Foreign Personalities, From Stage, Screen, Politics And Life

[wildstorm 297]

10 minutes ago, drol said:

Gaston Glock dead at 94.

no one dies like Gaston

meets their demise like Gaston

[La Tombe 353]

On 13/04/2022 at 13:30, Lafaucheuse said:

Legendary french actor Michel Bouquet dead at 95

 

+1 for my french team 

French actress Juliette Carré, the widow of Michel Bouquet dies at 90, just more than one year and half after his death :

https://www.lematin.ch/story/france-veuve-de-michel-bouquet-juliette-carre-est-decedee-103008199

[Kenny 283]

16 minutes ago, La Tombe said:

French actress Juliette Carré, the widow of Michel Bouquet dies at 90, just more one year and half after his death :

https://www.lematin.ch/story/france-veuve-de-michel-bouquet-juliette-carre-est-decedee-103008199

 

[Sean 6,310]

3 hours ago, drol said:

Gaston Glock dead at 94.

Thought he had his own thread years ago.

[Lafaucheuse 4,043]

Delors' death comes as a timely surprise as I just had 8 hits on my french list this year. So 17 names to take off my list. That was hard as most of them were A-listers, quite frail and really old. Here is a quick recap of those I let go and why so : 

 

- Hugues Aufray (b. 1929) : the legendary crooner just got married this summer at 94. Still touring, Think he has some more times even if he was hospitalized a month ago for some broken ribs and dental problems

- Anne Aymone-Giscard d'Estaing (b. 1934) : still here and there and seemingly in fine health as one can say by this photo with her daughter… Valérie-Anne Giscard d'Estaing (great imagination for the name) 

- Pierre Joliot (b. 1932) and Hélène Langevin Joliot (b. 1927) : the nonagenarian Curie's grandchildren and famous scientific both appeared quite healthy those last months, giving interviews and conferences here and there

- Judith Magre (b. 1926) : the legendary actress just co-signed Depardieu's support tribune which makes me think she's still up to date and committed. Appeared some months ago in an interview and looked and sounded really fine. One of the most best-looking 97 yo I've seen in a while.

- Pierre Nora (b. 1931) : the historian and academician still gives interview, looks and sounds amazingly well here for example. A wasted pick.

- Mona Ozouf (b. 1931) : the historian and philosopher just received a prize in Britain and was pictured here, and here in september. Looks frail but not at death's door and still gives interview and everything. Not sure about this one drop though… 

 

Those I kept are the frailest of them all : 

- Anouk Aimée (b. 1932) : the Un Homme, Une Femme, La Dolce Vita and Lola actress is looking particularly frail in this photo from this summer

- Yvon Gattaz (b. 1925) : the 98yo businessman is looking rough here. But still able to stand and assist to his foundation prize ceremony

- François Cheng (b. 1929) : academician and author who looked almost dead for some years, as you can see from this picture of 2019. Though still giving interview and working apparently. But so did Hélène Carrère d'Encausse…

- Geneviève de Gallard-Terraube (b. 1925) : the Angel of Dien Bien Phu is looking extremely frail these days. 

 

Maybe it'll give some of you some ideas for a theme team or other lists (Cf. Book…)  

[arghton 6,695]

21 hours ago, drol said:

Gaston Glock dead at 94.

Finally. One of those perennially frail/decrepit types who I'd already dropped as he never seemed to die.

 

I can name three living major firearm designers:

 

1) George Kellgren (1943) Kel-Tec founder who designed the notorious TEC-9 known for movie appearances, being a weapon-of-choice of organized crime groups and one of the weapons used by the Columbine perpetrators.

2) Leroy James Sullivan (1933) Most notably one of the two or three designers of the ArmaLite AR-15 but also Stoner 63, Ruger Mini-14, Ultimax 100 and Ruger M77.

3) Ronnie Barrett (1954) Father of the Barrett M82 that's still used by more or less half of the functioning armies in the world.

 

There's also cartridge designer JD Jones (1936) who's a very minor name but old and massive in size.

 

 

Edit, my yearly very unofficial self-made "Finnish list" is here.

Spoiler

1. Olga Temonen (46, Actress, soap opera star)

2. Juhani Palmu (80, flammable artist)

3. Lenita Airisto (87, Businesswoman and beauty pageant winner)

4. Mika Immonen (52, Pool player, "The Iceman")

5. Ilkka Kuusisto (91, Composer)

6. Armi Kuusela (90, Miss Universe 1952)

7. Heikki Hasu (98, Nordic skier 1948 gold medalist and politician)

8. Antero Laukkanen (66, former Member of Parliament)

9. Taisto Tähkämaa (100, Political relic and former Minister of Defence)

10. Raimo Ilaskivi (96, unsinkable NCP stalwart and former Lord Mayor of Helsinki)

11. Anssi Kukkonen (90, legendary sportscaster)

12. Rauno Aaltonen (85, rally driver)

13. Remu Aaltonen (76, Hurriganes rockstar)

14. Jutta Zilliacus (99, journalist, former parliament member of the Swedish People's Party)

15. Astrid Swan (42, Musician and singer)

16. Pekka Vennamo (80, failed leader of the Rural Party)

17. Heikki Hietamies (91, journalist and author)

18. Kisu Jernström (73, musician)

19. Jon Vikström (93, Archbishop)

20. Antti Törmänen (54, Ice hockey player, coach and olympician)

21. Roy Harkimo (68, politician)

22. Pentti Salmi (96, sportscaster)

23. Juhani Aaltonen (89, Jazz musician)

24. Juhani Aaltola (82, professor and Aaltola family patriarch)

29. Riitta Uosukainen (82, Counsellor of State)

30. Yrjö Paulow (96, Kauppaneuvos and businessman)

31. Reijo Oras (79, Art dealer)

32. Jaakko Iloniemi (92, Political grey eminence)

33. Jermu Laine (93, former Minister of trade)

34. Jaakko Valtanen (99, General)

35. Eero Aarnio (92, designer of those chairs)

36. Kaj Chydenius (85, legendary composer)

37. Ilmari Koppinen (106, masters athlete)

38. Tellervo Koivisto (95, former First Lady)

39. Yrjö Saraste (100, blogger)

40. Simo Lampinen (81, Rally driver)

41. Elisabeth Rehn (89, politician and diplomat defeated by Ahtisaari)

42. Taina Elg (94, actress)

43. Enzo Pulkkinen (62, musician with bad habits)

44. Pappa/Jorma Saahko (89, covid social media star)

45. Leif Segerstam (80, composer)

46. Ilkka Heiskanen (62, actor)

47. Hannes Tuovinen (100, common face in the news nowadays)

48. Erik Bruun (98, artist)

49. Antti Aarnio-Wihuri (84, businessman)

50. Andy McCoy (62, drug-addicted Hanoi Rocker)

 

[Gisooo 3,297]

On 04/04/2022 at 19:33, Gisooo said:

Norway

Elsa Lystad (Wiki) - born 1930

Rut Tellefsen (Wiki) - born 1930

Unni Bernhoft (Wiki) - born 1933

Bente Borsum (Wiki) - born 1934

Henny Moan (Wiki) - born 1936

Kari Simonsen (Wiki) - born 1937

Liv Ullmann (Wiki) - born 1938

Anita Thallaug (Wiki) - born 1938

Berit Kullander (Wiki) - born 1938

Monna Tandberg (Wiki) - born 1939

Lise Fjeldstad (Wiki) - born 1939

 

Norwegian veteran actress Elsa Lystad (Wiki) dead at 93

 

Honored with a Leonard Statuette and Amanda Honorary Award

 

[TomTomTelekom 3,727]

Peruvian rocker Pedro Suarez-Vertiz died at 54 years:

https://www.infobae.com/peru/2023/09/27/cual-es-el-estado-de-salud-de-pedro-suarez-vertiz/

He was known as the frontman for the band Arena Hash, as well as for his solo releases.

[Kenny 283]

11 hours ago, Gisooo said:

 

Norwegian veteran actress Elsa Lystad (Wiki) dead at 93

 

Honored with a Leonard Statuette and Amanda Honorary Award

 

 

Norway's Dot Cotton?

[Gisooo 3,297]

Just now, Kenny said:

 

Norway's Dot Cotton?

 

Idiot

[Kenny 283]

3 minutes ago, Gisooo said:

 

Idiot

 

I just love winding up humorless retards!

[Gisooo 3,297]

8 minutes ago, Kenny said:

 

I just love winding up humorless retards!

 

a piece of ignorant who comments in every place for nothing, be more useful for the forum, you moron

[drol 11,912]

9 minutes ago, Kenny said:

 

I just love winding up humorless retards!

You are pretty winded up in fact.

[Kenny 283]

Just now, drol said:

You are pretty winded up in fact.

 

The past tense of wind is wound, old fart!

[Kenny 283]

3 minutes ago, Gisooo said:

 

a piece of ignorant who comments in every place for nothing, be more useful for the forum, you moron

 

You can't even write insults grammatically!

[Gisooo 3,297]

2 minutes ago, Kenny said:

 

You can't even write insults grammatically!

 

Well, at least I can write this properly

 

FUCK YOU!

[drol 11,912]

You are the most facepalmed cunt on this forum. That quite speaks for itself, but once in a while someone must remind you you are a cunt and the worst poster around.

[Kenny 283]

4 minutes ago, drol said:

You are the most facepalmed cunt on this forum. That quite speaks for itself, but once in a while someone must remind you you are a cunt and the worst poster around.

 

I could not give a toss about the sad losers, especially you, who take this site seriously.

[Gisooo 3,297]

1 minute ago, Kenny said:

 

I could not give a toss about the sad losers, especially you, who take this site eriously.

 

You can't even write words grammatically! 

[Ali 20]

3 minutes ago, Kenny said:

 

I could not give a toss about the sad losers, especially you, who take this site seriously.

Then what buisness do you have here?

[Kenny 283]

6 minutes ago, Gisooo said:

 

You can't even write words grammatically! 

 

I made a spelling error which I corrected quickly.

 

You are too stupid  to know the difference between spelling and grammar.

[Kenny 283]

1 minute ago, Ali said:

Then what buisness do you have here?

 

Winding up the earnest ghouls is good sport but, after only 16 posts, why do you even care?

 

 

[Ali 20]

1 minute ago, Kenny said:

 

Winding up the earnest ghouls is good sport but, after only 16 posts, why do you even care?

 

 

The fuck did I just read,

.Anyone know what he is trying to say?

[Neol Edmunds 73]

On 27/12/2023 at 18:16, drol said:

Gaston Glock dead at 94.

 

And doubtless lots of death duties avoided.

[Kenny 283]

19 minutes ago, drol said:

You are the most facepalmed cunt on this forum. That quite speaks for itself, but once in a while someone must remind you you are a cunt and the worst poster around.

 

Thanks for the compliment!

 

You celebrate the deaths of those who suffered appalling and painful illnesses? So who  is the real cunt?