charon 4,938 Posted May 16, 2013 Joe Farman @ 82 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10054913/Joe-Farman.html Found one hole, now filling another. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,013 Posted May 17, 2013 Shelia Wirz, widow of an MP is still alive according to her UCL page, but they're wrong: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/igh/staff/wirz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,397 Posted May 18, 2013 I've just finished rereading The Island of the Colourblind, by neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks. He'll turn 80 soon and had a malignant tumor in his right eye a few years ago. One to keep an eye on. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted July 1, 2013 Kenneth Minogue, whose abbreviated name on the cover of political philosophy books often raised a chuckle owing to it's proximity to the ageless pop star, has died aged 83... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,013 Posted November 5, 2013 Professor John Cloudsley-Thompson; wartime tank commander turned noted Zoologist. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/10426105/Professor-John-Cloudsley-Thompson-obituary.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted November 21, 2013 Swiss professor denies guilt in US murder case: http://www.thelocal.ch/20131121/geneva-professor-pleads-innocent-in-us-murder-case Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,013 Posted December 21, 2013 Discovered - by way of reading a book review - that the highly obit-able Richard Hoggart (who wrote the seminal Uses of Literacy in 1957) continues breathing and is aged 95! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garn2 34 Posted February 9, 2014 Former DDP pick Robert A. Dahl, noted for his work on democracy, power and the lack thereof in America, has died aged 98. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Flag 84 Posted February 10, 2014 Stuart Hall...no, not that one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR976evil 885 Posted February 11, 2014 Stuart Hall...no, not that one Not lynched by confused red top readers? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,269 Posted March 27, 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorna_Arnold A 98-year old historian who chronicled Britain's nuclear weapons program. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 5,997 Posted April 10, 2014 http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/10/richard-hoggart-died-long-illness - Sociologist and Cultural theorist Richard Hoggart dies aged 95. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted April 10, 2014 http://www.theguardi...ed-long-illness - Sociologist and Cultural theorist Richard Hoggart dies aged 95. Yeah, first hit of the year! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 5,997 Posted April 10, 2014 A unique pick as well congratulations! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted April 10, 2014 Should have picked his son as well and got a very rare double! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,222 Posted July 7, 2014 One of Germany's most 'popular' (let's say 'renowned') historians, Hans-Ulrich Wehler, has died at 82. http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/hans-ulrich-wehler-nachruf-auf-den-historiker-der-bielefelder-schule-a-979592.html (german link) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted September 3, 2014 One of my lecturers at uni knew Zizek. Apparently he was afraid of flying due to having a serious heart condition. I was watching some Zizek on YouTube last night (as you do.) He was rubbing his nose constantly in some of the clips like and . I Googled around and a number of people online allege/suspect he has a serious cocaine habit. That, along with his heart condition (he apparently had an actual albeit mild heart attack some years ago) and his obesity mean I am considering him more and more seriously as a contender to go in the next few years. As always with Zizek, he is clearly baiting the interviewer in this article so it is hard to separate the truth from the bullsh*t, but he mentions his heart attack briefly. Cocaine socialism? Zizek's been busted for allegedly plagiarising... a review in a neo-Nazi/Ku Klux Klan-type far right journal in the USA, of all things.... Details: http://www.newsweek.com/did-marxist-philosophy-superstar-slavoj-zizek-plagiarize-white-nationalist-journal-258433 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,222 Posted January 3, 2015 German sociologist Ulrich Beck, dead at 70: http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/ulrich-beck-soziologe-und-autor-von-risikogesellschaft-ist-tot-a-1011091.html (german link) His death made headlines here today, but he wasn't that important, in my opinion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuriedInCarolina 45 Posted January 15, 2015 "Vernon Mountcastle, neuroscientist dubbed ‘the Jacques Cousteau of the cortex, dies." Vernon B. Mountcastle, the first person to understand and describe how the cells in the higher regions of the brain are organized and who was once dubbed “the Jacques Cousteau of the cortex,” died Jan. 11 at his home in Baltimore. He was 96. Widely considered the father of neuroscience, Dr. Mountcastle received nearly every major award in science. Only the Nobel Prize eluded Dr. Mountcastle, who was the first president of the Society for Neuroscience, the author of many textbooks and the editor of the Journal of Neurophysiology." Is this guy likely to earn an eligible obit? http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/vernon-mountcastle-neuroscientist-dubbed-the-jacques-cousteau-of-the-cortex-dies/2015/01/14/e8e23f0c-9c11-11e4-96cc-e858eba91ced_story.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,013 Posted January 15, 2015 "Vernon Mountcastle, neuroscientist dubbed ‘the Jacques Cousteau of the cortex, dies." Vernon B. Mountcastle, the first person to understand and describe how the cells in the higher regions of the brain are organized and who was once dubbed “the Jacques Cousteau of the cortex,” died Jan. 11 at his home in Baltimore. He was 96. Widely considered the father of neuroscience, Dr. Mountcastle received nearly every major award in science. Only the Nobel Prize eluded Dr. Mountcastle, who was the first president of the Society for Neuroscience, the author of many textbooks and the editor of the Journal of Neurophysiology." Is this guy likely to earn an eligible obit? http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/vernon-mountcastle-neuroscientist-dubbed-the-jacques-cousteau-of-the-cortex-dies/2015/01/14/e8e23f0c-9c11-11e4-96cc-e858eba91ced_story.html Eligible obit? Hell yeah Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted January 30, 2015 Famous theologian Marcus Borg died on the weekend: http://www.marcusjborg.com/2015/01/24/remembering-marcus-borg-march-11-1942-january-21-2015/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ra Ra Rasputin 99 Posted January 30, 2015 The linguist and sci-fi writer Suzette Haden Elgin died on the 27th January though, as of yet, I can't find an obit other than Wikipedia. Perhaps I should conduct a search in Láadan... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,222 Posted February 19, 2015 I've just finished rereading The Island of the Colourblind, by neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks. He'll turn 80 soon and had a malignant tumor in his right eye a few years ago. One to keep an eye on. regards, Hein Now is 81 and has found out that he has terminal cancer: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/opinion/oliver-sacks-on-learning-he-has-terminal-cancer.html Although at 81, lots of things are terminal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rotten Ali 599 Posted February 19, 2015 I've just finished rereading The Island of the Colourblind, by neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks. He'll turn 80 soon and had a malignant tumor in his right eye a few years ago. One to keep an eye on. regards, Hein Now is 81 and has found out that he has terminal cancer: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/opinion/oliver-sacks-on-learning-he-has-terminal-cancer.html Although at 81, lots of things are terminal. Bad orbit looking for a good obit... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,397 Posted February 19, 2015 I've just finished rereading The Island of the Colourblind, by neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks. He'll turn 80 soon and had a malignant tumor in his right eye a few years ago. One to keep an eye on.Now is 81 and has found out that he has terminal cancer: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/opinion/oliver-sacks-on-learning-he-has-terminal-cancer.html Although at 81, lots of things are terminal. Bad orbit looking for a good obit... Hmm, no more Sacks life, soon. regards, Hein 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
