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That brings the no of dead laureates from the original list to 33, with 15 still alive,by my count

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RIP Doris,great writer,miss you big girl

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Not a big fan of fat feminist pigs. That's just me though.

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I think that we need an update to this list:

 

Physics:

1957: Tsung-Dao Lee, 87

1957: Chen Ning Yang, 91

1964: Charles Hard Townes, 98

1969: Murray Gell-Mann, 84

1973: Leo Esaki, 88

1973: Ivar Giaever, 84

1974: Antony Hewish, 89

1975: Ben Mottelson, 87

1977: Philip Warren Anderson, 90

1980: Val Fitch, 90

1981: Nicolaas Bloembergen, 93

1987: Karl Alexander Müller, 86

1988: Leon Lederman, 91

1988: Jack Steinberger, 92

1989: Hans Dehmelt, 91

1990: Richard Edward Taylor, 84

1995: Martin Lewis Perl, 86

2000: Herbert Kroemer, 85

2002: Masatoshi Koshiba, 87

2003: Aleksej Alekseevič Abrikosov, 85

2005: Roy Glauber, 88

2008: Yoichiro Nambu, 92

2013: Peter Higgs, 84

 

Chemistry:

1958: Frederick Sanger, 95 († 19/11/2013)

1967: Manfred Eigen, 86

1975: John Cornforth, 96 († 14/12/2013)

1980: Paul Berg, 87

1982: Aaron Klug, 87

1986: John Charles Polanyi, 84

1990: Elias James Corey, 85

1992: Rudolph Marcus, 90

1994: George Andrew Olah, 86

1997: Paul Delos Boyer, 95

1997: Jens Christian Skou, 95

1998: Walter Kohn, 90

2004: Irwin Rose, 87

2008: Osamu Shimomura, 85

 

Literature:

1982: Gabriel García Márquez, 86

1991: Nadine Gordimer, 90

1997: Dario Fo, 87

1999: Günter Grass, 86

2002: Imre Kertész, 84

 

Peace: RIP?

1973: Henry Kissinger, 90

1986: Elie Wiesel, 85

1993: Nelson Mandela, 95 († 05/12/2013)

1994: Shimon Peres, 90

2002: Jimmy Carter, 89

 

Medicine:

1962: James Dewey Watson, 85

1972: Gerald Edelman, 84

1977: Roger Guillemin, 89

1977: Andrew Viktor Schally, 87

1978: Werner Arber, 84

1981: Torsten Wiesel, 89

1986: Stanley Cohen, 91

1992: Edmond Fischer, 93

2000: Arvid Carlsson, 90

2000: Paul Greengard, 88

2000: Eric Kandel, 84

2002: Sydney Brenner, 86

2007: Oliver Smithies, 88

 

Economics:

1972: Kenneth Arrow, 92

1987: Robert Solow, 89

1990: Harry Markowitz, 86

1993: Douglass North, 93

1994: John Nash, 85

2002: Vernon Smith, 86

2005: Thomas Schelling, 92

2012: Lloyd Stowell Shapley, 90

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Nelson Mandela is close to being the oldest surviving nobel winner, as well as one of the oldest surviving world leaders. How long can he last? Is he actually still alive at all?

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Nelson Mandela is close to being the oldest surviving nobel winner, as well as one of the oldest surviving world leaders. How long can he last? Is he actually still alive at all?

 

I will be surprised if he is still alive this time next year , one of the top 5 definites for next year if he survives this year.

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I have a feeling there used to be a thread for this, but it seems to have been decommissioned. So, here are the currently-still-breathing-and-over-85 (subject to wiki accuracy, of course) Nobel Prize laureates, all handily wiki-linked. Not household names, I grant you, but probably obit-worthy for the more discerning 'pooler all the same.

Many have been discussed in other threads, but I thought it'd be nice to drag them in under one umbrella. I've probably missed one or two; I'm not the most diligent of researchers.

 

Physics: when will they quark it?

Willis Lamb (Canadian Paul's very own CL-S), 94.

Chen Ning Yang, 85.

Charles Townes, 92.

Aage Bohr (son of Nils), 85.

Nicolaas Bloembergen, 87.

Leon Lederman, 85.

Jack Steinberger, 86.

Norman Ramsey, 91.

Hans Dehmelt, 85.

 

Chemistry: soon to be inert?

Frederick Sanger, 89.

John Cornforth, 90.

William Lipscomb, 87.

Herbert Hauptman, 90.

Jerome Karle, 89.

Paul Boyer, 89.

Jens Skou, 89.

William Knowles, 90.

John Fenn, 90.

 

Literature: the final chapter?

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 89. (7-time DL laureate i.e. someone you've heard of)

Jose Saramago, 85.

