Ideas and possibilities for 2024

[msc 17,762]

31 minutes ago, Sly Ronnie said:

Been looking in Youtube recently and Sir John still looks very gaunt and seems to be speaking from home a lot.

Definitely something up, I'd say.

Still travels a lot but is 70 and a notorious insomniac. If he is ill he's not letting folk know. I've mentioned the gaunt TV look to his friends.

[Sly Ronnie 617]

17 minutes ago, msc said:

Still travels a lot but is 70 and a notorious insomniac. If he is ill he's not letting folk know. I've mentioned the gaunt TV look to his friends.

One thinks of previous eras when familiar faces on election night fail to reach the start line for the next one. Richard Dimbleby died a few months shy of the 1966 election and swingometer king Robert Mackenzie died between the 79 and 83 elections.

[msc 17,762]

3 minutes ago, Sly Ronnie said:

One thinks of previous eras when familiar faces on election night fail to reach the start line for the next one. Richard Dimbleby died a few months shy of the 1966 election and swingometer king Robert Mackenzie died between the 79 and 83 elections.

Going back a bit but mum referenced how ill she thought Vincent Hanna looked around the 1997 election and was very sad when he died a few months later.

[Sly Ronnie 617]

25 minutes ago, msc said:

Going back a bit but mum referenced how ill she thought Vincent Hanna looked around the 1997 election and was very sad when he died a few months later.

So was I. A huge loss to political discourse in the New Labour era.

[SovietJohnny 93]

Jim Lovell….Apollo 8 fame …..96 next year

 

2 years older than Buzz Aldrin

[maryportfuncity 10,017]

10 hours ago, SovietJohnny said:

Jim Lovell….Apollo 8 fame …..96 next year

 

2 years older than Buzz Aldrin

 

 

And eight days more alive than his commander on Apollo 8!

[arghton 6,124]

On 02/07/2023 at 13:43, The Immortal said:

Because there is no thread for Vietnam war vets yet (surprisingly) and the Medal of Honor recipients I'm mentioning here right now all served in Vietnam and not Korea, I have to give the update here.

So Roger Donlon being the immortal that he is, attended another event just last month and I found a short video clip of him at that event. His Parkinson's looks to be worse than ever, hands constantly trembling through the video and it seems like he's barely able to move and talk at this point. I also managed to find somewhere that recipient Jose Rodela is now frail and suffering from dementia and heart disease so you might want keep an eye out there. Clarence Sasser has become frailer too and isn't able to walk without mobility aids.

Roger Donlon went into hospice in August but...well enough to attend a veterans day parade last week.

 

Browsing around that site there's also a mention of John J. Duffy having been in ICU following a stroke in March.

[gcreptile 10,236]

On 30/01/2023 at 11:34, Dead Wait said:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/tv-news/21208656/paul-burrell-prostate-cancer-lorraine/
 

Paul Burrell one to watch - prostate cancer diagnosis

Paul Burrell has been given the all-clear:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/breaking-emotional-paul-burrell-gives-31451763

[The Immortal 529]

3 hours ago, arghton said:

Roger Donlon went into hospice in August but...well enough to attend a veterans day parade last week.

 

Browsing around that site there's also a mention of John J. Duffy having been in ICU following a stroke in March.

 

Roger Donlon is immortal, doesn't surprise me that he got out of hospice (and has seemingly recovered from whatever brought him there in the first place) and is back attending events again. 

 

Let's see if Jimmy Carter decides to take some inspiration here.

[Fridaythe13th 71]

What about Jane Fonda? 
I know her cancer is in remission however; could come back stronger!

 

Ted Turner would be good too. Was Diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia in 2018.

 

 

[msc 17,762]

John Simpson looks rough as shit on BBC News right now. Eighty next August if he makes it.

[Spade_Cooley 9,023]

From the "celebrities sell their houses when they're about to die" prognostic tactic, Jim Davidson just sold his Stockbridge property for £1.5m.

[time 7,969]

21 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

From the "celebrities sell their houses when they're about to die" prognostic tactic, Jim Davidson just sold his Stockbridge property for £1.5m.

Sadly, it was announced back in August, he's moving to Hamble. This report says it was bought in his wife (now ex-wife)'s name, so that may be he reason.

[RIP Wee Jum 1,558]

One to keep an eye on

Lead singer of Aussie band Rose Tattoo 'Angry' Anderson.  He is 76 now, a former addict (I can't read the article to see what he was addicted to) and his son died after being attacked in a park in 2018.  He is looking his age in this pictue from 2022

 

 

[YoungWillz 19,103]

1 minute ago, RIP Wee Jum said:

One to keep an eye on

Lead singer of Aussie band Rose Tattoo 'Angry' Anderson.  He is 76 now, a former addict (I can't read the article to see what he was addicted to) and his son died after being attacked in a park in 2018.  He is looking his age in this pictue from 2022

 

 

Shush!

 

He's available to me once and once only for my TOTP theme team next year!

 

(I think he looks great! )

[Trome 74]

Ok, time to add new ideas for 2024

1. Alan Bennett (90, actor)

2. Buzz Aldrin (94, astronaut)

3. Lee Meriwether (89, actress)

4. Vladimir Putin (72, russian president)

5. Bruce Willis (69, actor)

6. Scott Glenn (83, actor)

7. June Squibb (95, actress)

 

[Fridaythe13th 71]

7 minutes ago, Trome said:

Ok, time to add new ideas for 2024

1. Alan Bennett (90, actor)

2. Buzz Aldrin (94, astronaut)

3. Lee Meriwether (89, actress)

4. Vladimir Putin (72, russian president)

5. Bruce Willis (69, actor)

6. Scott Glenn (83, actor)

7. June Squibb (95, actress)

 

Why Putin? 

[RIP Wee Jum 1,558]

21 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Shush!

 

He's available to me once and once only for my TOTP theme team next year!

 

(I think he looks great! )

He might go suddenly

[Planetist 115]

I'm a little surprised that nobody has David Milch, 78, in their DDP team. Diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2015, living in assisted-living facility since 2019, guaranteed obit. Former heroin user too, just for good measure.

[Toggsy 2]

Couple of names for suggestion

Jonny Irwin

David Jason (had a fall recently)

Ray Reardon (in his 90s)

[Lafaucheuse 3,659]

25 minutes ago, Toggsy said:

Couple of names for suggestion

Jonny Irwin

David Jason (had a fall recently)

Ray Reardon (in his 90s)

That’s random. Love that. 

[Lewd_Squirrel 309]

What about Hans Blix? He'll be 96 next year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Blix

[The Watcher 294]

Five from GB: June Spencer, Pete Murray, Gerald Harper (Adam Adamant), Joan Plowright (Lady Olivier), Lady Pamela Hicks.

Five from ouside GB: Harrison Tyler, Ethel Kennedy, Jerry Hardin, Gilbert Melville Grosvenor, Philippe de Gaulle.

[DCI Frank Burnside 2,694]

ex Chelsea and Leeds Chairman Ken Bates. Turns 92 next month. Guaranteed QO from the BBC, Sky and all the print media

[MILFHunterGMan 19]

Recent Photos of Horror Legend Tony Todd have got me concerned. He's looking extremely frail.