People Who Are Dead According To Wikipedia...

[drol 12,190]

20 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Ernest Courant, prominent American physicist supposedly dead less than a month after celebrating his 100th birthday.

Interesting background – his father was the prominent German mathematician, Richard Courant. Their family were labelled as Jews by the Nazis purely for their association with Jewish people so they fled to England. After a stint in Cambridge, they then moved permanently to NYC.

Can't see anything on Twitter. My FB is playing up today, anyone able to have a dig for posts?

Don't know but his birthday was widely celebrated. Should at least receive a mention.

[Ulitzer95 12,922]

Death notice for Courant.

[Ulitzer95 12,922]

On 16/04/2020 at 12:07, Ulitzer95 said:

British archaeologist Aubrey Burl dead at 94.

Championed the idea that the bluestones at Stonehenge had been deposited nearby by a glacier and merely exploited by its builders.

Very popular in his field, with dozens of tributes Facebook and Twitter already.

Expect him to obit.

An obit from The Quietus.

Still think he will get a QO at some point.

[drol 12,190]

Ernst Zägel, old Saarland player, dead at 84.

[SusanStoHelit 21]

21 hours ago, drol said:

Ernst Zägel, old Saarland player, dead at 84.

As of now, he's dead only on the German wiki. There's no given source, but the user who edited might be related to the deceased, if the username of "Jörg Zägel" is anything to go by. He also called his edit "a way of mourning" in the edit summary. 

[drol 12,190]

Mohammad Shariff, Pakistani admiral who led the Navy in almost every war from the 40s to the 80s and a huge figure in Pakistan history, dead at 99. 

 

Finding source is difficult due to his name being the name of half the Arab population in the world.

[drol 12,190]

15 hours ago, drol said:

Mohammad Shariff, Pakistani admiral who led the Navy in almost every war from the 40s to the 80s and a huge figure in Pakistan history, dead at 99. 

 

Finding source is difficult due to his name being the name of half the Arab population in the world.

Here is a Twitter confirmation. There's got to be an obit!

[drol 12,190]

3 hours ago, drol said:

Here is a Twitter confirmation. There's got to be an obit!

Oh yes!

[drol 12,190]

Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, former President of the Royal Society, dead at 84.

[YoungWillz 21,264]

1 hour ago, drol said:

Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, former President of the Royal Society, dead at 84.

Guardian Obituary: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/apr/29/robert-may-former-uk-chief-scientist-led-chaos-theory-lord-dies-aged-84

[Ulitzer95 12,922]

John Ernest Randall, 95, American ichthyologist 

[Ulitzer95 12,922]

Bobby Lewis, 95, American R&B singer.

 

Don’t think he ever had a UK hit but Tossin’ and Turnin’ was a #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

 

If the press pick it up quick enough he may get a UK QO.

[Ulitzer95 12,922]

On 29/04/2020 at 14:12, Ulitzer95 said:

John Ernest Randall, 95, American ichthyologist 

Confirmation.

[Ulitzer95 12,922]

On 29/04/2020 at 18:07, Ulitzer95 said:

Bobby Lewis, 95, American R&B singer.

 

Don’t think he ever had a UK hit but Tossin’ and Turnin’ was a #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

 

If the press pick it up quick enough he may get a UK QO.

A Facebook post from his granddaughter seems to confirm it.

Though I don't think he was in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I think she made that part up. 

[Death Impends 8,065]

Lewis was the oldest living artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 (started 1958). At a cursory glance I believe Tommy DeVito of the Four Seasons now has that distinction?

 

Though if you count pre-Hot 100 Billboard, which was then three uncombined charts, Vera Lynn is oldest of all, plus Bill Hayes, Tony Bennett, and Ed Ames are all younger than Lewis but older than DeVito.

[Skinny kiltrunner 553]

On 29/04/2020 at 07:12, Ulitzer95 said:

John Ernest Randall, 95, American ichthyologist 

I dunno, seems fishy to me. 

[Sir Creep 7,081]

4 hours ago, Skinny kiltrunner said:

On 29/04/2020 at 08:12, Ulitzer95 said:

John Ernest Randall, 95, American ichthyologist 

I dunno, seems fishy to me. 

He caught some virus.

[Joey Russ 7,282]

Just now, Sir Creep said:

He caught some virus.

Better not have been salmonella...

 

*grabs coat*

[Skinny kiltrunner 553]

1 hour ago, Joey Russ said:

Better not have been salmonella...

 

*grabs coat*

Oh my cod!

[Joey Russ 7,282]

4 minutes ago, Skinny kiltrunner said:

Oh my cod!

Don’t mind my bad jokes. I’m just troutting inside this hallway right now...

[Skinny kiltrunner 553]

17 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

Don’t mind my bad jokes. I’m just troutting inside this hallway right now...

Let minnow when you are finished.

[Joey Russ 7,282]

1 minute ago, Skinny kiltrunner said:

Let minnow when you are finished.

Would you want to betta on it now or nah? After all, who said that you know what my sentences are bass on? 
 

(I know, I’m such a clown(fish))...

[Toast 16,249]

Oh, my hakeing sides.

[Ulitzer95 12,922]

Guido Münch, 98, Mexican astronomer and astrophysicist.

[drol 12,190]

Nancy Stark Smith, American Contact Improvisation dancer, dead at 67. Only FB posts so far.