Ideas and possibilities for 2025

[The Immortal 634]

8 hours ago, lilham said:

yikes, I'm a Camp Lejeune victim too. This made me feel sick.

 

It's actually disturbing how little the U.S government seems to care about their military getting exposed to toxic substances (Agent Orange, radioactive materials, asbestos, burn pits etc.). I know a U.S Iraq war veteran that was exposed to burn pits. Now in his early 50s, survived skin cancer and has COPD and liver disease. He has a twin brother and 2 siblings who are perfectly healthy. He's been trying to fight for 100% disability but the V.A has been giving him a hard time as you might guess.

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17 hours ago, The Immortal said:

 

It's actually disturbing how little the U.S government seems to care about their military getting exposed to toxic substances (Agent Orange, radioactive materials, asbestos, burn pits etc.). I know a U.S Iraq war veteran that was exposed to burn pits. Now in his early 50s, survived skin cancer and has COPD and liver disease. He has a twin brother and 2 siblings who are perfectly healthy. He's been trying to fight for 100% disability but the V.A has been giving him a hard time as you might guess.

I was one of the babies at Camp Lejeune; Tuberville and Cruz were trying to get us removed from the Pact Act saying we were looking for free handouts. Also said prostate cancer shouldn't be covered in it when it's been known to be caused by Agent Orange. I was glad that Biden held his ground on wanting to sign it with us all included, but I don't know really the effects of the Pact Act yet.

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Watching a repeat of this 2017 episode of House of Games just now, and three consecutive answers were Ray Liotta, Caroline Flack and Lionel Blair. So maybe worth keeping an eye on the next answer in the sequence (Daniel Kaluuya).

[Captain Hemlock 742]

Longtime sports broadcaster John Sterling is retiring this week due to “health concerns”

 

https://nypost.com/2024/04/15/sports/yankees-john-sterling-expected-to-retire-this-week-due-to-health-concerns/

[Ulitzer95 12,596]

Was watching Alfred Hitchcock Presents (later called The Alfred Hitchcock Hour) earlier, and was curious to see who's still around.

Of the 361 episodes that aired from 1955 and 1965, only two of its many directors are still living: George Stevens Jr. (wiki, born 1932) and Lewis Teague (wiki, born 1938).

Of its cast, the following (with Wiki pages) are still living:

June Lockhart (wiki, born 1925) – oldest surviving but actually starred in one of the last episodes
Dick Van Dyke (wiki, born 1925)
David Frankham (wiki, born 1926)
Barbara Dane (wiki, born 1927)
Betty Harford (wiki, born 1927)
Rosemary Harris (wiki, born 1927)
Peter Walker (wiki, born 1927)
H. M. Wynant (wiki, born 1927)
Kathleen Hughes (wiki, born 1928)
Nancy Olson (wiki, born 1928)
Rachel Ames (wiki, born 1929)
Vera Miles (wiki, born 1929) – the star of the very first episode
Bob Newhart (wiki, born 1929)
Ann Robinson (wiki, born 1929)
Clint Eastwood (wiki, born 1930)
Will Hutchins (wiki, born 1930)
Gena Rowlands (wiki, born 1930)
Nita Talbot (wiki, born 1930)
Joanne Woodward (wiki, born 1930)
Barbara Barrie (wiki, born 1931)
Angie Dickinson (wiki, born 1931)
Robert Duvall (wiki, born 1931)
Darryl Hickman (wiki, born 1931)
William Shatner (wiki, born 1931)
Neile Adams (wiki, born 1932)
Antoinette Bower (wiki, born 1932)
Felicia Farr (wiki, born 1932)
Gary Clarke (wiki, born 1933)
Pat Crowley (wiki, born 1933)
Kathleen Nolan (wiki, born 1933)
Tom Skerritt (wiki, born 1933)
Joby Baker (wiki, born 1934)
Richard Chamberlain (wiki, born 1934)
Joyce Van Patten (wiki, born 1934)
Rex Holman (wiki, born 1935)
Nancy Kovack (wiki, born 1935)
Ruta Lee (wiki, born 1935)
Joyce Meadows (wiki, born 1935)
Nicholas Pryor (wiki, born 1935)
Burt Brinckerhoff (wiki, born 1936)
Bruce Dern (wiki, born 1936)
Evans Evans (wiki, born 1936)
Walter Koenig (wiki, born 1936)
Susan Kohner (wiki, born 1936)
Robert Redford (wiki, born 1936)
John Wilder (wiki, born 1936)
Zohra Lampert (wiki, born 1937)
Barbara Steele (wiki, born 1937)
Gus Trikonis (wiki, born 1937)
Danielle De Metz (wiki, born 1938)
Billy Gray (wiki, born 1938)
Dolores Hart (wiki, born 1938)
Anne Helm (wiki, born 1938)
Chris Robinson (wiki, born 1938)
Buck Taylor (wiki, born 1938)
Lee Majors (wiki, born 1939)
Eileen O'Neill (wiki, born 1939)
Katharine Ross (wiki, born 1940)
Susan Hart (wiki, born 1941)
Jimmy Hawkins (wiki, born 1941)
Tom Lowell (wiki, born 1941)
Gigi Perreau (wiki, born 1941)
Randy Boone (wiki, born 1942)
Susan Silo (wiki, born 1942)
Harry Shearer (wiki, born 1943) – child actor
Cathie Taylor (wiki, born 1944)
Marta Kristen (wiki, born 1945) – child actress
Michael Burns (wiki, born 1947) – child actor
Mimi Gibson (wiki, born 1948) – child actress
Barry Gordon (wiki, born 1948) – child actor
Gary Hunley (wiki, born 1948) – child actor
Tom Nolan (wiki, born 1948) – child actor
Veronica Cartwright (wiki, born 1949) – child actress
Evelyn Rudie (wiki, born 1949) – child actress
Mickey Sholdar (wiki, born 1949) – child actor
Angela Cartwright (wiki, born 1952) – child actress
Bill Mumy (wiki, born 1954) – child actor

The most recent cast members to die were Jackie Loughery (wiki, 1930–2024), William O'Connell (wiki, 1929–2024), Mark Damon (wiki, 1933–2024), and Dabney Coleman (wiki, 1932–2024).

