Ideas and possibilities for 2024

[Lafaucheuse 3,648]

13 hours ago, The Old Crem said:

I could see Kim Novak,  Clive Davis, Jane Goodall, Carol Burnett, Barry Humphries, John Williams and Rita Moreno on future lists but I’m not sure the rest are famous enough. 

Yeah, I know the french names (hello Ullitzer) are not deathlisty ones. Maybe Vanoni and Rotschild are famous enough though

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23 hours ago, Lafaucheuse said:

A few people who are turning 89-90-91 this year and who are scarcely mentioned here : 

• Kim Novac (b. 1933) : hitchock legend

• Ornella Vanoni (b.1934) : italian singer

• Clive Davis (b. 1932) : producer

• Jane Goodall (b. 1932) : gorilla's friend

• Carol Burnett (b. 1933) : actress and comedian 

• Dame Edna (b. 1934) : drag queen 

• John Williams (b. 1932) : composer 

• Rita Moreno (b. 1931) : actress legend

• Nadine de Rotschild (b. 1932) : socialite 

• Costa Gavras (b. 1933) : screenwriter and director

• Claude Zidi (b. 1934) :  screenwriter and director

• Nadine Trintignant (b. 1934) : screenwriter and director

• Jean Paul Rappeneau (b. 1932) : screenwriter and director

 

I think they would be famous enough to be included into the official list (or at least your personal one). 

Ion Illiescu (b.1930) and John Stafford (b. 1930) are not mentioned enough here also. 

Correction, Jane Goodall was friends with Chimps, it was Dian Fossey who was friends with the Gorillas, but she died back in 1985.

[Lafaucheuse 3,648]

Blondie Chaplin ? member of the Beach Boys who will turn "only" 72 this year but based on this photo from the group 2021 tour, I don't see him making it to 80. 

 

Also, is there a thread for the Beach Boys ? Almost all of the original members are still alive but in their early 80. Some of them wouldn't be such bad calls.

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21 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said:

Blondie Chaplin ? member of the Beach Boys who will turn "only" 72 this year but based on this photo from the group 2021 tour, I don't see him making it to 80. 

 

Also, is there a thread for the Beach Boys ? Almost all of the original members are still alive but in their early 80. Some of them wouldn't be such bad calls.

 

There is a Brian Wilson one I suppose other Beach Boys could be mentioned in:

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Death Impends said:

 

There is a Brian Wilson one I suppose other Beach Boys could be mentioned in:

 

 

Oh, great, sorry didn’t know one of them had his own thread !

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Some of the oldest living notable organ transplant recipients (born 1949 or before):

 

K. W. Lee (1928) Liver transplant in 1992 due to cancer and hepatitis. Survivor of stomach and liver cancer.

Jerry Richardson (1936-2023) Heart transplant in 2009

Yōhei Kōno (1937) Liver transplant in 2002 due to cirrhosis

Freeman Patterson (1937) Two liver transplants in 2000

Juraj Jakubisko (1938-2023) Heart transplant in 2012

Tina Turner (1939-2023) Kidney transplant in 2017 due to kidney failure caused by intestinal cancer

Phil Lesh (1940) Liver transplant in 1998 due to chronic hepatitis c 

Dick Cheney (1941) Heart transplant in 2012

Tadamasa Goto (1942) Liver transplant in 2001

Superstar Billy Graham (1943-2023) Liver transplant in 2002

Shelley Fabares (1944) Liver transplant in 2000 due to autoimmune hepatitis

Derryn Hinch (1944) Liver transplant in 2011 due to liver cancer

Ed Kranepool (1944) Kidney transplant in 2019 due to kidney failure caused by diabetes complications

Rod Carew (1945) Heart transplant in 2016 due to heart attack complications

Jacqueline Wilson (1945) Kidney transplant in 2015?

Kent Tekulve (1947) Heart transplant in 2014

Lalu Prasad Yadav (1948) Kidney transplant in 2022

Rich McGeorge (1948) Liver transplant in 2012

Setiawan Djody (1949) Liver transplant in 2011

Jayapataka Swami (1949) Liver and double kidney transplant in 2018.

 

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50 minutes ago, arghton said:

Rod Carew (1945) Heart transplant in 2016 due to heart attack complications

There is an incredibly interesting story behind the donor of Rod Carew's heart. He was Konrad Reuland, an NFL player inspired to dedicate his life to sport by none other than Rod Carew, after the Baseball player visited his school.

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10 hours ago, Lafaucheuse said:

Blondie Chaplin ? member of the Beach Boys who will turn "only" 72 this year but based on this photo from the group 2021 tour, I don't see him making it to 80. 

 

Also, is there a thread for the Beach Boys ? Almost all of the original members are still alive but in their early 80. Some of them wouldn't be such bad calls.

Three of the five are still alive - Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and Mike Love - to be precise. 

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Blondie has always sorta looked like that though. On stage, he is very energetic. I’d say Brian is the better bet - I think he’s finally retired from touring. 

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3 hours ago, Deathrace said:

Three of the five are still alive - Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and Mike Love - to be precise. 

 

David Marks is still around too - he played on their first few albums through 1962 and 1963, replacing Jardine who was at college, but wasn't on their debut single.

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Husband and wife actors Leila (IMDb) and Alfred Hoffman (IMDb) are both still alive.

