Foreign Personalities, From Stage, Screen, Politics And Life

[Gisooo 3,389]

On 22/09/2022 at 21:36, drol said:

From the original list of Italian actresses only Lollobrigida might be alive.

 

The others have not been heard since the 60s...

 

Here are some new names that I forgot to add

 

Anna Maria Vivaldi (IMDb) born 1922

Nino Bellomo (IMDb) born 1922

Gianna Piaz (Wiki) born 1923

Pia Velsi (Wiki) born 1924

Franca Maresa (Wiki) born 1925

Claudia Lawrence (Wiki) born 1925

Benita Martini (Wiki) born 1925

Leda Celani (IMDb) born 1925

Teddy Reno (Wiki) born 1926

Mario Valdemarin (Wiki) born 1926

Peppino Mazzullo (Wiki) born 1926

Clara Bindi (Wiki) born 1927

Rosalina Neri (Wiki) born 1927

Lucia Guzzardi (Wiki) born 1927

Amasi Damiani (Wiki) born 1927

Isa Barzizza (Wiki) born 1929

Franca Nuti (Wiki) born 1929

Micaela Giustiniani (Wiki) born 1929

Marisa Borroni (Wiki) born 1929

Ferruccio Soleri (Wiki) born 1929

Maria Frau (Wiki) born 1930

Franco Migliacci (Wiki) born 1930

Giuliano Montaldo (Wiki) born 1930

Glauco Mauri (Wiki) born 1930

Carlo Reali (Wiki) born 1930

Marisa Borini (Wiki) born 1930

Mico Cundari (Wiki) born 1930

Adriana Asti (Wiki) born 1931

Elena Cotta (Wiki) born 1931

Antonella Lualdi (Wiki) born 1931

Gianni Meccia (Wiki) born 1931

Barbara Florian (Wiki) born 1931

Renato Montalbano (Wiki) born 1931

Mirella Ricciardi (Wiki) born 1931

Franco Giornelli (Wiki) born 1931

Marisa Pavan (Wiki) born 1932

Mara Berni (Wiki) born 1932

Dana Ghia (Wiki) born 1932

Lia Amanda (Wiki) born 1932

Giancarlo Dettori (Wiki) born 1932

Anna Maria Ackerman (Wiki) born 1932

Giovanna Pala (Wiki) born 1932

Bianca Maria Fusari (Wiki) born 1932

Piera Arico (Wiki) born 1932

Lucia Modugno (Wiki) born 1932

Grazzia Daddario (Wiki) born 1932

Franca Lumachi  (Wiki) born 1932

Franca Gandolfi (Wiki) born 1932

Liuba Rosa (IMDb) born 1932

Claudio Biava (Wiki) born 1932

Leontine Snell (IMDb) born 1932

Willy Colombini (Wiki) born 1932

Miranda Martino (Wiki) born 1933

Lea Massari (Wiki) born 1933

Sandra Milo (Wiki) born 1933

Giorgio Bracardi (Wiki) born 1933

Anna Maria Guarnieri (Wiki) born 1933

Nora Orlandi (Wiki) born 1933

Primarosa Battistella (Wiki) born 1933

Pina Bottin (Wiki) born 1933

Franca Parisi (Wiki) born 1933

Giuliano Esperati (Wiki) born 1933

Rinaldo Smordoni (Wiki) born 1933

Nando Angelini (Wiki) born 1933

Sophia Loren (Wiki) born 1934

Giulia Lazzarini (Wiki) born 1934

Luigi Montini (Wiki) born 1934

Tuccio Musimeci (Wiki) born 1934

Giulio Paradisi (Wiki) born 1934

Riccardo Pizzuti (Wiki) born 1934

Umberto Orsini (Wiki) born 1934

Ornella Vanoni (Wiki) born 1934

Anna Di Leo (Wiki) born 1934

Edmonda Aldini (Wiki) born 1934

Annamaria Bugliari (Wiki) born 1934

Angela Cavo (Wiki) born 1934

Franco Abbina (Wiki) born 1934

Elena Magoia (Wiki) born 1934

Maria Luisa Rolando (Wiki) born 1934

Giovanna Ralli (Wiki) born 1935

Luisella Boni (Wiki) born 1935

Lisa Gastoni (Wiki) born 1935