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If she is still here in 2025...A glioblastoma, diagnosed 2 years ago: https://www.sophiekinsella.co.uk/news/sharing-some-news/

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2 hours ago, namelesshere said:

If she is still here in 2025...A glioblastoma, diagnosed 2 years ago: https://www.sophiekinsella.co.uk/news/sharing-some-news/

 

Might be an idea not to leave your posts nameless.

 

For the benefit of the search function...author Sophie Kinsella has had glioblastoma since late 2022.

[Eastend 10]

Noticed that the actress Nancy Olson from the iconic Billy Wilder film Sunset Blvd is still alive at 95. 

[Ulitzer95 12,596]

Thought I'd follow on from Alfred Hitchcock Presents by looking at Tales of the Unexpected. I've covered both the original U.S. and longer running U.K. series.

Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected (1977)

The only notable writers, James Schmerer (1938–2019) and Earl Wallace (1942–2018), are both deceased.

Cast
1900s births: Russell Thorson (1906–1982)

1910s births: Lloyd Bridges (1913–1998), Alfred Ryder (1916–1995), Brendan Dillon (1918–2011)

1920s births: John Anderson (1922–1992), Tim O'Connor (1927–2018), Eugene Roche (1928–2004), Ramon Bieri (1929–2001)

1930s births: Patricia Smith (1930–2011), David Huddleston (1930–2016), Hal England (1932–2003), Herb Edelman (1933–1996), Robert Hogan (1933–2021), Pat Crowley (born 1933), Bill Bixby (1934–1993), Van Williams (1934–2016), Dean Stockwell (1936–2021), Ned Beatty (1937–2021), Paul Cavonis (born 1937), William C. Watson (1938–1997), Gary Collins (1938–2012), Ronny Cox (born 1938), Roy Thinnes (born 1938), David Birney (1939–2022)

1940s births: Ricky Nelson (1940–1985), Marlyn Mason (born 1940), Robert Foxworth (born 1941), Robert Pine (born 1941), Katherine Justice (born 1942), Jenny O'Hara (born 1942), Joanna Pettet (born 1942), Davey Davison (born 1943), Sheila Larken (born 1944), Linda Kelsey (born 1946), Janice Lynde (born 1946), Carl Weathers (1948–2024), Christine Belford (born 1949)

1950s births: Patricia Mattick (1951–2003), Kirby Cullen (born 1952), Eve Plumb (born 1958)

Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)

Directors 
John Glenister (born 1932), John Gorrie (born 1932), John Davies (born 1934), Dezsö Magyar (born 1938), Simon Langton (born 1941), Chris Lovett (born 1945) and Giles Foster (born 1948). There are 26 who are deceased, including the great Norman Lloyd (1914–2021). I can't find birth details for John Bruce, Gareth Davies, Graham Evans, and Christopher Lukas but they could be living.

Story writers
36 are deceased, including the likes of Roald Dahl (1916–1990, also presenter), W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), C. S. Forester (1899–1966), and Ruth Rendall (1930–2015). Jane Gardam (born 1928), Donald Honig (1931), Peter Ransley (born 1931), Lady Antonia Fraser (born 1932), John Gorrie (born 1932), Peter Lovesey (born 1936), Lawrence Block (born 1938), Jeffrey Archer (born 1940), Bill Pronzini (born 1943), and Joseph Doughtery (born 1951) are still living. I can't find birth details for John Bakkenhoven, John Charters, Victor Edwards, Tonita S. Gardner, Ella Griffiths, J. J. Maling, Doug Morgan, Aileen Wheeler, Tony Wilmot and Zia Kruger but they could be living.

Screenwriters
17 are deceased. Peter Ransley (born 1931) and Kevin Goldstein-Jackson (born 1946) are still living. I can't find birth details for Bernard Eismann, James Andrew Hall, Pat Hoddinott, Luther Murdoch, A. A. Roberts, Noella Smith, David Trainer and Tony Wilmot but they could be living.

Cast
1890s births: Peter Godfrey (1899–1970)

1900s births: Roland Culver OBE (1900–1984), Evelyn Laye CBE (1900–1996), Jimmy Mac (1902–1984), Dame Anna Neagle DBE (1904–1986), Sir John Gielgud (1904–2000), Joseph Cotton (1905–1994), Joe Gladwin (1906–1987), Jessie Matthews OBE (1907–1981), Cyril Luckham (1907–1989), Bernard Miles CBE (1907–1991), Donald Eccles (1908–1986), Robert Morley CBE (1908–1992), Sir John Mills CBE (1908–2005), Nat Jackley (1909–1988), Robert Beatty (1909–1992)

1910s births: Cyril Cusack (1910–1993), Rachel Kempson (1910–2003), Raymond Francis (1911–1987), Harry Andrews CBE (1911–1989), Alan Gifford (1911–1989), Sir Michael Hordern CBE (1911–1995), Elspeth March (1911–1999), Ann Doran (1911–2000), Ian Martin (1912–1981), John Bailey (1912–1989), José Ferrer (1912–1992), Marius Goring CBE (1912–1998), Dame Wendy Hiller DBE (1912–2003), Margaretta Scott (1912–2005), Fanny Rowe (1913–1988), Sir Anthony Quayle CBE (1913–1989), Patrick McAlinney (1913–1990), Thorley Walters (1913–1991), Peter Cushing OBE (1913–1994), Steve Plytas (1913–1994), Michael Ripper (1913–2000), Ruth Kettlewell (1913–2007), Lou Jacobi (1913–2009), Margery Mason (1913–2014), Richard Basehart (1914–1984), Lally Bowers (1914–1984), Geoffrey Lumsden (1914–1984), Deryck Guyler (1914–1999), Bill Owen MBE (1914–1999), Phyllis Calvert (1915–2002), Peter Copley (1915–2008), Joyce Redman (1915–2012), Eli Wallach (1915–2014), Will Hare (1916–1997), William Moore (1916–2000), Phil Brown (1916–2006), Van Johnson (1916–2008), Hana Maria Pravda (1916–2008), Edward Burnham (1916–2015), Edward Jewesbury (1917–2001), Hilary Mason (1917–2006), Richard Greene (1918–1985), Diana King (1918–1986), Morris Barry (1918–2000), Peter Tuddenham (1918–2007), Martin Benson (1918–2010), Alfred Burke (1918–2011), Richard Pearson (1918–2011), Nancy Nevinson (1918–2012), Laurence Payne (1919–2009), Gabrielle Blunt (1919–2014), Peter Howell (1919–2015)

