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As mentionned by arghton a few weeks ago in the idea and possibilities 2023 thread, there is a list of "last survivors of historical events" on wikipedia. 

 

The principe of this sweepstake is quite simple and is inspired by the "oldest living state leader" one. Choose a candidate among the ones listed below. No candidate can be choosen twice. Every time one of them die, the people having chosen him/her win and a new round opens.

Only the 30 oldest ones of the list will appear at first with a new inclusion every time some of them die. I decided to include solely the people with a wiki page (no matter the langage) because of tracking facilities. Some of those mentioned in the list are obscure names and thus could be dead for some time or won't score an obit when they go.

 

Here are the picks

 

1) John Hemingway (b. 1919) : last surviving airman of The Few

2) Traute Lafrenz (b. 1919) : last member of the White Rose

3) Benjamin Ferencz (b. 1920) : last prosecutor during the Nuremberg Trials 

4) Ray Anthony (b. 1922) last member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra 

5) Léon Gautier (b. 1922) : last french participant of the Normandy Landings

6) Ivan Martynushckin (b. 1923) : last liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp

7) Khamtai Siphandon (b. 1924) : last Pathet Lao leader in the Vietnam War

8) Galina Brok-Beltsova (b. 1925) : last member of the 586th, 587th and 588th women's aviation regiments of the Soviet Union during WWII

9) Robert Hebras (b. 1925) : last survivor of the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre

10) Ruth Slenczynska (b. 1925) : last pupil of Sergei Rachmaninoff 

11) Vasiliy Dobritsa (b. 1925) : last bearer of the Soviet Order of Glory

12) Gordon Moore (b. 1929) : last member of the Traitorous eight who founded the Silicon Valley

13) Albert H. Crews Jr. (b. 1929) : last astronaut from the Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar program

14) Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (b. 1929) : last Sultan of Zanzibar

15) Fred R. Harris (b. 1930) : last participant of the Kerner Commission 

16) Thomas P. Stafford (b. 1930) : last member of Apollo 10 

17) Buzz Aldrin (b. 1930) : last member of Apollo 11

18) Khieu Samphan (b. 1931) : last member of the Khmer Rouge

19) Lowell Weicker (b. 1931) : Last member of the US Senate Watergate Committee 

20) David  Scott (b. 1932) : last member of Apollo 15

21) Clint Hill (b. 1932) : last passenger of the JFK infamous limousine

22) Joe Engle (b. 1932) : last X-15 pilot

23) Joseph P. Kerwin (b. 1932) : last member of Skylab 2

24) Kurt Diemberger (b. 1932) : last person to make the first ascents on two mountains over 8000 metres 

25) James A. Abrahamson (b. 1933) : last astronaut from Manned Orbiting Laboratory Group 3

26) Fernando Suarez Gonzalez (b. 1933) : last minister of Francisco Franco's regime 

27) Marlene Hagge (b. 1934) : last founder of the Ladies Professional Golf Association

28) Boris Volynov (b. 1934) : last member of the first squad of Soviet Cosmonauts 

29) Dave Burgess (b. 1934) : last recipient and nominee of the 1st Grammy Award 

30) A. J. Foyt (b. 1935) : last driver to participate in the Races of Two Worlds

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Hits

 

Feb.11th 2023 : Robert Hebras - Toast

March 6th 2023 : Traute Lafrenz Page - Book

March 24th 2023 : Gordon Moore - BuffaloPhil 

April 7th 2023 : Benjamin Ferencz - Hell

May 9th 2023 : Moon Fun Chin - BuffaloPhil 

May 16th 2023 : Marlene Hagg - miss

June 28th 2023 : Lowell Weicker - Chilean Way

July 3rd 2023  Léon Gautier - Toast

August 19th 2023 Vasiliy Dobritsa - BuffaloPhil 

Feb. 28th 2024 : Nikolai Ryzkhov - Chilean Way 

April 1st 2024 : Lou Conter - Mortal Caso 

April 29th 2024 : Fernando Suarez Gonzalez - miss

July 10th 2024 Joe Engle - miss

August 15th 2024 Galina Brok-Beltsova - diego

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I'd have thought the last survivor of the list of the last would be the aim of the game. :lol:

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John Hemingway

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Robert Hebras, please.

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Léon Gautier.

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11 hours ago, Walt Jabsco said:

Ray Anthony, please.

you can't choose Ray Anthony has he was already choosen. Please pick another one.

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19 hours ago, Lafaucheuse said:

29) Dave Burgess (b. 1934) : last recipient and nominee of the 1st Grammy Award 


I can find no source on the web that backs this up, and I find it very hard to believe.

Plus there's no evidence that Gene Alden (b. 1930) who played on "Tequila" with The Champs is dead.

I'm away to scrub this from the Wiki page as it's unsourced anyway.

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9 hours ago, Lafaucheuse said:

you can't choose Ray Anthony has he was already choosen. Please pick another one.

I apologise, didn't realise. I will take Ivan Martynushckin please.

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