Wandisa Guida (Wiki) born 1935

Anna Maria Sandri (Wiki) born 1935/1936

Aldo Puglisi (Wiki) born 1935

Maria Monti (Wiki) born 1935

Giulia Rubini (Wiki) born 1935

Giovanni Cianfriglia (Wiki) born 1935

Dada Gallotti (Wiki) born 1935

Aldo Maccione (Wiki) born 1935

Gianni Garko (Wiki) born 1935

Milena Vukotic (Wiki) born 1935

Tina Gloriani (Wiki) born 1935

Patrizia Della Rovere (Wiki) born 1935

Gianna Giachetti (Wiki) born 1935

Mara Krupp (IMDb) born 1935

Sergio Ammirata (Wiki) born 1935

Francesca Benedetti (Wiki) born 1935

Riccardo Miniggio (Wiki) born 1935

Edoardo Torricella (Wiki) born 1935

Giglio Gigli (IMDb) born 1935

Maresa Gallo (Wiki) born 1935

Elena Fancera (IMDb) born 1935

Flavio Bennati (IMDb) born 1935

Ines Orsini (IMDb) born 1935

Bruno Alessandro  (Wiki) born 1935

Anna Maria Alberghetti (Wiki) born 1936

Marisa Allasio (Wiki) born 1936

Liu Bosiso (Wiki) born 1936

Valeria Fabrizi (Wiki) born 1936

Lino Banfi (Wiki) born 1936

Laura De Marchi (Wiki) born 1936

Pippo Santonastaso (Wiki) born 1936

Maria Grazia Spina (Wiki) born 1936

Franca Bettoia (Wiki) born 1936

Tony Dallara (Wiki) born 1936

Ariella Reggio (Wiki) born 1936

Silvio Anselmo (Wiki) born 1936

Lydia Mancinelli (Wiki) born 1936

Maria Teresa Vianello (Wiki) born 1936

Virginio Gazzolo (Wiki) born 1936

Franca Pasut (Wiki) born 1936

Gina Rovere (Wiki) born 1936

Emy Eco (Wiki) born 1936

Massimo De Francovich (Wiki) born 1936

Giacomo Piperno (Wiki) born 1936

Eugenia Bonino (Wiki) born 1936

Nino Scardina (Wiki) born 1936

Piero Faggioni (IMDb) born 1936

Nives Zegna (Wiki) born 1936

Vittorio Franceschi (Wiki) born 1936

Raffaella Panichi (IMDb) born 1936

Isa Danielli (Wiki) born 1937

Pino Colizzi (Wiki) born 1937

Sal Borgese (Wiki) born 1937

Luciana Paluzzi (Wiki) born 1937

Liana Orfei (Wiki) born 1937

Johnny Dorelli (Wiki) born 1937

Paolo Bonacelli (WIki) born 1937

Roberto Herlitzka (Wiki) born 1937

Renzo Arbore (Wiki) born 1937

Angela Portaluri (Wiki) born 1937

Dominique Boschero (Wiki) born 1937

Ugo Pagliai (Wiki) born 1937

Luciano De Ambrosis (Wiki) born 1937

Biagro Pelligra (Wiki) born 1937

Jack La Cayenne (Wiki) born 1937

Lucia Zotti (Wiki) born 1937

Carla Comaschi (Wiki) born 1937

Angela Pagano (Wiki) born 1937

Anna Canzi (Wiki) born 1937

Giorgio Trestini (Wiki) born 1937

Cip Barcellini (Wiki) born 1937

Atos Davini (Wiki) born 1937

Roberto Marelli (Wiki) born 1937

Giorgio Trestini (Wiki) born 1937

Beppe Chierici (Wiki) born 1937

Bruno Gambarotta (Wiki) born 1937

Maria Giovanni (Wiki) born 1937

Rodolfo Traversa (Wiki) born 1937

Claudia Cardinale (Wiki) born 1938

Adriano Celentano (Wiki) born 1938

Tony Renis (Wiki) born 1938

Rada Rassimov (Wiki) born 1938

Angela Luce (Wiki) born 1938

Giorgia Moll (Wiki) born 1938

Anna Mazzamauro (Wiki) born 1938

Gabriella Pallotta (Wiki) born 1938

Enzo G. Castellari (Wiki) born 1938

Adalberto Maria Merli (Wiki) born 1938

Nieves Navarro (Wiki) born 1938

