arghton 6,756 Posted October 10, 2022 Going through pages of Finnish people born 1912-1929 on the English wikipedia. Defintely still living people in bold Hans Metzger (1912-?, Dead) German-Finnish diplomat, German media attache in Finland from 1933 to 1944. Definitely dead as he'd have to be a supercentenarian now but his death date is not known. In the "men centenarians" category on Wiki. Needs more research, likely died between 1986 and 2009. Eino Virtanen (1914-1966) Footballer and ice hockey player, last known to have been alive in 1943. Mentioned dead in a book in 2017. Paavo Virtanen (1915-1998) Footballer. His grave is known, died in 1998. Olavi Katajisto (1916-2004) Chess player who played for Finland in the 1953 Chess Olympiad. Death date unknown. Jorma Vesterinen (1918-1980) Chess player, playes for Finland in the 1954 Chess Olympiad. Death date unknown. Zeyd Ahsen Böre (1920-1984) 40s ice hockey player and son of famous Tatar imam and publisher Zinnetullah Ahsen Böre. According to his geni page he died in 1984. Sinikka Luja-Penttilä (1924-2022) Former Minister of Social Affairs and Health. Known to still be alive but hasn't appeared in public in ages. Taisto Tähkämaa (1924-) Former Minister of Defence. His English wikipedia doesn't have an exact birthdate but he was born on the 11th of December 1924. Living but has lived in a care home for multiple years. Siiri Rantanen (1924-2023) Olympic cross-country skier and 1956 gold medalist. One leg amputated in January 2021 due to an infection and lives in a care home. Jaakko Valtanen (1925-2024) General, Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces 1983-1990. Used to be very active but I haven't heard of anything about him in around a year. Eero Yrjölä (1925-2010) Diplomat and ambassador to Czechoslovakia. Seems to have died 2010 and has a grave in Iitti. Hilkka Kinnunen (1925-) Opera prima donna and ancient 40s, 50s Finnish actress who is still going strong, has outlived nearly all other 40s Finnish actors. Jutta Zilliacus (1925-) Former Member of Parliament and businesswoman. Has gotten frailer in recent years. Freddy Ehrström (1925-) Sailor who competed in the 1960 olympics. Heikki Hasu (1926-) Olympic gold medalist 1948 and 1952 and later a Member of Parliament. Will not die off radar and was still active and in great health a few years ago. Erik Bruun (1926-) Graphic designer, still working. Maunu Kurkvaara (1926-2023) Director legend and initiator of the "new wave of Finnish cinema" inspired by the French New Wave, living but I have no idea how he's doing. Osmo Lares (1926-) Minor name, diplomat. Carl Olof Tallgren (1927-2024) Former Minister of Finance. Aira Samulin (1927-2023) Dance teacher and entrepreneur, still very active. Survived a stroke a few years ago and severe flu this year. Pirkko Korkee (1927-) Cross-country skier Pentti Hämäläinen (1927-) Bandy player in the 1952 olympics Erik Hellqvist (1927-2004) Diplomat, died in 2004 according to his tombstone Aimo Vartiainen (1927-2023) Alpine skier in the 1948 olympics. Eero Lohi (1927-2023) Pentathlete, 1960 olympics Elsi Hetemäki-Olander (1927-2023) Former Member of Parliament and two-time President of the Nordic Council. Tauno Honkanen (1927-2023) Military patrol 1948 olympics Eeva Kilpi (1928-) Feminist poet. Said that her "life is completed" in 2003, but still writing and active. Unable to attend a lifetime event ceremony in 2023 due to health reasons. Eva Hög (1928-2023) Cross-country skier in the 1960 olympics. Rainer Pelkonen (1928-) 1952 summer olympics hurdler Raimo Ilaskivi (1928-) Former Lord Mayor of Helsinki and a kind of gray eminence of the National Coalition Party. Caregiver of his wife but doing fine himself. Nils Henriksson (1928-2023) 1952 summer olympics cyclist. Osmo Väinölä (1928-2024) Diplomat. Eero Saari (1928-2023) early 1950s ice hockey player who represented the Finnish National Team, quite frail now. Matti Jokinen (1928-1999) footballer, Finnish National Football Team Helge Törn (1928-2022) Olympic cyclist, 1952. Tellervo Koivisto (1929-) First Lady 1982-1994. Pekka Alonen (1929-2023) Alpine skier, 1952 olympics Caj Bremer (1929-) Photographer Viktor Ahven (1929-2013) Olympic wrestler. Pentti Raaskoski (1929-2014) 50s sprint canoer Pekka Ristola (1929-2008) Skier. Pentti Virrankoski (1929-2023) Historian and author. Erkki Pystynen (1929-) Former Member and Speaker of the Parliament. Pekka Kupiainen (1929-2019) Footballer, died in 2019, obituary published in a local paper. Heikki Hakola (1929-2016) 1960 olympic wrestler. I wonder how many of these fifties sportspeople are dead already. Suprised so many have Wikipedia pages. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted October 10, 2022 1 hour ago, arghton said: Going through pages of Finnish people born 1912-1929 on the English wikipedia. Defintely still living people in bold Hans Metzger (1912-?) German-Finnish diplomat, German media attache in Finland from 1933 to 1944. Definitely dead as he'd have to be a supercentenarian now but his death date is not known. In the "men centenarians" category on Wiki. Needs more research, likely died between 1986 and 2009. Eino Virtanen (1914-?, Dead) Footballer and ice hockey player, last known to have been alive in 1943. Mentioned dead in a book in 2017. Paavo Virtanen (1915-1998) Footballer. His grave is known, died in 1998. Olavi Katajisto (1916-?) Chess player who played for Finland in the 1953 Chess Olympiad. Death date unknown. Jorma Vesterinen (1918-?) Chess player, playes for Finland in the 1954 Chess Olympiad. Death date unknown. Why are you getting into the habit of listing people who we already know are deceased? There are centenarian lists released for each country yearly. The Finnish one is completed to 1918 for men. We know all these people are dead. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,756 Posted October 11, 2022 Wikipedia didn't mention many of them as dead, turned up with a quick search of people not marked as dead. But yes, safe to say Sinikka Luja-Penttilä is the oldest living Finnish person with an English wikipedia page. The minor Olympic competitors annoy me, no way they're all still alive. There are a few notable ones born 1918-1924 who don't have English wikipedia pages but who I know are still alive: Ilmari Koppinen (1918, runner, WWII veteran with quite an interesting story), Eeri Hyrkkö (1922-2022, longtime Centre Party influencer and local politician), Tuomas Haapanen (1924, violinist), Holger Thesleff (1924-2023, philologist, historian, author of Studies in Plato’s Two-level Model), Satu Tiivola (1924-2023, businesswoman), Ele Alenius (1925-2022, former leader of political party SKDL, former Minister), Heimo Linna (1925-2022, two-time Agriculture Minister) I've mentioned a few of these before but atleast Tuomas Haapanen I've never mentioned before. Deserves a mention here, one of the most known Finnish violinists ever, former Rector of the Turku Music Institute and the Sibelius Academy. And the teacher of, for example, Elina Vähälä who performed at the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DoorSlammer 563 Posted October 11, 2022 14 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: There are centenarian lists released for each country yearly. The Finnish one is completed to 1918 for men. We know all these people are dead. Excuse me for asking, but where can I find those lists? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted October 11, 2022 9 minutes ago, DoorSlammer said: Excuse me for asking, but where can I find those lists? They're posted on the 110 Club forum by gerontologists. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,756 Posted October 12, 2022 On 04/09/2021 at 20:28, arghton said: 43. Anja Hatakka/Geissbuhler (1938-) Actress, in a wheelchair Anja Geissbühler/Hatakka (imdb), now also the last living actor of The Unknown Soldier (1955) lost her ability to walk and nearly her whole ability to talk due to unknown causes around 1980 in Switzerland and has been in hospital or care homes since. I knew she was in ill health and wheelchairbound but I wasn't aware that she's been ill for such a long time. 85 next year. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grimgrass 514 Posted October 13, 2022 On 10/10/2021 at 20:26, arghton said: Paula Koivuniemi (1947-) Performing since 1966 Koivuniemi announces retirement: https://www.is.fi/musiikki/art-2000009128950.html 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted October 13, 2022 On 10/10/2022 at 22:12, arghton said: Going through pages of Finnish people born 1912-1929 on the English wikipedia. Defintely still living people in bold *snip* Osmo Lares (1926-) Minor name, diplomat. *snip* Lares appears on this 2015 list of living Finnish Freemasons. Says he's resident in Helsinki. So likely living? 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,756 Posted October 13, 2022 On 03/06/2022 at 23:23, arghton said: Last time I heard of Abdel Rahman Abou Zahra, he was apparently (again) deteriorating. Incredibly tough guy. Mentioning that Egyptian actor, MMMDP pick this year Abdel Rahman Abou Zahra was eventually discharged and seems to have made some kind of a recovery. He bounced in and out of ICU and critical condition for months for the first half of this year, originally was in ICU with covid in January, discharged, then hospitalised, critical and intubated in ICU after a hip fracture and a stomach infection in March, needed a delicate surgery and discharged after two months, days later hospitalised in critical condition with lung complications and hepatitis C. It's a miracle he's still alive. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted October 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, arghton said: Mentioning that Egyptian actor, MMMDP pick this year Abdel Rahman Abou Zahra was eventually discharged and seems to have made some kind of a recovery. He bounced in and out of ICU and critical condition for months for the first half of this year, originally was in ICU with covid in January, discharged, then hospitalised, critical and intubated in ICU after a hip fracture and a stomach infection in March, needed a delicate surgery and discharged after two months, days later hospitalised in critical condition with lung complications and hepatitis C. It's a miracle he's still alive. Yep, I followed his news every day. Probably the highest hospitalisation rate for a period I've ever seen. And he recovered! Strong immortal potential. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,378 Posted October 16, 2022 Czech actor Josef Somr (Wiki), who played the role of the libidinous train dispatcher Hubička in Jiří Menzel's Oscar-winning 1966 film Closely Watched Trains dead at 88 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,964 Posted October 16, 2022 If you are sad Satya Mohan Joshi is gone and you desperately need a substitute for "cranky old Nepali writer" here's Chittaranjan Nepali (wiki), 91 year old author who peaked in the 50s. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,756 Posted October 16, 2022 47 minutes ago, drol said: If you are sad Satya Mohan Joshi is gone and you desperately need a substitute for "cranky old Nepali writer" here's Chittaranjan Nepali (wiki), 91 year old author who peaked in the 50s. The oldest Nepali personality with an English wikipedia page as far as I know is now Bishwa Bandhu Thapa, doyen of Nepal's politics and member of Nepal's first parliament 1959-1960. "Only" 95 and still very active. Here's a picture taken a couple of months ago: In addition to Chittaranjan Nepali and Bishwa Bandhu Thapa I think the only other living Nepali nonagenarian is Queen Ratna. Mahananda Poudyal, not sure if he's Indian or Nepali. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CastAway 488 Posted October 18, 2022 There are some rumors on Twitter and Reddit that the 8 dead in the Evin prison fire is just the tip of the iceberg, and the Iranian regime is waiting on the protests to die down (good luck) before announcing more names. Given the people imprisoned there, this could get ugly, and fast. In more Evin news, rock climber Elnaz Rekabi, who competed without a hijab, has gone missing: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/18/fears-for-iranian-climber-elnaz-rekabi-after-she-competed-in-seoul-without-a-hijab Iran says she's on her way home to Iran, rumors abound that she's to be imprisoned in Evin once she gets there. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grimgrass 514 Posted October 19, 2022 On 10/04/2022 at 21:32, arghton said: https://www.seiska.fi/Kotimaa/Kuolemansairas-Jorma-Kalevi-ottaa-riskin-lentaessaan-Suomeen-ei-voinut-menna-Kanarialla Finnish schlager singer Jorma Kalevi, 75, "King of the Canary Islands" who used to live in Spain is suffering from pulmonary fibrosis and I've been thinking of mentioning him here because he's now been "dying" for the three years and there's been more or less 500 articles about him being terminally ill in the Finnish tabloids. While he's been "dying" at a slow pace before, now he needs oxygen nearly all the time and says that he's "close to death" and "feels how the thread he's hanging on by is getting thinner". Looks death warmed up but he said that he'll die soon last year and the year before that. He's not really famous anywhere as far as I know, I'd say he's FFBI as he's more known for suffering from a terminal illness but his death will be mentioned in those tabloids. Jorma Kalevi dead at 76. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,964 Posted October 20, 2022 Tsin Ting, Chinese actress picked here and there, dead at 88. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,756 Posted October 22, 2022 On 04/09/2021 at 20:28, arghton said: 15. Veli Seppä, art forger reported to be dying in 2019, 73 Finnish art forger, pool pick Veli Seppä dying again, but this time he isn't "dying", he's probably actually dying: https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/c8137a0a-729b-4ef2-97cc-b517723220f0 He's had lung cancer since 2011, reported to be terminal and "on borrowed time" in 2019. He's been hospitalised for two weeks now and getting worse very quickly, but says that he still smokes and "this isn't hospice yet". 