People Who Are Dead According To Wikipedia...

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

On 19/01/2022 at 22:08, Ulitzer95 said:

A few dead nonagenarians/centenarians awaiting obits:
 

*snip*
Patricia Kenworthy Nuckols (wiki), American field hockey player and WASP during WWII, supposedly dead at 100.

Only the biggest celebrity death reveals from Ulitzer95. You're all spoilt.

Obit as confirmation for Kenworthy.

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

On 19/01/2022 at 22:08, Ulitzer95 said:

A few dead nonagenarians/centenarians awaiting obits:

Kenneth Norman Jones CBE (wiki), senior Australian civil servant, supposedly dead at 97.
*snip*

Only the biggest celebrity death reveals from Ulitzer95. You're all spoilt.

Obit as confirmation for Jones.

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

Trude Feldman (wiki), American reporter who was a member of the White House Press Corps for decades, allegedly dead at 97.

Interviewed every U.S. President from Lyndon B. Johnson to George W. Bush, before retiring in 2007. 

Here she is interviewing Reagan:
 

 

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

American geologist Leon Silver (wiki) supposedly dead at 96.

Instructor to the astronaut crew of the ill-fated Apollo 13 (yeah, you're thinking of the Tom Hanks film, that's the one)

... as well as Apollo 15, 16 and 17.

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

On 01/02/2022 at 02:24, Ulitzer95 said:

American geologist Leon Silver (wiki) supposedly dead at 96.

Instructor to the astronaut crew of the ill-fated Apollo 13 (yeah, you're thinking of the Tom Hanks film, that's the one)

... as well as Apollo 15, 16 and 17.

Obit as confirmation.

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

On 30/01/2022 at 14:13, Ulitzer95 said:

Trude Feldman (wiki), American reporter who was a member of the White House Press Corps for decades, allegedly dead at 97.

Interviewed every U.S. President from Lyndon B. Johnson to George W. Bush, before retiring in 2007. 

Here she is interviewing Reagan:
 

 

Obit by the Jewish Standard/Times of Israel as confirmation.

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

Eleanor Owen (wiki), American journalist and mental health professional, supposedly dead at 101.

[Gisooo 3,344]

8 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Eleanor Owen (wiki), American journalist and mental health professional, supposedly dead at 101.

Obit

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

Someone edited the page of John Keston (wiki) to say he had died today (13th Feb) aged 97, and then the same user deleted it later. May have made a mistake, or maybe they're conscious of jumping the gun before an obit is published?



Keston was British but latterly lived in the States. He had a semi-notable career as a stage actor (though just one West End appearance) but is best known as a world-record breaking runner and masters athlete.

He made headlines a couple of decades ago for his world records. Mentioned on the forum only once. Way back in 2006, by @maryportfuncity

[drol 11,946]

Emanuel Marx (wiki), Israeli anthropologist, reportedly dead at 94.

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

8 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Someone edited the page of John Keston (wiki) to say he had died today (13th Feb) aged 97, and then the same user deleted it later. May have made a mistake, or maybe they're conscious of jumping the gun before an obit is published?



Keston was British but latterly lived in the States. He had a semi-notable career as a stage actor (though just one West End appearance) but is best known as a world-record breaking runner and masters athlete.

He made headlines a couple of decades ago for his world records. Mentioned on the forum only once. Way back in 2006, by @maryportfuncity

 

 

I'd say that proves I was prescient but all it really proves is that I've been hanging hereabouts for a fuck of a long time!

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

On 13/02/2022 at 23:22, Ulitzer95 said:

Someone edited the page of John Keston (wiki) to say he had died today (13th Feb) aged 97, and then the same user deleted it later. May have made a mistake, or maybe they're conscious of jumping the gun before an obit is published?



Keston was British but latterly lived in the States. He had a semi-notable career as a stage actor (though just one West End appearance) but is best known as a world-record breaking runner and masters athlete.

He made headlines a couple of decades ago for his world records. Mentioned on the forum only once. Way back in 2006, by @maryportfuncity

Obituary for Keston.

Cause of death given as COVID-19. He was vaccinated (before drol asks).

Also mentions he was a WWII vet, serving in the RAF.

[drol 11,946]

Hannah Havrylets' (wiki), prominent Ukrainian composer, reportedly dead at 63.

 

No further details on the circumstances of her death. 

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

Welsh poet and historian Ruth Bidgood (wiki) supposedly dead at 99.

 

A pick on several pools on here.

[ladyfiona 2,585]

18 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Welsh poet and historian Ruth Bidgood (wiki) supposedly dead at 99.

 

A pick on several pools on here.

 

I'm very close to emailing BBC News and ask them to investigate if she's alive so I can get points in a pool, lol.

[Bibliogryphon 9,582]

39 minutes ago, ladyfiona said:

 

I'm very close to emailing BBC News and ask them to investigate if she's alive so I can get points in a pool, lol.

Her publisher is Seren books

[ladyfiona 2,585]

21 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said:

Her publisher is Seren books

 

I've just written a quick email to them explaining I am a fan of her work and saw she's dead on Wikipedia but no news articles or social media posts confirming this and wondering if they have any knowledge of anything. I'm sure I won't get a response until next week at the earliest.

[Bibliogryphon 9,582]

1 hour ago, ladyfiona said:

 

I've just written a quick email to them explaining I am a fan of her work and saw she's dead on Wikipedia but no news articles or social media posts confirming this and wondering if they have any knowledge of anything. I'm sure I won't get a response until next week at the earliest.

On Twitter someone commented that she feared it was true because she had been ill. Best hope is probably a local Welsh paper

[drol 11,946]

Yuan-Shih Chow (wiki), Chinese-American probabilist, reportedly dead at 97.

 

Very strange no Chinese obits are out.

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

3 hours ago, drol said:

Yuan-Shih Chow (wiki), Chinese-American probabilist, reportedly dead at 97.

 

Very strange no Chinese obits are out.

There is a good probability of one appearing in the next few days 

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

On 05/03/2022 at 16:12, ladyfiona said:

 

I've just written a quick email to them explaining I am a fan of her work and saw she's dead on Wikipedia but no news articles or social media posts confirming this and wondering if they have any knowledge of anything. I'm sure I won't get a response until next week at the earliest.

Loads of tribute posts to her on Facebook now, including from poet Merryn Williams who knew her personally, so it's true.

[alt obits guy 3,371]

On 04/03/2022 at 15:34, Ulitzer95 said:

Welsh poet and historian Ruth Bidgood (wiki) supposedly dead at 99.

 

A pick on several pools on here.

(As reported elsewhere) Tribute to Ruth Bidgood published March 7th. Not an obituary, but refers to her in the past tense.

 

https://nation.cymru/culture/beautiful-hieroglyphs/

[Toast 16,140]

2 hours ago, alt obits guy said:

(As reported elsewhere) Tribute to Ruth Bidgood published March 7th. Not an obituary, but refers to her in the past tense.

https://nation.cymru/culture/beautiful-hieroglyphs/

 

It is an obituary.

[Bibliogryphon 9,582]

11 hours ago, alt obits guy said:

(As reported elsewhere) Tribute to Ruth Bidgood published March 7th. Not an obituary, but refers to her in the past tense.

 

https://nation.cymru/culture/beautiful-hieroglyphs/

I am suspecting she is the sort of person who will get a slot on  Last Word on a slow news week

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

On 07/03/2022 at 07:17, drol said:

Yuan-Shih Chow (wiki), Chinese-American probabilist, reportedly dead at 97.

 

Very strange no Chinese obits are out.

Obit from Columbia University's Department of Statistics.