 

Leila will be 90 next year, but is still active (most recently in the Bad Education reboot)

Alfred will be 100 next year, seemingly stopped acting a few years ago

 

I'd assume they'd both get QOs considering they both have decade long TV careers 

[Lafaucheuse 3,648]

On 04/02/2023 at 18:34, Lafaucheuse said:

A few people who are turning 89-90-91 this year and who are scarcely mentioned here : 

• Kim Novac (b. 1933) : hitchock legend

• Ornella Vanoni (b.1934) : italian singer

• Clive Davis (b. 1932) : producer

• Jane Goodall (b. 1932) : gorilla's friend

• Carol Burnett (b. 1933) : actress and comedian 

• Dame Edna (b. 1934) : drag queen 

• John Williams (b. 1932) : composer 

• Rita Moreno (b. 1931) : actress legend

• Nadine de Rotschild (b. 1932) : socialite 

• Costa Gavras (b. 1933) : screenwriter and director

• Claude Zidi (b. 1934) :  screenwriter and director

• Nadine Trintignant (b. 1934) : screenwriter and director

• Jean Paul Rappeneau (b. 1932) : screenwriter and director

 

I think they would be famous enough to be included into the official list (or at least your personal one). 

Ion Illiescu (b.1930) and John Stafford (b. 1930) are not mentioned enough here also. 

Well Vanoni doesn’t seem like a good pick yet, still performing in Sanremo festival this year : 

 

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15 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said:

Well Vanoni doesn’t seem like a good pick yet, still performing in Sanremo festival this year : 



 

This is an old video from 2019, but she still has been invited as a guest for the final evening on Saturday.

[Lafaucheuse 3,648]

14 minutes ago, max_bossetti said:

This is an old video from 2019, but she still has been invited as a guest for the final evening on Saturday.

Oh I thought she was performing ! Won’t she ?

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11 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said:

Oh I thought she was performing ! Won’t she ?

yeah she is gonna sing, but she is not one of the participants of the festival, just a guest

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On 06/02/2023 at 21:43, Lafaucheuse said:

Blondie Chaplin ? member of the Beach Boys who will turn "only" 72 this year but based on this photo from the group 2021 tour, I don't see him making it to 80. 

 

Also, is there a thread for the Beach Boys ? Almost all of the original members are still alive but in their early 80. Some of them wouldn't be such bad calls.

 

He looks like Lou Reed in a decrompression chamber.

[Lafaucheuse 3,648]

quite surprise to see that french showgirl Bambi (b. 1935) is still alive. A legend in the Cabaret scene out there, one of the most prominent trans woman in France and one of the earliest to came out in the 50-60's. Will probably obit in UK I think, since the death of Regine last year and Michou in 2020, she's probably the most well-known "meneuse de revue" still alive. Will include her in my list next year if she's still alive. Also actress and writter now.

 

still gave an interview in december 2022 (or was it just a reboot of an old one ?) and looked quite well : 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cl8329Jjcl4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

 

 

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12 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said:

quite surprise to see that french showgirl Bambi (b. 1935) is still alive. 

 

Terrible start in life, witnessing her mum being shot dead by a hunter.

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On 01/02/2023 at 09:06, Bibliogryphon said:

I have done my annual trawl of the DDP picks vs my own longlist and have a list of 21 names that were not picked all of whom are at least 90 this year

 

1.       Gloria Whelan (b.1923) – Writer

2.       Timothy Dudley-Smith (b.1926) – Former Bishop & Hymn Writer

3.       Valdus Adamkus (b.1926) – Politician

4.       Margaret Stuart-Barry (b.1927) – Writer

5.       William Smithers (b.1927) – Actor

6.       Hans Blix (b.1928) – Weapons Inspector

7.       Peter Easterby (b.1929) – Horse Trainer

8.       Joy Whitby (b.1930) – TV Producer

9.       Larry Merchant (b.1931) – Boxing Commentator

10.   Caroline Graham (b.1931) – Writer

11.   Maurice Gee (b.1931) – Writer

12.   Katherine Paterson (b.1932) – Writer

13.   Roy Lynk (b.1932) - Scabby Scummy Bastard Union Leader

14.   Jeremy Isaacs (b.1932) – Media Executive

15.   Alf Dubs (b.1932) – Politician

16.   Edward de Souza (b.1932) – Actor

17.   Shirley Conran (b.1932) – Writer

18.   Yuri Organessian (b.1933) – Scientist

19.   Johnathan Gash (b.1933) – Writer

20.   Michael Frayn (b.1933) – Writer

21.   Sylvia Engdahl  (b.1933) - Writer

 

I am not saying these would be better picks and my areas of interest are quite clear from the names selected

 

I lost a lot of data last year so my list of those names that has not been picked for eight years of so is gone but I might be able to update last year's top 20

 

All of these would be good 20/20+3 names

You had me second guessing my own theme team there. Edward De souza present and correct.

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8 minutes ago, msc said:

You had me second guessing my own theme team there. Edward De souza present and correct.

 

Ah yes. I had him under D not S

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15 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said:

 

Ah yes. I had him under D not S

 Very frail looking last year. You had me cursing my own idiocy for nowt! 

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6 hours ago, msc said:

 Very frail looking last year. You had me cursing my own idiocy for nowt! 

 

I have updated my original list which is now a round 20.

[The Daredevil 1,078]

Potential DL newcomers for 2024

 

 

Actors 

 

Gene Hackman

Clint Eastwood

Michael Caine

James Earl Jones

Jack Nicholson

 

Actresses 

 

Eva Marie Saint

Thelma Barlow

Patricia Routledge

Marion Ross

Jane Fonda

 

Composers

 

Quincy Jones

John Williams

 

Politicians

 

Michael Heseltine

John Prescott

Vladimir Putin 

 

Other 

 

Michael Aspel

Rupert Murdoch

 

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Potential DL returnees for 2024

 

David Attenborough 

Louis Farrakhan 

Noam Chomsky 

Emperor Akihito 

Raul Castro

Linda Ronstadt

Joni Mitchell

Vanessa Redgrave

Silvio Berlusconi

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7 hours ago, The Daredevil said:

Potential DL returnees for 2024

We’re six weeks into 2023. What’s the point?