Edoardo Vianello (Wiki) born 1938

Alberto Dell'Acqua (Wiki) born 1938

Massimo Foschi (Wiki) born 1938

Agata Flori (Wiki) born 1938

Giampiero Littera (Wiki) born 1938

Marisa Jossa (Wiki) born 1938

Vittorio Stagni (Wiki) born 1938

Pippo Pattavina (Wiki) born 1938

Gabriella Andreini (Wiki) born 1938

Lina Bernardi (Wiki) born 1938

Graziella Marina (Wiki) born 1938

Pieraldo Ferrante (Wiki) born 1938

Gino Lavagetto (Wiki) born 1938

Roberto Ceccacci (Wiki) born 1938

Nino Benvenuti (Wiki) born 1938

Sonia Gessner (Wiki) born 1938

Lily Tirinnanzi (Wiki) born 1938

Mauro Bosco (Wiki) born 1938
Paolo Fiorino (Wiki) born 1938
Roberto Antonelli (Wiki) born 1938
Laura Tavanti (Wiki) born 1938
Lilly Mantovani (Wiki) born 1938

Enzo Staiola (Wiki) born 1939

Maria Pia Di Meo (Wiki) born 1939

Vittoria Febbi (Wiki) born 1939

Carlo Cecchi (Wiki) born 1939

Marco Bellocchio (Wiki) born 1939

Pietro Biondi (Wiki) born 1939

Rita Savagnone (Wiki) born 1939

Federica Ranchi (Wiki) born 1939

Rosalba Neri (Wiki) born 1939

Eros Pagni (Wiki) born 1939

Cristina Gaioni (Wiki) born 1939

Don Backy (Wiki) born 1939

Luigi Diberti (Wiki) born 1939

Giacomo Rizzo (Wiki) born 1939

Mariano Rigillo (Wiki) born 1939

Linda Veras (Wiki) born 1939

Fabrizio Capucci (Wiki) born 1939

Sandro Iovino (Wiki) born 1939

[drol 12,004]

Pia Velsi seems to be very frail right now.

[drol 12,004]

6 hours ago, drol said:

Popular Argentine entertainer Carlitos Bala, 97, hospitalised after medical emergency.

Carlitos Bala dead at 97.

[Gisooo 3,389]

Polish veteran actor Franciszek Pieczka (Wiki) dead at 94

 

He won the award for Best Actor at the Polish Film Festival in 1976 for The Scar. In 2015, he was awarded the Polish Academy Life Achievement Award. 

 

 

[arghton 6,775]

On 28/07/2022 at 15:00, arghton said:

My 20/20 +2 pick, Japanese 15th-generation Urasenke tea school grand master 1964-2002, former kamikaze pilot, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, Honorary Member of the Japan Olympic Committee, Chairman of the Japan Equestrian Federation, Special Envoy for Expo 2025, professor Sen Sōshitsu XV (千 玄室) doesn't look bad at all, picture taken this month:

He'll be 100 next April if still alive.

Picture of Urasenke tea master Sen Sōshitsu XV from yesterday or today:

He's apparently in Hawaii with some friend. Wearing the Tom Cruise Top Gun aviator sunglasses.

[drol 12,004]

This guy is 99??? He looks amazing!

[Grimgrass 514]

On 10/10/2021 at 20:26, arghton said:

Eino Grön (1939-) Iskelmä-Finlandia winner 2007, performing since 1958. Wife Marjatta Grön lives in a care home due to dementia. Used to have problems with alcohol.

Was eliminated on today's episode of Finland's Masked Singer. Still looks great for his age.

Spoiler

 

[drol 12,004]

Dominican-Mexican actor and stereotypical macho Andrés García (wiki) looks very frail; he has been in & out of hospital recently and his condition has constantly deteriorated.