1920s births: Michael Aldridge (1920–1994), Kevin Brennan (1920–1998), Anthony Steel (1920–2001), Elliott Reid (1920–2013), John Horsley (1920–2014), Joan Greenwood (1921–1987), Logan Ramsey (1921–2000), Tad Horino (1921–2002), Peter Sallis OBE (1921–2017), Geoffrey Chater (1921–2021), Siobhán McKenna (1922–1986), Fulton Mackay OBE (1922–1987), Brewster Mason (1922–1987), Denholm Elliott CBE (1922–1992), Telly Savalas (1922–1994), Elizabeth Bradley (1922–2000), Mary Sinclair (1922–2000), Carmen Silvera (1922–2002), Robert Arden (1922–2004), Arthur Hill (1922–2006), Darren McGavin (1922–2006), Don Fellows (1922–2007), Sheila Burrell (1922–2011), Micheline Presle (1922–2024), Gloria Grahame (1923–1981), Heinz Bernard (1923–1994), Margaret Courtenay (1923–1996), Helen Horton (1923–2007), Betsy Blair (1923–2009), Gabrielle Hamilton (1923–2014), Dina Merrill (1923–2017), Jack Weston (1924–1996), Katy Jurado (1924–2002), Bettye Ackerman (1924–2006), George Sewell (1924–2007), Ron Moody (1924–2015), Zara Nutley (1924–2016), Geoffrey Bayldon (1924–2017), Harry H. Corbett OBE (1925–1982), Hugh Cross (1925–1989), Ivor Roberts (1925–1999), Ronnie Stevens (1925–2006), Michael Galloway (1925–2010), Julie Harris (1925–2013), Elaine Stritch (1925–2014), Stephen Hancock (1925–2015), Alan Rowe (1926–2000), Angus MacKay (1926–2013), Frank Finlay CBE (1926–2016), Fritz Weaver (1926–2016), Denys Graham (1926–2024), Frank Gatliff (1927–1990), Patrick O’Neal (1927–1994), Denis Quilley OBE (1927–2003), William Boyett (1927–2004), Janet Leigh (1927–2004), Tom Bosley (1927–2010), Richard Johnson (1927–2015), John Carson (1927–2016), Rita Gam (1927–2016), Lee Montague (born 1927), Warren Oates (1928–1982), George Peppard (1928–1994), John Bennett (1928–2005), Tony Franciosa (1928–2006), Bernard Kay (1928–2014), Vincent Wong (1928–2015), Moray Watson (1928–2017), Bill Maynard (1928–2018), Stuart Whitman (1928–2020), Anthony Dawes (1928–2021), Bernard Cribbins OBE (1928–2022), Joss Ackland CBE (1928–2023), Peter Cellier (born 1928), Jacqueline Hill (1929–1993), David Healy (1929–1995), Peter Jeffrey (1929–1999), Ted Gehring (1929–2000), Sir Nigel Hawthorne CBE (1929–2001), Miriam Byrd-Nethery (1929–2003), Peter Barkworth (1929–2006), Elizabeth Spriggs (1929–2008), Saeed Jaffrey OBE (1929–2015), Shane Rimmer (1929–2019), Maggie Fitzgibbon (1929–2020), John Nettleton (1929–2023), Michael Craig (born 1929), Dame Patricia Routledge DBE (born 1929)

1930s births: Colin Blakely (1930–1987), Dame Dorothy Tutun DBE (1930–2001), Bruce Boa (1930–2004), Diane Holland (1930–2009), Robert Loggia (1930–2015), Rod Taylor (1930–2015), Paula Tilbrook (1930–2019), David Webb (1930–2012), Lois Smith (born 1930), Larry Keith (1931–2010), Paul McDowell (1931–2016), Godfrey James (1931–2019), Sir Ian Holm CBE (1931–2020), James Greene (1931–2021), Robert Morse (1931–2022), Malachy McCourt (1931–2024), Leslie Caron (born 1931), Michael Forrest (1932–2004), Helmut Griem (1932–2004), Edward Grover (1932–2016), Avril Elgar (1932–2021), Phyllida Law OBE (born 1932), Johnny Shannon (1932–2017), Nina van Pallandt (born 1932), Donald Pickering (1933–2009), Pat Keen (1933–2013), Patsy Byrne (1933–2014), Peter Baldwin (1933–2015), Dudley Sutton (1933–2018), Dame Joan Collins DBE (born 1933), Dame Siân Phillips DBE (born 1933), Joan Hackett (1934–1983), Robert Lang (1934–2004), Richard Briers CBE (1934–2013), Keith Barron (1934–2017), Timothy West CBE (born 1934), Heather Sears (1935–1994), Michael Wisher (1935–1995), Roger Brierley (1935–2005), Chaim Topol (1935–2023), Michael Jayston (1935–2024), Shirley Cain (born 1935), Nadim Sawalha (born 1935), David Buck (1936–1989), Clive Swift (1936–2019), Shirley Knight (1936–2020), Peter Bowles (1936–2022), Charles Kimbrough (1936–2023), Brian Blessed OBE (born 1936), Anna Massey CBE (1937–2011), Albert Moses (1937–2017), Benjamin Whitrow (1937–2017), Tom Smothers (1937–2023), Vic Tablian (born 1937), Hilary Tindall (1938–1992), Susan Strasberg (1938–1999), Michael Sheard (1938–2005), Elaine Ives-Cameron (1938–2006), Ann Beach (1938–2017), Bryan Marshall (1938–2019), Bill Bailey (born 1938), Eleanor Bron (born 1938), Frank Converse (born 1938), Sir Derek Jacobi CBE (born 1938), Patrick Mower (born 1938), Jim Norton (born 1938), Dick Smothers (born 1938), Terry Walsh (1939–2002), Royce D. Applegate (1939–2003), Andrew Ray (1939–2003), Mark Jones (1939–2010), Anthony Valentine (1939–2015), Timothy Carlton (born 1939), Samantha Eggar (born 1939), Jennie Linden (born 1939), Carol MacReady (born 1939)

1940s births: Ralph Bates (1940–1991), Gary Bond (1940–1995), Roy Lonnen (1940–2014), Anne Carroll MBE (1940–2018), Brian Osborne (1940–2021), Sir Michael Gambon CBE (1940–2023), John Alderton (born 1940), Seán Barrett (born 1940), John Castle (born 1940), Pauline Collins OBE (born 1940), Stefan Kalipha (born 1940), Charles Keatin (1941–2014), John Forgeham (1941–2017), Andrew MacLachlan (1941–2018), Geoffrey Beevers (born 1941), Jeremy Clyde (born 1941), Stephanie Cole OBE (born 1941), Forbes Collins (born 1941), Ellen Geer (born 1941), Miriam Margolyes OBE (born 1941), Roy Marsden (born 1941), June Ritchie (born 1941), Sheila Gish (1942–2005), Jennifer Hilary (1942–2008), Carol Lynley (1942–2019), Beth Porter (1942–2023), Helen Fraser (born 1942), Constantine Gregory (born 1942), Oscar James (born 1942), Jenny O’Hara (born 1942), Joanna Pettet (born 1942), Jo Rowbottom (born 1942), Kenneth Tigar (born 1942), Charles Hallahan (1943–1997), Kevin Dobson (1943–2020), Alison Fiske (1943–2020), Gayle Hunnicutt (1943–2023), John Beck (born 1943), Gary Burghoff (born 1943), Max Gail (born 1943), Sharon Gless (born 1943), Michael Byrne (born 1943), Maureen O’Brien (born 1943), Roger Rees (1944–2015), Frank Sinatra Jr. (1944–2016), Sondra Locke (1944–2018), Stephen Greif (1944–2022), Richard Barnes (born 1944), Keith Drinkel (born 1944), Cyd Hayman (born 1944), Vivien Heilbron (born 1944), Sandra Payne (born 1944), Patricia Quinn (born 1944), John Wyman (born 1944), Michael N. Harbour (1945–2009), Gareth Thomas (1945–2016), Andrew Burt (1945–2018), Nicholas Ball (1946–2024), Michael Brandon (born 1945), Gretchen Corbett (born 1945), Hugh Fraser (born 1945), Elaine Giftos (born 1945), Michael Melia (born 1945), Tamara Ustinov (born 1945), Jane Asher (born 1946), Brenda Blethyn OBE (born 1946), Tom Chadbon (born 1946), Charles Dance OBE (born 1946), Peter Egan (born 1946), Hayley Mills (born 1946), Michael Ontkean (born 1946), Sheila Ruskin (born 1946), Sir David Suchet CBE (born 1946), Stuart Wilson (born 1946), Carl Andrews (1947–1990), James Aubrey (1947–2010), Warren Clarke (1947–2014), Lois Baxter (born 1947), Brian Capron (born 1947), Jan Francis (born 1947), Anthony Higgins (born 1947), Andrew Hilton (born 1947), Tony Osoba (born 1947), Paul Seed (born 1947), James Warwick (born 1947), Lynette Davies (1948–1993), William Hootkins (1948–2005), Amanda Boxer (born 1948), Bud Cort (born 1948), Carol Drinkwater (born 1948), Sharon Duce (born 1948), James Faulkner (born 1948), Nicholas Field (born 1948), Judy Geeson (born 1948), Philip Jackson (born 1948), Michael Kitchen (born 1948), Elaine Paige OBE (born 1948), Frances Tomlety (born 1948), Christopher Blake (1949–2004), Celia Gregory (1949–2008), Ed Begley Jr. (born 1949), Jim Broadbent (born 1949), John Duttine (born 1949), Julian Fellowes (born 1949), Bosco Hogan (born 1949), Don Johnson (born 1949), Hazel McBride (born 1949), Susan Penhaligon (born 1949), Lill Roughley (born 1949), Bernice Stegers (born 1949), Pamela Stephenson (born 1949), Zoë Wanamaker CBE (born 1949)

1950s births: Simon Cadell (1950–1996), David Cassidy (1950–2017), Christopher Bramwell (born 1950), Dennis Christopher (born 1950), Allan Corduner (born 1950), Tom Cotcher (born 1950), Brad Dourif (born 1950), Denise Galik (born 1950), Susan George (born 1950), Liza Goddard (born 1950), Cheryl Hall (born 1950), Carol Leader (born 1950), Barbara Rosenblat (born 1950), Graham Seed (born 1950), Alpana Sengupta MBE (born 1950), Victoria Tennant (born 1950), Edward Albert (1951–2006), Peter Davison (born 1951), Deborah Harmon (born 1951), Nigel Havers (born 1951), Ian Redford (born 1951), Stephen Bent (born 1952), Lisa Eichhorn (born 1952), Deborah Geffner (born 1952), Roxanne Hart (born 1952), Cherie Lunghi (born 1952), Terry O’Quinn (born 1952), Albert Welling (born 1952), Tim Woodward (1953–2023), Tim Bentinck MBE (born 1953), Jonathan Coy (born 1953), Peter Firth (born 1953), Mary Gross (born 1953), Paul Herzberg (born 1953), Valerie Mahaffey (born 1953), Rob Spendlove (born 1953), Julia Watson (born 1953), Judi Bowker (born 1954), Sabina Franklyn (born 1954), Belinda Mayne (born 1954), Daragh O’Malley (born 1954), Glynis Barber (born 1955), Michael Conforti (born 1955), Randall Edwards (born 1955), Christopher Fulford (born 1955), Jennifer Holmes (born 1955), Michael Troughton (born 1955), Tara Buckman (born 1956), Jeremy Gittins (born 1956), Lucy Gutteridge (born 1956), Julie Dawn Cole (born 1957), Suzanne Danielle (born 1957), Phoebe Nicholls (born 1957), Amanda Redman MBE (born 1957), Bradley Lavelle (1958–2007), Caroline Langrishe (born 1958), Devon Scott (born 1958), Toyah Willcox (born 1958), Lynsey Baxter (born 1959), Caroline Goodall (born 1959), Kim Thomson (born 1959)

