't find anything about him from after January 2019. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RIP Wee Jum 1,559 Posted August 10, 2021 Maybe its time for Mike Ditka to make a return 31 years after his last appearance. He is 81 year old and had a heart attack in 1988 and 2018 and a minor stroke in 2012 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildstorm 297 Posted August 11, 2021 just a few low-effort suggestions for consideration: Rick Davies (singer, Supertramp): diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2015 (5 years survival rate is 57%). in 2018 indicated he was 'doing much better', but is also an intensely private individual and will likely pull an 'Alan Rickman' or 'Neil Peart' and not announce any health declines Ray Anthony (big band leader "The Hokey Pokey"): turns 100 in January Berry Gordy (founder of Motown Records): not in any ill health as far as I can find, but is turning 92 next year. is mostly one of those "oh wow, he's still alive!?" recommendations Alice Munro (author and nobel-laureate): skipped the Nobel ceremony citing ill health (and that was years ago), previous cancer battle, underwent bypass surgery, another intensely private person that we may not hear from until their death Marianne Faithful (singer/songwriter, actress): History of drug abuse, Hep-C, previous bout of cancer, got hit hard by Covid and pneumonia and is still recovering a year later Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted August 11, 2021 On 01/01/2021 at 13:46, YoungWillz said: Murray Melvin was one of my subs for my main team this year. Also a sub for my Silver Screen entry. Murray Melvin turned 89 yesterday, and looks good for his age. (Not a fan of the look of that pesto he's eating though!) (Alfie, Barry Lyndon, shitloads, passing "who is that?" youngsters...) 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RIP Wee Jum 1,559 Posted August 11, 2021 Eddie Richardson, younger brother of Charlie Richardson who was the founding member of The Richardson Gang AKA The Torture Gang. Who were rivals to The Krays. He is 86 years old and spent most of his life doing criminal activity 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyfiona 2,588 Posted August 14, 2021 Ken Loach - He is 85 and just been expelled from the Labour Party. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted August 14, 2021 Someone who will get the full host of QOs yet has never been mentioned on this forum. Apparently he's just written his autobiography. Alvin Rakoff, director of Requiem for a Heavyweight (the TV film which launched Sean Connery), A Voyage Round my Father and A Dance to the Music of Time, as well as countless TV adaptations of Shakespeare and plays, and RSC/West End theatre plays in general. He is also Jacqueline Hill from Doctor Who's widower. He gave an interview to the BBC 2 days ago (!) where he sounds bloody good for his age, but one to watch surely given he is 94 now. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyfiona 2,588 Posted August 15, 2021 Well Afghanistan is fucked as President Ashraf Ghani has fled the country. I sense he will be gone by end of 2022 depending what happens with the Taliban. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,951 Posted August 15, 2021 6 minutes ago, ladyfiona said: Well Afghanistan is fucked as President Ashraf Ghani has fled the country. I sense he will be gone by end of 2022 depending what happens with the Taliban. Can't we ask Mohammad Hasan Sharq to go back to his contry to set things? Just saying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,745 Posted August 15, 2021 17 minutes ago, ladyfiona said: Well Afghanistan is fucked as President Ashraf Ghani has fled the country. I sense he will be gone by end of 2022 depending what happens with the Taliban. Meanwhile 2001-2014 President Karzai will apparently stay in Kabul: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,304 Posted August 15, 2021 1 minute ago, arghton said: Meanwhile Karzai will apparently stay in Kabul: Dead Man Walking. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,745 Posted August 19, 2021 Khaleda Zia, 76-year old corrupt ex-Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1991-1996 and 2001-2006) and Bangladeshi Nationalist Party chairperson. In a wheelchair likely due to bad arthritis, reportedly suffering from heart, liver and kidney problems after surviving covid in april as well as post-covid diseases and infections. Also has diabetes according to Bangladesh newspapers. Even if some or even most of these are faked, she isn't well. She spent 54 days in hospital after getting covid and part of it in CCU, has her own medical team (and has had before getting covid) to treat her at home as they fear she'll get an infection from the hospital. Looks ghastly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,983 Posted August 19, 2021 Derek Clayton the man who once held the time for fastest run marathon turns 80 next year. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted August 21, 2021 On 04/06/2021 at 20:32, msc said: Just for the record, Colin Baker isn't known to be terminally ill. He did campaign for the then terminally ill Brian Rix in 2016, however. And yes, his weight is still an issue as it has been for most of his career so I wouldn't be surprised if he's gone in the next 5 years. Hopefully not, though. He's a complete grump but he's *our* grump. I was told years about Tom being very frail when not in performance mode due to the boozing in his past, but the person who told me that (a name actor) has since died themselves! So, yeah, apparently Colin Baker's health has been up and down since his hospital stay in 2018 (not helped by a cockup discharging him only to be rushed back into hospital hours later), to the point of being frail when not performing, and Big Finish audio fans have been noting how he's slurring his lines on his most recent audio plays. (Which is quite sad as Colin Baker's enunciation was always one of the things he prided himself on.) It's not terminally ill, and given he clearly still has good enough periods of health to be still working, I don't think he's going *quite yet*. However, fair's fair, there was some smoke to that poster's suggestion and I was wrong to rubbish it out right. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,141 Posted August 21, 2021 9 hours ago, msc said: It's not terminally ill, and given he clearly still has good enough periods of health to be still working, I don't think he's going *quite yet*. However, fair's fair, there was some smoke to that poster's suggestion and I was wrong to rubbish it out right. Fair enough, but that poster's statement that CB was terminally ill was clearly based on a careless misreading of the Brian Rix news report. So don't beat yourself up about it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,745 Posted August 22, 2021 On 06/08/2021 at 01:46, gcreptile said: Never mentioned on this forum, what about Gordon Moore, former boss of Intel, and inventor of Moore's Law: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Moore https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law 92 years old now. For decades the question has been, who or what will die first, Moore or Moore's law? All the 4 creators of Intel's first microprocessor Intel 4004, launched on 15th of November 1971 are alive: Federico Faggin (1940-) Leader of the project, developed the silicon-gate technology and designed the chip. Marcian Hoff (1937-) Took part in the project, also invented LMS with professor Bernard Widrow (1929-) Stanley Mazor (1941-) One of the designers of the architecture of the processor. Masatoshi Shima (1943-) Took part in the project, more on his wikipedia page. I'm quite any of these will get lots of media attention if they die, especially Faggin. Moore was the co-founder/executive VP at the time of the creation of Intel 4004, becoming CEO in 1975. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,051 Posted August 23, 2021 some French new names : Liliane Rovere (1933) : famous actress Jean Jacques Sempé (1932) : very well know illustrator, rewarded multiple time, especially for the creation of the series "Le Petit Nicolas" and illustrator of The New Yorker Edith Cresson (1934) : former prime minister between 1991 and 1992, first woman to be a PM in France Marcel Boiteux (1922) : economist and mathematician, recipient of the Grand' Cross of the National Order of Merit Lionel Jospin (1937) : former prime minister from 1997 to 2002 Jean Pierre Serre (1926) : mathematician, recipient of the 1954 Field Medal Claude Bessy (1932) : ballerina, ballet master, recipient of the Grand' Cross of the National Order of Merit Madeleine Chapsal (1925) : author and journalist Helene Ahrweiler (1926) : Professor, greek mythologist and byzantin empire specialist Alfred Grosser (1925) : sociologist and political scientist Christiane Scrivener (1925) : politician, deputy Etienne Emile Baulieu (1926) : biologist, doctor, professor, former president of the "Academie des Sciences" from 2003 to 2004 Helene David Weill (1933) : art collector and patron Michel David Weill (1932) : art collector, patron, banker and husband of Helene Francois Gros (1925) : biologiste, professor and researcher Serge Klarsfeld (1935) : historian, avocat, academician Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929) : historian, former president of the "Academy des sciences Morales et politiques" Jacques de Larosière (1929) : former Director of the Banque de France, of the "Trésor de France", politician Catherine Samie (1933) : actress, former Dean and general administrator the Comédie Française Geneviève de Galard (1925) : WWII Veterant, nurse Jean Nallit (1923) : resistant, WWII veterant Yvette Roudy (1929) : politician, former minister in the "ministry of Women's rights" Monique Pelletier (1925) : politician, former minister in the "ministry of Women's rights" Raymond Chabanne (1924) : soldier, general in the French Army Marie-José Combat de Lauwe (1923) : resistant and sociologist, actual director of the "Fondation pour la Memoire de la Deportation" since 1996 Claude Abeille (1930) : sculptor and artist Michel Boulangé (1929) : physicien and academic Elisabeth de Chimay (1926) : belgian princess (not French but French speaking) Marthe Gautier (1925) : physician, professor, best known for her work on Down Syndrome, member of the Academy des Sciences Pierre Joxe (1934) : former multiple minister, politician Yvette Levy (1926) : survivor of the Shoah Genevieve de Fontenay (1932) : socialite and resident of the "Miss France" Committee Michelle Perrot (1928) : historian, professor in Paris-Diderot University, feminist militant André Trigano (1925) : politician Gabriel de Broglie (1931) : historian, politician, academician, president of some institute etc… Pierre Mazeaud (1929) : politician, alpinist, jurist, president of some institute idem Dominique Paturel (1931) : actor When they die, Rovere, Sempé, Cresson, Jospin, both David-Weill spouses, Klarsfeld, Le Roy Ladurie, Joxe, De Fontenay and Paturel will all get front page report as they are really famous and respected in France, don't know if they're as well known outside of here, I think several of them are. I hope at least. Don't know how many of them will see 2022 as they are really old ans some of them are frail, other haven't been seen in years so… 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted August 23, 2021 Just read on his wiki page that Ray - Mungo Jerry - Dorset had open heart surgery this year. Given that previously mega-serious conditions can now be treated with minimal invasion, he was likely in serious trouble for a while there. 75 years old.(though not in this picture) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted August 23, 2021 7 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said: Just read on his wiki page that Ray - Mungo Jerry - Dorset had open heart surgery this year. Given that previously mega-serious conditions can now be treated with minimal invasion, he was likely in serious trouble for a while there. 75 years old.(though not in this picture) I always thought that he was very underrated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted August 24, 2021 10 hours ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: I always thought that he was very underrated. Aye well... We'll see how those obits read, eh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,745 Posted August 25, 2021 Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE since 2004. Suffered a stroke in 2014, picture from a rare public appearance in 2019. Family took over his fortune after his stroke... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miranda lass 98 Posted August 26, 2021 Bill Wyman at 86. Though he may not, as his 2020 photo shows him looking pretty well. So unless something happens to him Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
