Typhoid Harry 23 Posted February 14, 2005 Adeeokie, Care to explain? Or is this another turits syndrome posting? Tourette's? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josco 49 Posted February 14, 2005 On the news this AM: Jim Callaghan is 92 and today becomes the longest lived ex-PM. Must soon be ready to depart. Life Jim, but not as we know it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,130 Posted February 14, 2005 Tourette's? Thats what I meant Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Death List Observer Posted February 15, 2005 -Ruby Muhammad, wife of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad - b. 1897 -Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady, b. 1912 -Sargent Shriver, politician and civic figure, b. 1915 (suffers Alzheimer's) -Beverly Cleary, author for children, b. 1916 -C. Everett Koop, surgeon general under President Reagan, b. 1916 -Eugene McCarthy, former senator and presidential candidate, b. 1916 -Robert McNamara, former Defense Secretary, b. 1916 -Arthur Schlessinger, Jr., historian, b. 1917 -Sir Edmund Hillary, explorer, b. 1919 -Lloyd Bentsen, former senator, VP candidate, Treasury Secretary, b. 1921 -John B. Anderson, politician, independent presidential candidate, b. 1922 -Charlton Heston, former actor and NRA president, b. 1924 (suffers Alzheimer's) -Just a few picks - I'd be surprised not to see at least three gone within the next year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted February 15, 2005 Gladys Marin - opposite's Pinochet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest C. Martin Posted February 15, 2005 Wouldn't be suprised if Lloyd Bentsen goes this year. He suffered a stroke in 1998 and has been in a wheelchair since and is reportedly unable to speak. I thought he looked pretty bad at Clinton's portrait unveiling last year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted February 15, 2005 Another possibility is the author Margaret Truman Daniel b. 1924. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,130 Posted February 16, 2005 QUOTE Tourette's? Thats what I meant Cheers Harry, sorted now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Four Horsemen 26 Posted February 16, 2005 Who are Lloyd Bentsen and Margaret Truman Daniel? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted February 16, 2005 Who are Lloyd Bentsen and Margaret Truman Daniel? Lloyd Bentsen - former U.S. senator from Texas who was the Vice Presidential candidate on the Michael Dukakis ticket that lost the 1988 election to George Bush I. Margaret Truman Daniel – daughter of former U.S. President Harry Truman, who became President when Franklin D. Roosevelt died in office in 1945. Her father was best known for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. regards, ff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Four Horsemen 26 Posted February 16, 2005 Thanks FF - I thought they might be somewhat better known on the other side of the pond (and indeed wondered if Margaret Truman Daniel was related to Harry H Truman) - I feel suitably enlightened, and all without having to bother with Google or Wiki either. What a fount of all knowledge this forum is........ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Larry Pestilence III 6 Posted February 20, 2005 Art Linkletter - Turning 93 this year, appeared on a few game shows, and talk shows throughout the 50s and 60s. Also appeared on boxes of the game "Life" in the early 60s. "I thoroughly endorse this game." IIRC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cerberus 304 Posted February 20, 2005 I was looking at some bios on the royal family in Britain and I was wondering, are they all in good health because seems Prince Phillip and the Queen are getting older, maybe possible candidates. I also noticed the Queen is the 5th longest reigning monarch in England, or was it 4th already. There has been a lot of comment in the papers recently, with the news of Charles and Camilla, about the Queen's health; she seems to be very healthy for a woman of 78 (79 in April) and as we know longevity runs in her family. She has said she will never abdicate, but can anyone imagine her doing the Trooping the Colour and opening Parliament at 100? Charles probably can. As King Edward VII remarked (as Prince of Wales), "I don't mind praying to the Eternal Father, but I must be the only man cursed with an eternal mother." Incidentally, QE2 is fourth on the list: Victoria 1837 -1901 George III 1760-1820 Henry III 1216-1272 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest IYG Posted February 20, 2005 As King Edward VII remarked (as Prince of Wales), "I don't mind praying to the Eternal Father, but I must be the only man cursed with an eternal mother." This has got to be one of the most brilliant quotes I've ever heard. And thanks for the clearing up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest IYG Posted February 22, 2005 How about Tom Poston, any news on him? Turning 84 this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josco 49 Posted February 23, 2005 Not sure if this chap has been mentioned on these autotelic pages, but if not: Jason King aka: Peter Wyngarde Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Banshees Scream Posted February 24, 2005 I have many thoughts and wild guesses but surely i say the 96 year old nazi hunter simon weisenthal doesent have much more time i would give him around max 3 months and i think that there is also no hesitation that the soon to be 103 year old brooke astor will exspire soon i say march/april and to make a long story short its so hard to tell but i think i could shoot for pope john paul passing on this year hes made 12 appearences and will have his 85th birthday in may. Hes survived the unthinkable and i would bet and i dont know when but even as soon as this summer that the pope will finally get death iam suprised he recovered from the flu and couple weeks ago i guess for him being a person of the lord pays off anyway give your opinions on your bets to croak this year Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest IYG Posted February 24, 2005 I'd like to see Wiesenthal survive them all. I want it to be said after he's dead that he managed to outlive the Nazis from WWII, he fought them, caught them and he won. Truly a hero in my eyes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cerberus 304 Posted February 24, 2005 Anyone know if they still teach punctuation in schools? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josco 49 Posted February 24, 2005 Anyone know if they still teach punctuation in schools? Miss Kelly and her misguided cronies 'fink edukashun should be modernized'. No one must fail, all must be equal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slave to the Grave 26 Posted February 24, 2005 Not sure if this chap has been mentioned on these autotelic pages, but if not: Jason King aka: Peter Wyngarde Apparently played a 'number 2' in the Prisoner. Whatever that may have entailed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimh 4 Posted February 25, 2005 Could it be time to add Humphrey Lyttelton to the list? The old boy is getting on a bit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Oates 21 Posted February 25, 2005 Could it be time to add Humphrey Lyttelton to the list? The old boy is getting on a bit. "All good things must come to an end..." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted February 27, 2005 Boutros Boutros-Ghali Apparently not in danger, but probably worth watching. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest windsor Posted February 28, 2005 There was a rumour a while back that prince philip the duke of edinburgh has a cancer of some sort. Palace secrecy would ensure that the public know little if anything about any health condition of such a senior member of the family. Evedence suggests that the prince is getting frailer (this may simply be due to age being born in 1921) as he stopped taking part in the trooping of the colour and fell in the bath whilst on an engagement commemorating the crimean war. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