1960s births: Jason Carter (born 1960), Benedict Taylor (born 1960), Nigel Greaves (born c. 1960), Robin McCallum (1961–2022), Heather Locklear (born 1961), Jonathan Scott-Taylor (born 1962), Eamonn Walker (born 1962), Rosalind Bennett (born 1963), Lorna Yabsley (born 1964), Jemma Redgrave (born 1965), Paul Spurrier (born 1967)

living but DOB unknown: Rachel Davies (born ?), Matthew Francis (born ?), Lesley Goldie (born ?), Erika Hoffman (born ?), Penelope Nice (born ?)

[Deathrace 1,171]

On 18/04/2024 at 14:13, Ulitzer95 said:

Thought I'd follow on from Alfred Hitchcock Presents by looking at Tales of the Unexpected. I've covered both the original U.S. and longer running U.K. series.

Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected (1977)

The only notable writers, James Schmerer (1938–2019) and Earl Wallace (1942–2018), are both deceased.

Cast
1900s births: Russell Thorson (1906–1982)

1910s births: Lloyd Bridges (1913–1998), Alfred Ryder (1916–1995), Brendan Dillon (1918–2011)

1920s births: John Anderson (1922–1992), Tim O'Connor (1927–2018), Eugene Roche (1928–2004), Ramon Bieri (1929–2001)

1930s births: Patricia Smith (1930–2011), David Huddleston (1930–2016), Hal England (1932–2003), Herb Edelman (1933–1996), Robert Hogan (1933–2021), Pat Crowley (born 1933), Bill Bixby (1934–1993), Van Williams (1934–2016), Dean Stockwell (1936–2021), Ned Beatty (1937–2021), Paul Cavonis (born 1937), William C. Watson (1938–1997), Gary Collins (1938–2012), Ronny Cox (born 1938), Roy Thinnes (born 1938), David Birney (1939–2022)

1940s births: Ricky Nelson (1940–1985), Marlyn Mason (born 1940), Robert Foxworth (born 1941), Robert Pine (born 1941), Katherine Justice (born 1942), Jenny O'Hara (born 1942), Joanna Pettet (born 1942), Davey Davison (born 1943), Sheila Larken (born 1944), Linda Kelsey (born 1946), Janice Lynde (born 1946), Carl Weathers (1948–2024), Christine Belford (born 1949)

1950s births: Patricia Mattick (1951–2003), Kirby Cullen (born 1952), Eve Plumb (born 1958)

Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)

Directors 
John Glenister (born 1932), John Gorrie (born 1932), John Davies (born 1934), Dezsö Magyar (born 1938), Simon Langton (born 1941), Chris Lovett (born 1945) and Giles Foster (born 1948). There are 26 who are deceased, including the great Norman Lloyd (1914–2021). I can't find birth details for John Bruce, Gareth Davies, Graham Evans, and Christopher Lukas but they could be living.

Story writers
36 are deceased, including the likes of Roald Dahl (1916–1990, also presenter), W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), C. S. Forester (1899–1966), and Ruth Rendall (1930–2015). Jane Gardam (born 1928), Donald Honig (1931), Peter Ransley (born 1931), Lady Antonia Fraser (born 1932), John Gorrie (born 1932), Peter Lovesey (born 1936), Lawrence Block (born 1938), Jeffrey Archer (born 1940), Bill Pronzini (born 1943), and Joseph Doughtery (born 1951) are still living. I can't find birth details for John Bakkenhoven, John Charters, Victor Edwards, Tonita S. Gardner, Ella Griffiths, J. J. Maling, Doug Morgan, Aileen Wheeler, Tony Wilmot and Zia Kruger but they could be living.

Screenwriters
17 are deceased. Peter Ransley (born 1931) and Kevin Goldstein-Jackson (born 1946) are still living. I can't find birth details for Bernard Eismann, James Andrew Hall, Pat Hoddinott, Luther Murdoch, A. A. Roberts, Noella Smith, David Trainer and Tony Wilmot but they could be living.

Cast
1890s births: Peter Godfrey (1899–1970)

1900s births: Roland Culver OBE (1900–1984), Evelyn Laye CBE (1900–1996), Jimmy Mac (1902–1984), Dame Anna Neagle DBE (1904–1986), Sir John Gielgud (1904–2000), Joseph Cotton (1905–1994), Joe Gladwin (1906–1987), Jessie Matthews OBE (1907–1981), Cyril Luckham (1907–1989), Bernard Miles CBE (1907–1991), Donald Eccles (1908–1986), Robert Morley CBE (1908–1992), Sir John Mills CBE (1908–2005), Nat Jackley (1909–1988), Robert Beatty (1909–1992)

