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Dead-Day !  Léon Gautier dead aged 101. A quick follow-up to Loweill Weicker. @Toast has won this round : congrats ! 

 

New Round Opens

 

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

2) Lou Conter (b. 1921) : last survivor the USS Arizona sinking

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

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

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

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

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

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

9) Tsuzuko Sugawara (b. 1927) : last participant of the 1st NKH Kōhaku Uta Gassen 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20) Vasilije Krestic (b. 1932) : last signer of the Sanu Memorandum

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

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

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

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

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

26) Robert Siatka (b. 1934) : last member of the 1956 European Cup Final

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

28) Harrison Schmitt (b. 1935) : last crew member of Apollo 17

29) Tenzin Gyatso (b. 1935) : last monarch of an independant Tibet

30) Try Sutrisno (b. 1935) : last Vice President of Indonesia to serve under Suharto era

 

New addition is Try Sutrisno born 15 novembre 1935 and the last Vice President of Indonesie under Suharto

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May I have Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar again, please. 

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John Hemingway

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Lou Conter

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Just buzz off Buzz Aldrin.

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

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Forgot I was taking part in this. If ok I will pick Tsuzuko Sugawara.

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On 04/07/2023 at 13:49, Lafaucheuse said:

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

well it seems Dobritsa died off radar in august 2023 so I guess @BuffaloPhil won this one, congrats !! 

 

new round to be started soon, entries before it won't be taken into consideration

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New Round Opens 

 

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

2) Lou Conter (b. 1921) : last survivor the USS Arizona sinking

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

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

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

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

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

8) Tsuzuko Sugawara (b. 1927) : last participant of the 1st NKH Kōhaku Uta Gassen 

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

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

11) Nikolai Ryzhkov (b. 1929) : last Premier of the Soviet Union

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20) Vasilije Krestic (b. 1932) : last signer of the Sanu Memorandum

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

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

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

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

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

26) Robert Siatka (b. 1934) : last member of the 1956 European Cup Final

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

28) Harrison Schmitt (b. 1935) : last crew member of Apollo 17

29) Tenzin Gyatso (b. 1935) : last monarch of an independant Tibet

30) Try Sutrisno (b. 1935) : last Vice President of Indonesia to serve under Suharto era

 

New addition is Nikolai Ryzhkov born 28 septembre 1929 and the last Premier of the Soviet Union

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I'll take Ray Anthony, please.

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John Hemingway

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