 

EDIT: has been suffering from prostate cancer for 27 years.

[arghton 6,775]

On 04/09/2021 at 20:28, arghton said:

21. Aira Samulin, dancer, 94

Aira Samulin (wiki) Finnish dancer, dance teacher, entrepreneur not dead but suffered a severe bout of flu recently. She's 95 and has seemed pretty much indestructible for the last few decades, very active, always appearing everywhere. Suffered a stroke in 2018 but recovered completely in two weeks.

[arghton 6,775]

Michio Ariyoshi, Japanese professional Shogi player (Japanese chess) dead at 87 from aspiration pneumonia. As far as I know at the time of his death he was the oldest professional Shogi player with an English wiki page. 

 

Compared to Chess players, Shogi players don't seem to have much longevity. The oldest one now is probably Kunio Naitō, 83. Seems a bit frail but still active. There's only one other octogenarian: 82-year-old Hifumi Katō (Major name in Japan, had a 62-year career, obese but incredibly sharp and people are amazed how he's still so healthy and has outlived a lot of younger Shogi players. He's also the oldest top level player living.) 

 

Naitō in 2019:

 

Katō around 2022:

 

Katō is a very interesting figure. Obese because he can't stop eating foods he likes. He seems to like anime, has appeared on atleast two Nintendo games and has caused controversy by feeding stray cats.

 

Not a lot compared to living professionals of other board games either. Tons of notable professional octogenarian Go players out there, oldest ones being Nobuo Amayake (88), Richard Bozulich (85/86), Takeo Ando (84) and Hiroaki Tōno (83). Backgammon also has less living notable professionals, oldest one being US backgammon (and bridge) professional Billy Eisenberg, 85. Draughts has Charles Walker, 87/88, also a convicted money launderer, the Soviet (now Lithuanian) international draughts player Boris Družinin, 83, another international draughts player of the former Soviet Union Vyacheslav Shchyogolev, 81 and John Ray Webster, also a musician, 80.

 

 

Searched the professional Shogi players born 1940 and before on the Japanese wiki, found a few more:

 

Kazuhisa Ōmura (1928-2023, ja wiki) The oldest professional Shogi player. Was already very frail in 2018.

Yukio Miyasaka (1929-, ja wiki) Most recent public appearance was in 2016 as far as I know. Also played normal chess.

Masao Kitamura (1934-2023, ja wiki) Was already a professional in 1953 and has the earliest "Shogi number" from all living players: 60, earlier than Katō (64), Miyasaka (65), Ōmura (71), Naitō (77) and Saeki (79).

Yoshimasa Saeki (1936-, ja wiki) 

Ichirō Tanabe (1938-, ja wiki)

Masakazu Wakamatsu (1939-, ja wiki)

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Boris Moiseev

(03/04/1954 - 09/27/2022) -

Soviet and Russian artist, pop singer, dancer, choreographer, film actor.

One of the first gay singers in Russia to come out.

 

https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-63051534

[Lafaucheuse 4,052]

Paul Veyne (wiki) french historian and specialist of greco-roman history has died aged 92  

[Gisooo 3,389]

Romanian actor Alexandru Arșinel (Wiki) dead at 83

[arghton 6,775]

Recent El Mundo article on Spanish actress, dementia sufferer Carmen Sevilla, who will be 92 next month:

https://www.elmundo.es/loc/famosos/2022/09/28/6334089a21efa0cb518b45f3.html

Has been in a special care center for 7 years, her condition is "very complicated" and she does not remember anything but is "stable" under 24/7 care. Her son visits regularly and is given information on her health daily.

 

Looking forward to who'll be last from the current "perennial dementia sufferers" (ca. over 8-10 years), might've forgotten some. These people seem to never die:

1. Carmen Sevilla: 91, in late stages for over 9 years. DEAD, 2023

2. Joanne Woodward: 92, diagnosed with alzheimer's in 2008.

3. Pasqual Maragall: 81, suffering from alzheimer's since atleast 2007.

4. Margarita Terekhova: 80, suffering from it for over 16 years, in late stages for atleast the last five years, unable to talk.

