Lafaucheuse 4,043 Posted January 29, 2023 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 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,043 Posted January 29, 2023 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 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 2,172 Posted January 29, 2023 I'll give this a go. Khamtai Siphandon(e), please. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chilean way 1,895 Posted January 29, 2023 Ben Ferencz please!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,569 Posted January 29, 2023 Dave Burgess for me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commtech Sio Bibble 2,027 Posted January 29, 2023 Give me Clint Hill please! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redrumours 860 Posted January 29, 2023 Boris Volynov. I like this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Immortal 634 Posted January 29, 2023 David Scott for me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,025 Posted January 29, 2023 I'd have thought the last survivor of the list of the last would be the aim of the game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,695 Posted January 29, 2023 Jamshid of Zanzibar please Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,297 Posted January 29, 2023 Ray Anthony for me please. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,129 Posted January 29, 2023 Robert Hebras, please. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,282 Posted January 29, 2023 Vassiliy Dobritsa please. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Funeralopolis 241 Posted January 29, 2023 Gordon Moore Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyfiona 2,577 Posted January 29, 2023 Léon Gautier. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuffaloPhil 926 Posted January 29, 2023 Traute Lafrenz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walt Jabsco 4 Posted January 29, 2023 Ray Anthony, please. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zsa Zsa's leg 884 Posted January 30, 2023 Marlene Hagge please Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlotte's Controller 195 Posted January 30, 2023 Buzz Aldrin for me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,043 Posted January 30, 2023 11 hours ago, Walt Jabsco said: Ray Anthony, please. you can't choose Ray Anthony has he was already choosen. Please pick another one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,576 Posted January 30, 2023 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walt Jabsco 4 Posted January 30, 2023 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalCaso 1,624 Posted January 30, 2023 A.J. Foyt 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