Doris Lessing, 88.

 

Only three, but they often receive it later in life, for a body of work.

 

Peace: RIP? (hell, this stuff writes itself)

Norman Borlaug, 93.

Nelson Mandela, 89.

 

Not many, as it's often given to organisations or not given at all. That paragon of peace Kissinger doesn't turn 85 till May.

 

Medicine: Nurse, the screens!! :sicktherm:

Thomas Weller, 92.

Andrew Huxley (Aldous's half-brother), 90.

Francois Jacob, 87.

Har Khorana, 86.

Christian de Duve, 90.

George Palade, 95.

Rita Levi-Montalcini, 98 (oldest living laureate :old: )

Renato Dulbecco, 93.

Rosalyn Yalow, 86.

Jean Dausset, 91.

Robert Furchgott, 91.

Edwin Krebs, 89.

Joseph Murray, 87.

Baruj Benacerraf, 87.

Don Thomas, 87.

Edmond Fischer, 87.

 

Quite apt that the docs have the most living OAPS. Also, lots more of them, as they seem to work in teams more than other scientists.

 

 

Economics: cashing their final cheque?

Ronald Coase, 97.

Maurice Allais, 96.

Paul Samuelson, 92.

Ken Arrow, 86.

Larry Klein, 87.

James Buchanan, 88.

Douglass North, 87.

Leo Hurwicz, 90.

Tom Schelling, 86.

 

(Acknowledgements: the lost Magere Hein for this and the equally disappeared Life Begins at 5 for this.)

One of the thread originals, Fred Sanger, at 95. He did stuff about human gnomes. No, wait, human genomes.

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That's 34 gone with 14 to go,and 2 gone in 3 days. If everything comes in 3's maybe Mandela will be next

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hope you rememebered to take Mandela off that list!

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Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for literature this year, but did not attend the ceremonies in Sweden on December 10 citing poor health. One to watch for 2014??

 

Apologies if posted elsewhere. This seemed like the appropriate thread!

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2010 joint laureate for economics Dale Mortensen dies aged 74.

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Charles Townes at 97:

 

says that his only health problem is that his memory is slipping. But I guess that's why he isn't publishing any more papers. Definitely healthier than Hans Bethe at this age, though maybe not as intellectually active.

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I think that we need an update to this list:

 

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Medicine:

1962: James Dewey Watson, 85

1972: Gerald Edelman, 84 Dead

1977: Roger Guillemin, 89

1977: Andrew Viktor Schally, 87

1978: Werner Arber, 84

1981: Torsten Wiesel, 89

1986: Stanley Cohen, 91

1992: Edmond Fischer, 93

2000: Arvid Carlsson, 90

2000: Paul Greengard, 88

2000: Eric Kandel, 84

2002: Sydney Brenner, 86

2007: Oliver Smithies, 88

 

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I think that we need an update to this list:

 

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Medicine:

1962: James Dewey Watson, 85

1972: Gerald Edelman, 84 Dead

1977: Roger Guillemin, 89

1977: Andrew Viktor Schally, 87

1978: Werner Arber, 84

1981: Torsten Wiesel, 89

1986: Stanley Cohen, 91

1992: Edmond Fischer, 93

2000: Arvid Carlsson, 90

2000: Paul Greengard, 88

2000: Eric Kandel, 84

2002: Sydney Brenner, 86

2007: Oliver Smithies, 88

 

[/snip]

 

How come Gary Becker wasn't on your list? :scratchhead:

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Updated with new entries and deleted deados.

 

 

 

Physics: when will they quark it?

Chen Ning Yang, 86.

Charles Townes, 93.

Aage Bohr (son of Nils), 86. :skull:

Nicolaas Bloembergen, 89.

Leon Lederman, 86.

Jack Steinberger, 87.

Norman Ramsey, 93.

Hans Dehmelt, 86.

Yoichiro Nambu, 88

Vitaly Ginzburg, 92.

Val Fitch, 86.

Philip Warren Anderson, 85.

 

Chemistry: soon to be inert?

Frederick Sanger, 90.

John Cornforth, 91.

William Lipscomb, 89.

Herbert Hauptman, 92.

Jerome Karle, 90.

Paul Boyer, 90.

Jens Skou, 90.

William Standish Knowles, 91.

John Fenn, 91.

Rudolph Marcus, 85.

Walter Kohn, 86.

 

Literature: the final chapter?

Jose Saramago, 86.

Doris Lessing, 89.

Wisława Szymborska, 85.

Nadine Gordimer, 85.

 

Peace: RIP? (hell, this stuff writes itself)

Norman Borlaug, 95. :skull:

Nelson Mandela, 90.

Henry Kissinger, 85.

Shimon Peres, 85.

