Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted January 27 21 hours ago, arghton said: Ted Bloecher of Ulitzer's 2009 list died earlier this week at 94 according to this facebook post. I made a new Wiki page for him. It should never have been deleted but in 2011 the criteria for biographies was stricter than it is now. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted February 14 Steve Ostrow, founder of New York's Continental Baths 1968, has died aged 91. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,756 Posted February 15 On 18/11/2022 at 17:57, arghton said: ...lesbian personality Nancy Valverde Nancy Valverde was in hospice with terminal cancer in May. Most recent interview in October when she was on oxygen. I'm also quite suprised Sebreli is still alive. He had severe covid in Aug 2020 while recovering from a hip surgery (and has looked frail for decades) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 12 David Benjamin Mixner, and iconic LGBTQ and AIDS activist, has died. He was 78. https://www.losangelesblade.com/2024/03/11/iconic-lgbtq-aids-activist-david-mixner-dies-at-78/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted March 26 On 15/02/2024 at 10:16, arghton said: Nancy Valverde was in hospice with terminal cancer in May. Most recent interview in October when she was on oxygen. I'm also quite suprised Sebreli is still alive. He had severe covid in Aug 2020 while recovering from a hip surgery (and has looked frail for decades) Nancy Valverde has died: https://abc7.com/lgbtq-activist-nancy-valverde-dies-at-92-obituary/14573805/ 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted April 4 Rumi Missabu, an original member of San Francisco’s legendary 1970s drag troupe the Cockettes, has died at age 76. https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/theater/obituary-rumi-missabu-cockette-19381837 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,378 Posted June 19 On 18/11/2022 at 16:57, arghton said: US record producer, record executive, five-time Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Clive Davis, actor of screen and stage, dancer and theatre director Joel Grey, fashion designer Valentino, photographer Duane Michals, Icelandic author Guðbergur Bergsson (1932-2023), lesbian pulp fiction author Ann Bannon, Dutch ballet dancer Hans van Manen, English actor and novelist Roland Curram, philanthropist Nancy Skinner Nordhoff, Argentine photographer Sara Facio, lesbian personality Nancy Valverde (1932-2024) and opera singer/actor Joaquin Romaguera (1932-2023) are 90. Argentine photographer Sara Facio (Wiki) dead at 92 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,967 Posted June 28 On 18/11/2022 at 16:57, arghton said: To add some more not known of (or hadn't come out yet) when the original list was made. Born 1929 or before Japanese author Yayoi Kusama, New Zealand Maori author Renée (1929-2023) and Argentine author Ilse Fuskova are 93. Ilse Fuskova dead at 95. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted August 24 Actor & activist Bette Bourne (Peter Bourne) reportedly dead, aged 84. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,087 Posted August 24 Oh so this isn't the Wizard of Oz thread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craigerz 60 Posted August 24 1 hour ago, Youth in Asia said: Oh so this isn't the Wizard of Oz thread No, are there even any cast members left? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,087 Posted August 25 I think there are 1 or 2 munchkins Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted August 25 13 hours ago, Craigerz said: No, are there even any cast members left? 3 child actresses (born 1929, 1930 and 1931) and Judy Garland’s stand-in (born 1919) are still with us. Probably too much of an ask for any of them to still be alive for the film’s 90th anniversary in 5 years time. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craigerz 60 Posted August 26 22 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: 3 child actresses (born 1929, 1930 and 1931) and Judy Garland’s stand-in (born 1919) are still with us. Probably too much of an ask for any of them to still be alive for the film’s 90th anniversary in 5 years time. Oh yeah, i forgot Caren Marsh was still alive! She seems very well for 105 so maybe a future member of the 110 Club? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,967 Posted September 6 On 18/11/2022 at 16:57, arghton said: To add some more not known of (or hadn't come out yet) when the original list was made. Born 1929 or before Mexican-American novelist and essayist John Rechy, US author and mathematician Hubert Kennedy, Canadian drag queen Michelle DuBarry, Spanish Catalan heraldist, genealogist, author and historian Armand de Fluvià, US Disney imagineer Bob Gurr and author/activist Diana Rivers are all 91. Armand de Fluvià dead at 92. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,756 Posted September 6 Not the death I expected when I saw the notification. He had been in quite good health in recent years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,967 Posted November 1 On 15/02/2024 at 10:16, arghton said: Nancy Valverde was in hospice with terminal cancer in May. Most recent interview in October when she was on oxygen. I'm also quite suprised Sebreli is still alive. He had severe covid in Aug 2020 while recovering from a hip surgery (and has looked frail for decades) Juan José Sebreli dead at 93. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,967 Posted Wednesday at 05:29 Crossposting Earl Holliman's death. Outed in 2015, he was living with his husband at the time of his death. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilham 757 Posted Wednesday at 09:28 Peggy Caserta, 84, one-time Janis Joplin lover who also wrote a book about it, died on November 21 of natural causes in her cabin in Oregon. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/peggy-caserta-janis-joplin-lover-dead-obituary-1235182563/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