1910s births: Cyril Cusack (1910–1993), Rachel Kempson (1910–2003), Raymond Francis (1911–1987), Harry Andrews CBE (1911–1989), Alan Gifford (1911–1989), Sir Michael Hordern CBE (1911–1995), Elspeth March (1911–1999), Ann Doran (1911–2000), Ian Martin (1912–1981), John Bailey (1912–1989), José Ferrer (1912–1992), Marius Goring CBE (1912–1998), Dame Wendy Hiller DBE (1912–2003), Margaretta Scott (1912–2005), Fanny Rowe (1913–1988), Sir Anthony Quayle CBE (1913–1989), Patrick McAlinney (1913–1990), Thorley Walters (1913–1991), Peter Cushing OBE (1913–1994), Steve Plytas (1913–1994), Michael Ripper (1913–2000), Ruth Kettlewell (1913–2007), Lou Jacobi (1913–2009), Margery Mason (1913–2014), Richard Basehart (1914–1984), Lally Bowers (1914–1984), Geoffrey Lumsden (1914–1984), Deryck Guyler (1914–1999), Bill Owen MBE (1914–1999), Phyllis Calvert (1915–2002), Peter Copley (1915–2008), Joyce Redman (1915–2012), Eli Wallach (1915–2014), Will Hare (1916–1997), William Moore (1916–2000), Phil Brown (1916–2006), Van Johnson (1916–2008), Hana Maria Pravda (1916–2008), Edward Burnham (1916–2015), Edward Jewesbury (1917–2001), Hilary Mason (1917–2006), Richard Greene (1918–1985), Diana King (1918–1986), Morris Barry (1918–2000), Peter Tuddenham (1918–2007), Martin Benson (1918–2010), Alfred Burke (1918–2011), Richard Pearson (1918–2011), Nancy Nevinson (1918–2012), Laurence Payne (1919–2009), Gabrielle Blunt (1919–2014), Peter Howell (1919–2015)

1920s births: Michael Aldridge (1920–1994), Kevin Brennan (1920–1998), Anthony Steel (1920–2001), Elliott Reid (1920–2013), John Horsley (1920–2014), Joan Greenwood (1921–1987), Logan Ramsey (1921–2000), Tad Horino (1921–2002), Peter Sallis OBE (1921–2017), Geoffrey Chater (1921–2021), Siobhán McKenna (1922–1986), Fulton Mackay OBE (1922–1987), Brewster Mason (1922–1987), Denholm Elliott CBE (1922–1992), Telly Savalas (1922–1994), Elizabeth Bradley (1922–2000), Mary Sinclair (1922–2000), Carmen Silvera (1922–2002), Robert Arden (1922–2004), Arthur Hill (1922–2006), Darren McGavin (1922–2006), Don Fellows (1922–2007), Sheila Burrell (1922–2011), Micheline Presle (1922–2024), Gloria Grahame (1923–1981), Heinz Bernard (1923–1994), Margaret Courtenay (1923–1996), Helen Horton (1923–2007), Betsy Blair (1923–2009), Gabrielle Hamilton (1923–2014), Dina Merrill (1923–2017), Jack Weston (1924–1996), Katy Jurado (1924–2002), Bettye Ackerman (1924–2006), George Sewell (1924–2007), Ron Moody (1924–2015), Zara Nutley (1924–2016), Geoffrey Bayldon (1924–2017), Harry H. Corbett OBE (1925–1982), Hugh Cross (1925–1989), Ivor Roberts (1925–1999), Ronnie Stevens (1925–2006), Michael Galloway (1925–2010), Julie Harris (1925–2013), Elaine Stritch (1925–2014), Stephen Hancock (1925–2015), Alan Rowe (1926–2000), Angus MacKay (1926–2013), Frank Finlay CBE (1926–2016), Fritz Weaver (1926–2016), Denys Graham (born 1926), Frank Gatliff (1927–1990), Patrick O’Neal (1927–1994), Denis Quilley OBE (1927–2003), William Boyett (1927–2004), Janet Leigh (1927–2004), Tom Bosley (1927–2010), Richard Johnson (1927–2015), John Carson (1927–2016), Rita Gam (1927–2016), Lee Montague (born 1927), Warren Oates (1928–1982), George Peppard (1928–1994), John Bennett (1928–2005), Tony Franciosa (1928–2006), Bernard Kay (1928–2014), Vincent Wong (1928–2015), Moray Watson (1928–2017), Bill Maynard (1928–2018), Stuart Whitman (1928–2020), Anthony Dawes (1928–2021), Bernard Cribbins OBE (1928–2022), Joss Ackland CBE (1928–2023), Peter Cellier (born 1928), Jacqueline Hill (1929–1993), David Healy (1929–1995), Peter Jeffrey (1929–1999), Ted Gehring (1929–2000), Sir Nigel Hawthorne CBE (1929–2001), Miriam Byrd-Nethery (1929–2003), Peter Barkworth (1929–2006), Elizabeth Spriggs (1929–2008), Saeed Jaffrey OBE (1929–2015), Shane Rimmer (1929–2019), Maggie Fitzgibbon (1929–2020), John Nettleton (1929–2023), Michael Craig (born 1929), Dame Patricia Routledge DBE (born 1929)

1930s births: Colin Blakely (1930–1987), Dame Dorothy Tutun DBE (1930–2001), Bruce Boa (1930–2004), Diane Holland (1930–2009), Robert Loggia (1930–2015), Rod Taylor (1930–2015), Paula Tilbrook (1930–2019), David Webb (1930–2012), Lois Smith (born 1930), Larry Keith (1931–2010), Paul McDowell (1931–2016), Godfrey James (1931–2019), Sir Ian Holm CBE (1931–2020), James Greene (1931–2021), Robert Morse (1931–2022), Malachy McCourt (1931–2024), Leslie Caron (born 1931), Michael Forrest (1932–2004), Helmut Griem (1932–2004), Edward Grover (1932–2016), Avril Elgar (1932–2021), Phyllida Law OBE (born 1932), Johnny Shannon (born 1932), Nina van Pallandt (born 1932), Donald Pickering (1933–2009), Pat Keen (1933–2013), Patsy Byrne (1933–2014), Peter Baldwin (1933–2015), Dudley Sutton (1933–2018), Dame Joan Collins DBE (born 1933), Dame Siân Phillips DBE (born 1933), Joan Hackett (1934–1983), Robert Lang (1934–2004), Richard Briers CBE (1934–2013), Keith Barron (1934–2017), Timothy West CBE (born 1934), Heather Sears (1935–1994), Michael Wisher (1935–1995), Roger Brierley (1935–2005), Chaim Topol (1935–2023), Michael Jayston (1935–2024), Shirley Cain (born 1935), Nadim Sawalha (born 1935), David Buck (1936–1989), Clive Swift (1936–2019), Shirley Knight (1936–2020), Peter Bowles (1936–2022), Charles Kimbrough (1936–2023), Brian Blessed OBE (born 1936), Anna Massey CBE (1937–2011), Albert Moses (1937–2017), Benjamin Whitrow (1937–2017), Tom Smothers (1937–2023), Vic Tablian (born 1937), Hilary Tindall (1938–1992), Susan Strasberg (1938–1999), Michael Sheard (1938–2005), Elaine Ives-Cameron (1938–2006), Ann Beach (1938–2017), Bryan Marshall (1938–2019), Bill Bailey (born 1938), Eleanor Bron (born 1938), Frank Converse (born 1938), Sir Derek Jacobi CBE (born 1938), Patrick Mower (born 1938), Jim Norton (born 1938), Dick Smothers (born 1938), Terry Walsh (1939–2002), Royce D. Applegate (1939–2003), Andrew Ray (1939–2003), Mark Jones (1939–2010), Anthony Valentine (1939–2015), Timothy Carlton (born 1939), Samantha Eggar (born 1939), Jennie Linden (born 1939), Carol MacReady (born 1939)

1940s births: Ralph Bates (1940–1991), Gary Bond (1940–1995), Roy Lonnen (1940–2014), Anne Carroll MBE (1940–2018), Brian Osborne (1940–2021), Sir Michael Gambon CBE (1940–2023), John Alderton (born 1940), Seán Barrett (born 1940), John Castle (born 1940), Pauline Collins OBE (born 1940), Stefan Kalipha (born 1940), Charles Keatin (1941–2014), John Forgeham (1941–2017), Andrew MacLachlan (1941–2018), Geoffrey Beevers (born 1941), Jeremy Clyde (born 1941), Stephanie Cole OBE (born 1941), Forbes Collins (born 1941), Ellen Geer (born 1941), Miriam Margolyes OBE (born 1941), Roy Marsden (born 1941), June Ritchie (born 1941), Sheila Gish (1942–2005), Jennifer Hilary (1942–2008), Carol Lynley (1942–2019), Beth Porter (1942–2023), Helen Fraser (born 1942), Constantine Gregory (born 1942), Oscar James (born 1942), Jenny O’Hara (born 1942), Joanna Pettet (born 1942), Jo Rowbottom (born 1942), Kenneth Tigar (born 1942), Charles Hallahan (1943–1997), Kevin Dobson (1943–2020), Alison Fiske (1943–2020), Gayle Hunnicutt (1943–2023), John Beck (born 1943), Gary Burghoff (born 1943), Max Gail (born 1943), Sharon Gless (born 1943), Michael Byrne (born 1943), Maureen O’Brien (born 1943), Roger Rees (1944–2015), Frank Sinatra Jr. (1944–2016), Sondra Locke (1944–2018), Stephen Greif (1944–2022), Richard Barnes (born 1944), Keith Drinkel (born 1944), Cyd Hayman (born 1944), Vivien Heilbron (born 1944), Sandra Payne (born 1944), Patricia Quinn (born 1944), John Wyman (born 1944), Michael N. Harbour (1945–2009), Gareth Thomas (1945–2016), Andrew Burt (1945–2018), Michael Brandon (born 1945), Gretchen Corbett (born 1945), Hugh Fraser (born 1945), Elaine Giftos (born 1945), Michael Melia (born 1945), Tamara Ustinov (born 1945), Jane Asher (born 1946), Nicholas Ball (born 1946), Brenda Blethyn OBE (born 1946), Tom Chadbon (born 1946), Charles Dance OBE (born 1946), Peter Egan (born 1946), Hayley Mills (born 1946), Michael Ontkean (born 1946), Sheila Ruskin (born 1946), Sir David Suchet CBE (born 1946), Stuart Wilson (born 1946), Carl Andrews (1947–1990), James Aubrey (1947–2010), Warren Clarke (1947–2014), Lois Baxter (born 1947), Brian Capron (born 1947), Jan Francis (born 1947), Anthony Higgins (born 1947), Andrew Hilton (born 1947), Tony Osoba (born 1947), Paul Seed (born 1947), James Warwick (born 1947), Lynette Davies (1948–1993), William Hootkins (1948–2005), Amanda Boxer (born 1948), Bud Cort (born 1948), Carol Drinkwater (born 1948), Sharon Duce (born 1948), James Faulkner (born 1948), Nicholas Field (born 1948), Judy Geeson (born 1948), Philip Jackson (born 1948), Michael Kitchen (born 1948), Elaine Paige OBE (born 1948), Frances Tomlety (born 1948), Christopher Blake (1949–2004), Celia Gregory (1949–2008), Ed Begley Jr. (born 1949), Jim Broadbent (born 1949), John Duttine (born 1949), Julian Fellowes (born 1949), Bosco Hogan (born 1949), Don Johnson (born 1949), Hazel McBride (born 1949), Susan Penhaligon (born 1949), Lill Roughley (born 1949), Bernice Stegers (born 1949), Pamela Stephenson (born 1949), Zoë Wanamaker CBE (born 1949)

1950s births: Simon Cadell (1950–1996), David Cassidy (1950–2017), Christopher Bramwell (born 1950), Dennis Christopher (born 1950), Allan Corduner (born 1950), Tom Cotcher (born 1950), Brad Dourif (born 1950), Denise Galik (born 1950), Susan George (born 1950), Liza Goddard (born 1950), Cheryl Hall (born 1950), Carol Leader (born 1950), Barbara Rosenblat (born 1950), Graham Seed (born 1950), Alpana Sengupta MBE (born 1950), Victoria Tennant (born 1950), Edward Albert (1951–2006), Peter Davison (born 1951), Deborah Harmon (born 1951), Nigel Havers (born 1951), Ian Redford (born 1951), Stephen Bent (born 1952), Lisa Eichhorn (born 1952), Deborah Geffner (born 1952), Roxanne Hart (born 1952), Cherie Lunghi (born 1952), Terry O’Quinn (born 1952), Albert Welling (born 1952), Tim Woodward (1953–2023), Tim Bentinck MBE (born 1953), Jonathan Coy (born 1953), Peter Firth (born 1953), Mary Gross (born 1953), Paul Herzberg (born 1953), Valerie Mahaffey (born 1953), Rob Spendlove (born 1953), Julia Watson (born 1953), Judi Bowker (born 1954), Sabina Franklyn (born 1954), Belinda Mayne (born 1954), Daragh O’Malley (born 1954), Glynis Barber (born 1955), Michael Conforti (born 1955), Randall Edwards (born 1955), Christopher Fulford (born 1955), Jennifer Holmes (born 1955), Michael Troughton (born 1955), Tara Buckman (born 1956), Jeremy Gittins (born 1956), Lucy Gutteridge (born 1956), Julie Dawn Cole (born 1957), Suzanne Danielle (born 1957), Phoebe Nicholls (born 1957), Amanda Redman MBE (born 1957), Bradley Lavelle (1958–2007), Caroline Langrishe (born 1958), Devon Scott (born 1958), Toyah Willcox (born 1958), Lynsey Baxter (born 1959), Caroline Goodall (born 1959), Kim Thomson (born 1959)

1960s births: Jason Carter (born 1960), Benedict Taylor (born 1960), Nigel Greaves (born c. 1960), Robin McCallum (1961–2022), Heather Locklear (born 1961), Jonathan Scott-Taylor (born 1962), Eamonn Walker (born 1962), Rosalind Bennett (born 1963), Lorna Yabsley (born 1964), Jemma Redgrave (born 1965), Paul Spurrier (born 1967)

living but DOB unknown: Rachel Davies (born ?), Matthew Francis (born ?), Lesley Goldie (born ?), Erika Hoffman (born ?), Penelope Nice (born ?)

A very impressive list. One has to say those born in the 1940s and beyond are generally holding up pretty well, so far. Does anyone know if Leonard Preston (who was the main star of one of the more memorable Tales of the Unexpected Episodes) but doesn't appear to be on your list is still alive? He appears to be born in 1954 but very little public information available perhaps due to this https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4425580

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From the "always worth keeping an eye on celebrities selling their house" file: Kate Pierson from the B52s is flogging her Airstream compound.

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Michael Eavis in a wheelchair being knighted 

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Winning over $1bn on the lottery should put you past the DDP fame threshold, I'd assume, so feel free to keep tabs on Cheng Saephan, who'll be using a $1.3bn Powerball victory to find a better doctor to treat his cancer.

[Cunny funt 1]

Just seen a recent video of John Cleese and he's not looking or sounding very well at all! 

The same goes for Mark Knopfler and Phil Collins!

All three are possible candidates for 2025 maybe?

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23 minutes ago, Cunny funt said:

Just seen a recent video of John Cleese and he's not looking or sounding very well at all! 

 

I'll be seeing John Cleese on tour in a few weeks. I'll let you all know how he's doing.

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I'm dumping a mention of her because I'm shocked we haven't discussed her before.

American-born British theatre critic and producer Blanche Marvin MBE (wiki) was looking great at her 99th birthday in January.



Still, golden QO obit territory there. Would be good to see her making a DDP debut next year.

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François Clemmons, Officer Clemmons in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, apparently in poor health. 

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On 17/04/2024 at 13:40, Ulitzer95 said:

Was watching Alfred Hitchcock Presents (later called The Alfred Hitchcock Hour) earlier, and was curious to see who's still around.

Of the 361 episodes that aired from 1955 and 1965, only two of its many directors are still living: George Stevens Jr. (wiki, born 1932) and Lewis Teague (wiki, born 1938).

Of its cast, the following (with Wiki pages) are still living:


Mark Damon (wiki, born 1933)


The most recent cast members to die were Jackie Loughery (wiki, 1930–2024) and William O'Connell (wiki, 1929–2024).

Most recent to die - Mark Damon: https://www.screendaily.com/news/mark-damon-film-sales-pioneer-and-former-spaghetti-western-star-dies-on-eve-of-cannes-aged-91/5193304.article

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Controversial orthodontist John Mew, founder of orthotropics and "Mewing" is 96. He has recently been a subject of a Netflix documentary and I think he might have a chance to obit. 

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On 04/05/2024 at 14:35, Cunny funt said:

Just seen a recent video of John Cleese and he's not looking or sounding very well at all! 

The same goes for Mark Knopfler and Phil Collins!

All three are possible candidates for 2025 maybe?

Saw Knopfler give a BBC TV interview recently and I thought he looked and sounded fine for someone his age. Phil Collins is a better candidate or Ossie Osborne. 

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1 hour ago, Deathrace said:

Saw Knopfler give a BBC TV interview recently and I thought he looked and sounded fine for someone his age. Phil Collins is a better candidate or Ossie Osborne. 

Is he related to Ozzy Osbourne?

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12 hours ago, arghton said:

Controversial orthodontist John Mew, founder of orthotropics and "Mewing" is 96. He has recently been a subject of a Netflix documentary and I think he might have a chance to obit. 

He had a brother. Disappointingly not also called John as then he'd be Mewtwo.

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On 07/02/2023 at 00:47, arghton said:

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.

 

From this list, K. W. Lee is now in a care home. Looks good for his age. 

 

Many other good pool picks there too.

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Brazilian Jazz Drummer Airto  Moreira has been in home care since 2022

https://www.gofundme.com/f/airto-moreiras-rehabilitation

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On 17/05/2024 at 22:26, arghton said:

Controversial orthodontist John Mew, founder of orthotropics and "Mewing" is 96. He has recently been a subject of a Netflix documentary and I think he might have a chance to obit. 

I'm adding new names to my longlist, here's John Mew a week ago on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C66sdBAtVGw/