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chel 376 Posted October 23, 2022 Galina Pisarenko, Soviet and Russian opera singer, People's Artist of the RSFSR, passed away on 23 October 2022. She was 88 years old. https://www.classicalmusicnews.ru/news/skonchalas-galina-pisarenko/ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,756 Posted October 25, 2022 On 26/09/2022 at 02:25, arghton said: 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. Aira Samulin seemingly completely recovered (again). Picture from two days ago, made an appearance at the Finnish version of Strictly Come Dancing: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,756 Posted November 2, 2022 China's CCTV has been producing a series on elderly Chinese famous/mildly interesting people. Called "My Home and My Country" or something similar, in Chinese 吾家吾国. Trying to make some kind of a list of those people interviewed... 30 Sept 2021: Lu Yuanjiu, 1920-2023, physicist 2 Nov 2021: Zheng Xiaoying, b. 1929, conductor, first woman to be a known conductor in China 3 Nov 2021: Luan Enjie, b. 1940, Administrator of China National Space Administration 1998-2004 and politician. No English wikipedia page but has a Wikidata page. 4 Nov 2021: Chang Shana, b. 1931, painter best known for participating in the design of the Great Hall of the People, Cultural Palace of Nationalities, and the Museum of the Communist Party of China 5 Nov 2021: Yue Daiyun, b. 1931, author and professor. No English wikipedia page. ... 1 Jan 2022: Ye Shuhua, b. 1927, astronomer known for achieving one of the world's most precise measurements of Universal Time in the 1960s, and for establishing the very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) and satellite laser ranging (SLR) techniques in China. 4 Jan 2022: Wang Pinxian, b. 1935, marine geologist. 5 Jan 2022: Zheng Zhenxiang, 1929-2024, archaeologist who excavated the Bronze Age tomb of Fuhao. 1 Feb 2022: Lan Tianye 1927-2022, screen and stage actor. Died from pancreatic cancer months after the interview. 2 Feb 2022: Wang Zhenyi, b. 1924, pathophysiologist and hematologist who discovered a cure for acute promyelocytic leukemia. 3 Feb 2022: Du Xiangwan, b. 1938, nuclear physicist 5 Feb 2022: Ye Minghan, b. 1925, physicist in the field of high energy physics 6 Feb 2022: Pan Jiluan, 1927-2022, scientist and politician ... 30 Apr 2022: Wang Yongzhi, b. 1932, aerospace scientist notable for serving as the general architect and designer of China's Shenzhou program from 1992 to 2006 overseeing the first six Shenzhou missions 1 May 2022: Lu Jianming, b. 1935 and Ma Zhen, b. 1938, linguists and professors, academic couple. 2 May 2022: Chen Hesheng, b. 1946, physicist and politician. 3 May 2022: Ren Jizhou, b. 1924, agricultural scientist and author. 4 May 2022: Wang Xiaotang, b. 1934, actress, screenplay writer, politician and PLA Major General. ... 5 June 2022: Li Zonghao, b. 1950?, physician who studied under Peter Safar. ... 1 Oct 2022: Qian Qihu, b. 1937, military engineer. 2 Oct 2022: Shen Zhongfang, b. 1934, aircraft designer. 3 Oct 2022: Wei Jiang-Chun, b. 1931, lichenologist and mycologist 4 Oct 2022: Ma Shitu, b. 1915, politician and author. 5 Oct 2022: Sun Ji, b. 1929, cultural relic scientist and archaeologist 6 Oct 2022: Kuang Tingyun, b. 1934, botanist. Some of the videos can be seen here on youtube. Most of them look fine, including Pan Jiluan, suprised he died so soon after the interview. The frailest ones are in my opinion Wang Yongzhi (would've thought he was years older), Ye Minghan and Lu Yuanjiu. For example Wang Zhenyi is impressive. Although he walks with a stick he still seems to be working at almost 98, very sharp and has a computer at home. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted November 4, 2022 On 30/03/2022 at 17:29, arghton said: *snip* Uzzi Ornan (1923-) Israeli linguist. *snip* Uzzi Ornan (wiki) dead at 99. First death notice on this page is him. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grimgrass 514 Posted November 4, 2022 (edited) On 04/09/2021 at 20:28, arghton said: Iiro Viinanen (1944-) Former Minister, parkinson's for over 20 years Picture from two days back: Spoiler Edited November 4, 2022 by Grimgrass Put the pic on spoilers. Was on mobile when posting this and didn't realise it was this big. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,964 Posted November 4, 2022 Italian legendary director Pupi Avati hospitalised after heart attack. Turned 84 yesterday. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,378 Posted November 4, 2022 Norwegian veteran actor Toralv Maurstad (Wiki) of films, television and theater dead at 95 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,756 Posted November 6, 2022 Saw Finnish actor Ilkka Heiskanen (imdb) on the television today. Longtime smoker and drinker who suffers from COPD and a few months ago survived severe double pneumonia, doctors considered doing a tracheotomy on him He's still acting but looks very thin and sounds frail, only 60. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