 

Medicine: Nurse, the screens!! :sicktherm:

Andrew Huxley (Aldous's half-brother), 91.

Francois Jacob, 88.

Har Gobind Khorana, 87.

Christian de Duve, 91.

Rita Levi-Montalcini, 99 (oldest living laureate :old: )

Renato Dulbecco, 95.

Rosalyn Yalow, 87.

Jean Dausset, 92. :skull:

Robert Furchgott, 92. :skull:

Edwin Krebs, 90.

Joseph Murray, 90.

Baruj Benacerraf, 88.

Edward Donnall Thomas, 89.

Edmond Fischer, 89.

Roger Guillemin, 85.

Stanley Cohen, 86.

Arvid Carlsson, 86.

 

 

Economics: cashing their final cheque?

Ronald Coase, 98.

Maurice Allais, 97.

Paul Samuelson, 93.

Ken Arrow, 87.

Lawrence Klein, 88.

James Buchanan, 89.

Douglass North, 88.

Thomas Schelling, 88.

Here's another one to cross off your list. Nadine Gordimer dead at 90 http://www.bbc.co.uk...t-arts-28295542

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(Age calculated at the beginning of 2014)

 

Physics:

1957: Tsung-Dao Lee, 87

1957: Chen Ning Yang, 91

1964: Charles Hard Townes, 98

1969: Murray Gell-Mann, 84

1973: Leo Esaki, 88

1973: Ivar Giaever, 84

1974: Antony Hewish, 89

1975: Ben Mottelson, 87

1977: Philip Warren Anderson, 90

1980: Val Fitch, 90

1981: Nicolaas Bloembergen, 93

1987: Karl Alexander Müller, 86

1988: Leon Lederman, 91

1988: Jack Steinberger, 92

1989: Hans Dehmelt, 91

1990: Richard Edward Taylor, 84

1995: Martin Lewis Perl, 86

2000: Herbert Kroemer, 85

2002: Masatoshi Koshiba, 87

2003: Aleksej Alekseevič Abrikosov, 85

2005: Roy Glauber, 88

2008: Yoichiro Nambu, 92

2013: Peter Higgs, 84

 

Chemistry:

1958: Frederick Sanger, 95 († 19/11/2013)

1967: Manfred Eigen, 86

1975: John Cornforth, 96 († 14/12/2013)

1980: Paul Berg, 87

1982: Aaron Klug, 87

1986: John Charles Polanyi, 84

1990: Elias James Corey, 85

1992: Rudolph Marcus, 90

1994: George Andrew Olah, 86

1997: Paul Delos Boyer, 95

1997: Jens Christian Skou, 95

1998: Walter Kohn, 90

2004: Irwin Rose, 87

2008: Osamu Shimomura, 85

 

Literature:

1982: Gabriel García Márquez, 86 († 17/04/2014)

1991: Nadine Gordimer, 90 († 13/07/2014)

1997: Dario Fo, 87

1999: Günter Grass, 86

2002: Imre Kertész, 84

 

Peace: RIP?

1973: Henry Kissinger, 90

1986: Elie Wiesel, 85

1993: Nelson Mandela, 95 († 05/12/2013)

1994: Shimon Peres, 90

2002: Jimmy Carter, 89

 

Medicine:

1962: James Dewey Watson, 85

1972: Gerald Edelman, 84 († 17/05/2014)

1977: Roger Guillemin, 89

1977: Andrew Viktor Schally, 87

1978: Werner Arber, 84

1981: Torsten Wiesel, 89

1986: Stanley Cohen, 91

1992: Edmond Fischer, 93

2000: Arvid Carlsson, 90

2000: Paul Greengard, 88

2000: Eric Kandel, 84

2002: Sydney Brenner, 86

2007: Oliver Smithies, 88

 

Economics:

1972: Kenneth Arrow, 92

1987: Robert Solow, 89

1990: Harry Markowitz, 86

1993: Douglass North, 93

1994: John Nash, 85

2002: Vernon Smith, 86

2005: Thomas Schelling, 92

2012: Lloyd Stowell Shapley, 90

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Today's announcement that young Malala Yousafzai is now a Nobel Prize winner won't exactly please a few of those hell-bent on keeping things, like, fundamental, will it?

 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/10/wins-nobel-peace-prize-2014

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Today's announcement that young Malala Yousafzai is now a Nobel Prize winner won't exactly please a few of those hell-bent on keeping things, like, fundamental, will it?

 

http://www.theguardi...eace-prize-2014

 

My thought exactly. I can imagine the fury of those people, who aren't much interested in peace. Of course miss Yousafzai lives in England now, so her antagonists will have to spend quite some cash on air fare to get a chance to, ehrm, repair their earlier failure.

 

regards,

Hein

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