5. Prunella Scales: 90, suffering from it since atleast 2014. Not sure what's the exact year but I recall people mentioning that she's been suffering from it for much longer.

6. Winnie Ewing: 93, in poor health for ages and suffering from dementia for an unknown amount of years. DEAD, 2023

7. Peter Max: 84, suffering from the disease for around a decade, was in late stages in 2019

8. Stella Stevens: 83, retired in 2010, possibly due to dementia, has been suffering from it for years. DEAD, 2023

9. Donald Sterling: 88, dementia for atleast 8 years + cancer.

10. Greg "Fingers" Taylor: Only 70, but suffering from dementia for more than 8 years and has been in late stages for years. DEAD, 2023

[arghton 6,775]

On 13/09/2022 at 22:11, Gisooo said:

Greek actor Kostas Kazakos (Wiki), who played Agamemnon in 1977 film Iphigenia alongside Irene Papas, dead at 87

 

He was also husband of Greek legendary actress Tzeni Karezi

Zahos Hadjifotiou (Greek wiki) Greek businessman, journalist and writer dead at 99 after a lengthy hospitalisation.

 

Also the first husband of Tzeni Karezi. Dead only a few weeks after the death of Karezi's second husband and widower.

[Grimgrass 514]

On 04/09/2021 at 20:28, arghton said:

Outi Heiskanen (1937-) Artist, end-stage alzheimer's

Outi Heiskanen dead at 85.

[gcreptile 10,986]

Turkish singer Onur Sener has died after being attacked during a concert, for singing a song that this "fan" didn't like:

https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/offenbar-streit-um-musikwunsch-gaeste-toeten-saenger-a-f70415fe-8f84-4f72-8b80-f8ad373eae2f

[Youth in Asia 1,087]

I just randomly saw the famous Czech TV and voice actress and general celebrity Jirina Bohdalova, while walking around a department store in Prague. She is a big name here and I was surprised to find out she is 91, anyway she seems in fairly good shape and hopefully won't be bothering the scorers for a while yet.

[maryportfuncity 10,662]

On 29/06/2016 at 16:50, Ankou said:

I only know Adriano Celentano as a singer. Forgot about Franco Nero. Didn't even know he was still alive.

 

 

So, was Googling Celentano - last mentioned hereabouts over six years back, largely because the "classic" below is coming to a cult radio show near you very soon. Actually hysterically funny once you suss the whole thing is a protest song packed with lyrics that sound like English to native Italian speakers and he's taking a sideswipe at Italian record buyers for filling their native charts with American songs when they don't understand half of them, the last laugh being that many of the people who bought the American, and British records put this song at #5 in the Italian charts, it also did well in Holland, Belgium and France. Rant over, but thought I'd drag his name back because he's coming up 85 in January. 

 

 

 

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22 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said:

 

 

So, was Googling Celentano - last mentioned hereabouts over six years back, largely because the "classic" below is coming to a cult radio show near you very soon. Actually hysterically funny once you suss the whole thing is a protest song packed with lyrics that sound like English to native Italian speakers and he's taking a sideswipe at Italian record buyers for filling their native charts with American songs when they don't understand half of them, the last laugh being that many of the people who bought the American, and British records put this song at #5 in the Italian charts, it also did well in Holland, Belgium and France. Rant over, but thought I'd drag his name back because he's coming up 85 in January. 

 

 

 

Its been getting attention on Twitter lately, and every now and again someone mentions this 'Triffic' version from Mike Reid.

 

[drol 12,004]

Often discussed sociologist Bruno Latour dead at 75.

[drol 12,004]

Notice big names of French sociology like Edgar Morin and Alain Touraine are still going strong at 101 and 97 respectively.

[Perhaps 1,425]

Guardian QO for Latour -

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/09/bruno-latour-french-philosopher-anthropologist-dies

[Slackhurst Broadcasting 374]

One for Adriano Celentano fans:

 

 

Theme song from Mario Bava's The Girl Who Knew Too Much.

[Spade_Cooley 9,552]

On 09/10/2022 at 10:20, drol said:

Often discussed sociologist Bruno Latour dead at 75.

 

Always preferred his brief foray into experimental rave: