The 100 Club

[Donald 182]

Ruthie Tompson is a week away from her 111th birthday.

[JQW 281]

Italian composer Ceclia Seghezzi lived to 111. She seems to be somewhat obscure, though, as I've not manged to find recordings of any of her works.

[JQW 281]

Huey Long of The Ink Spots lived to 105. However it seems he was only in the group for a few months in 1945, and left the group when founding member Charlie Fuqua returned from a stint in the US Army.

[arghton 6,725]

Indian ancient politician and veteran communist party member and last of the nine founders of the CPIM according to some (all the others have been dead for 10+ years as it was founded in 1964) N. Sankaraiah got to 100 two days ago:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/veteran-communist-sankaraiah-turns-100-today/article35333382.ece

In great health, can still stand and walk.

[arghton 6,725]

On 27/07/2020 at 17:26, msc said:

I think most of us think the Cmme will jump on Sir Captain Tom Moore given half the chance (ooer), and from the notable ancient but not 100 yet squad Aaron Beck (creator of CBT therapy), Glynis Johns and astronaut Chuck Yeager strike me as having DL potential, but I think they'll start looking at that mass of names in the 1928-31 period soon instead of picking up B listers still standing from the 1910-22 period. IMO.

Aaron T. Beck is 100 today.

2019:

[drol 11,945]

On 25/02/2021 at 22:44, Ulitzer95 said:

Sharubutu in the news again. Ghana has been considering the legalisation of homosexual relations between consenting adults.

Unsurprisingly he's been pressuring the Ghanaian Government to uphold the criminal code which forbids it.

Seems to be pretty active still for someone who is (allegedly) 102 in 2 months.

Conducting sermons with his surgical face mask on. My sister has COVID at the moment. I'll go ask if she fancies a wee trip to Ghana for "essential travel purposes". 
 

Sharubutu's son Abubakar is dead.

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On 16/07/2021 at 02:38, Vinegar Tits said:

Other than the currently living Mary Ward

Centenarian actress Mary Ward no longer living:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9801497/Veteran-actress-Prisoner-star-Mary-Ward-dies-peacefully-aged-106.html

[Ulitzer95 12,594]

Marsha Hunt (b. 1917) now the oldest living actor/actress? 

[Lafaucheuse 4,046]

Renee Simonot’s death is quite touching : besides being one of the key figures of this site since a few years and being the oldest living actress at the time of her death, her passing occured  exactly while Catherine Deneuve was publicly acclaimed at Cannes. It was Deneuve’s first public appearance since her stroke last year (She looked really well btw) and everyone was looking forward to her presence. Before she knew her mother has died, she said (as it’s related in this article) that it was her most emotional Canne Festival ever : the up-and-downs must have felt terrible for her that day and It indeed must have been the most emotional festival of her Life...

[The Daredevil 1,189]

14 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Marsha Hunt (b. 1917) now the oldest living actor/actress? 

Perhaps Urho Harkola (b. 1911) is now the oldest living actor?

[Ulitzer95 12,594]

14 minutes ago, The Daredevil said:

Perhaps Urho Harkola (b. 1911) is now the oldest living actor?

He's dead. The oldest living Finnish man was born in 1914 (and the oldest living Finnish woman was born in 1912)...

[arghton 6,725]

On 20/07/2021 at 01:05, Ulitzer95 said:

He's dead. The oldest living Finnish man was born in 1914 (and the oldest living Finnish woman was born in 1912)...

The Finnish wikipedia has a ton of these people known for, as one example writing poems/books/else in the 1940s/1950s, died in the 1960s/70s/80s after which they've been mostly forgotten by others than their families, only to be granted a wikipedia page because they were mentioned in a "who's who" sixty years ago.

 

Probably worst case of these forgotten deaths was Kurt Westerholm, the Finnish president's chief of staff 1958-1966. No 100th birthday confirmation but someone on wikipedia marked him as a centenarian (his 100th would've been in March 2020), later in December turns out he died in 1973, 47 years ago...

 

I'll try to make a list of these likely deceased Finnish "centenarians" below:

Edit: No need, someone has cleaned this wiki page: https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luokka:Yli_satavuotiaiksi_eläneet_suomalaiset

 

The four living notable Finnish centenarians notable enough to get a Finnish wiki are:

 

Astrid Qvist (1912-2022) Notable for being Finland's oldest person since December 2020.

Ilmari Koppinen (b. 1918) Runner and professor. Still active and breaking records as of this month: https://www.sss.fi/2021/07/urheiluhistoriaa-salolaisesta-103-vuotiaasta-ilmari-koppisesta-tuli-suomen-vanhin-urheilusuorituksen-tehnyt-ihminen/

Article about Koppinen becoming the oldest athlete ever in Finland.

Keijo Virtamo (1919-2021) Encyclopedist, also notable for being the last living veteran from the "Ässärykmentti" regiment during WWII. Newest article about him is from december, he'll be 102 on the 8th of next month.

Paavo V. Suominen (1920-2022) Businessman, founder of Huurre. I posted a picture of him some months ago taken on his 101th.

[msc 18,441]

@Ulitzer95 Victor Ross of the Readers Digest who we both noted at some point (He was on my long list when he got past 100 and he's on your Who's Who list) is dead. I found a Times obit from June while doing some longlist tidying there.

 

Victor Ross, 101: Reader’s Digest chairman who reached 1.5m monthly sales | Readers' Lives | The Times

 

Escaped Nazi Germany, worked his way up from copy writer to chairman and turned the Digest into a massive selling thing via direct marketing and snapping up publishing rights to stuff like David Attenboroughs books in serial format. 

 

I like the Times line that:

 

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In retirement Victor collected autographed first editions and wrote crisp letters to The Times...

 

[Ulitzer95 12,594]

On 20/07/2021 at 00:44, msc said:

@Ulitzer95 Victor Ross of the Readers Digest who we both noted at some point (He was on my long list when he got past 100 and he's on your Who's Who list) is dead. I found a Times obit from June while doing some longlist tidying there.

 

Victor Ross, 101: Reader’s Digest chairman who reached 1.5m monthly sales | Readers' Lives | The Times

 

Escaped Nazi Germany, worked his way up from copy writer to chairman and turned the Digest into a massive selling thing via direct marketing and snapping up publishing rights to stuff like David Attenboroughs books in serial format. 

 

I like the Times line that:

 

 

Thanks. Updated the Who's Who list I posted in Feb. Also scored off Dannatt, Lam, Christensen, Gutfreund and Wallace who have also died.

These names are useful for DDP purposes as quite a few will score QOs as unique picks.

Alexander Henry Hermann b. 1917 / Diplomat
Francis Jackson CBE b. 1917 / Organist and Master of the Music, York Minster, 1946–1982
Karl-Günther von Hase b. 1917 / German Ambassador to the UK, 1970–1977

Dame Frances Campbell-Preston b. 1918 / Lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother, 1965–2002
Sir Lloyd Geering CBE b. 1918 / New Zealand theologian
His Honour John David Hayman BEM b. 1918 / Circuit judge
Prof. Brenda Milner b. 1918 / Neuropsychologist / 2021 DDP unique pick
Joyce Reynolds b. 1918 / Classicist / 2021 DDP unique pick

Stanley James Clayton b. 1919 / Town Clerk of the City of London, 1974–1982
Emmanuel Evans-Anfom b. 1919 / Commissioner for Education and Culture in Ghana, 1978–1988
9th Viscount Falmouth b. 1919 / Hereditary peer and landowner, Member of the House of Lords, 1962–1999
Captain Alwyne Farquharson MC b. 1919 / Chief of Clan Farquharson and Scotland's oldest clan chief
Prof. James Lovelock CBE b. 1919 / Independent scientist known for coining the Gaia hypothesis / 2021 DDP pick
Sir Humphrey Moon, 7th Baronet b. 1919 / Aristocrat
Leslie Reid b. 1919 / Diplomat
William Good Robinson b. 1919 / Deputy Secretary, Department of the Civil Service, Northern Ireland, 1978–1980
Victor Ross b. 1919 / Chairman of Reader's Digest, 1978–1984
George Girdwood Stewart MC b. 1919 / Decorated veteran and Cairngorms conservationist

Diana Armfield b. 1920 / Artist / 2021 DDP unique pick
Colin Hinton Curtis b. 1920 / Chairman of the Metropolitan Public Abattoir Board, 1971–1981
John Cruickshank VC b. 1920 / Last living VC recipient from World War II / 2021 DDP pick
Prof. James Dannatt b. 1920 / Architect
Sir Patrick Duffy b. 1920 / MP, 1963–1966, 1970–1992
Edmond H. Fischer b. 1920 / American biochemist, Nobel laureate (1992)
Martin Philip Lam b. 1920 / Government official
Prof. Ian MacGillivray b. 1920 / Doctor, Dean of Medical Faculty, University of Aberdeen, 1976–1979
Sir Gerard Charles Peat b. 1920 / Chartered accountant, Partner, Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co.
Prof. C. R. Rao b. 1920 / Indian-American mathematician and statistician / 2021 DDP unique pick
21st Lord Saye and Sele b. 1920 / Hereditary peer and British Army officer, Member of the House of Lords, 1968–1999
George Shultz b. 1920 / U.S. Secretary of State, 1982–1989, of the Treasury, 1972–1974 and of Labor, 1969–1970 / 2021 DDP pick
Dr. Louis Siminovitch b. 1920 / Canadian molecular biologist
Robert Steel CBE b. 1920 / Secretary General, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, 1968–1985
Edward Toms b. 1920 / SAS veteran turned arts proprietor

Jens Christensen b. 1921 / Danish diplomat
Sir Michael A. Epstein CBE b. 1921 / Pathologist, co-discoverer of the Epstein–Barr virus / 2021 DDP unique pick
Prof. Herbert Gutfreund b. 1921 / Biochemist
Rev. Bernard Hall b. 1921 / Director, Society of Jesus, 2001–2004
Sir Archie Lamb b. 1921 / British Ambassador to Norway, 1978–1980 and Kuwait, 1974–1977
Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow b. 1921 / Senegalese educator, Director-General of UNESCO, 1974–1987
Wallace John Mackenzie OBE b. 1921 / Director, Slough Estates, 1972–1991
Dennis Moorcraft b. 1921 / Under-Secretary, Inland Revenue, 1975–1981
Prof. Walter Murgatroyd b. 1921 / Professor of Thermal Power
Norman Thomas CBE b. 1921 / HM Chief Inspector of Schools, 1973–1981
Geoffrey Graydon Tibbs OBE b. 1921 / Secretary of the Royal College of Physicians, 1968–1986
Sir Simon Towneley b. 1921 / Author and Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, 1976–1997
Albert Frederick Wallace CBE b. 1921 / Controller of Manpower, Greater London Council, 1978–1982

Mary Netterville Blake b. 1922 / Headmistress, Manchester High School for Girls, 1973–1985
Ronald Blythe CBE b. 1922 / Writer and essayist
Rear-Adm. Thomas Henry Bradbury b. 1922 / Royal Navy officer
Sir Arnold Burgen b. 1922 / Physician and pharmacologist
Sir William John Charnley b. 1922 / Aeronautical engineer
John Cormack b. 1922 / Civil servant
Roland Dumas b. 1922 / French lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1988–1993
Richard John Eden OBE b. 1922 / Theoretical physicist
Maj.-Gen. Robert Noel Evans b. 1922 / Postgraduate Dean & Commandment, Royal Army Medical College, 1979–1981
John B. Goodenough b. 1922 / American materials scientist, Nobel laureate (2019)
Sheikh Abdulrahman Al-Helaissi b. 1922 / Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, 1966–1976
Sir John Herbecq b. 1922 / Church Commissioner, 1982–1996
Sir Sydney Kentridge QC b. 1922 / South African-born British lawyer
Marianne Lutz b. 1922 / Headmistress, Sheffield High School for Girls, 1960–1983
Alexander Mair MBE b. 1922 / Chief Executive and Director, Grampian Television Ltd., 1970–1987
Alfred John Rosenfeld b. 1922 / Deputy Secretary, Department for Transport, 1979–1982
Robert Todd Rowland QC b. 1922 / Northern Irish county court judge
Alan Tomsett OBE b. 1922 / Director, Associated British Port Holdings Plc., 1983–1992
Maj.-Gen. Stuart Watson CBE b. 1922 / British Army officer
Yang Chen-Ning b. 1922 / Chinese theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate (1957)

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On 16/07/2021 at 10:12, Donald said:

Ruthie Tompson is a week away from her 111th birthday.

She did it 

[arghton 6,725]

Bhagirathi Amma, Indian woman who gained fame from getting praise from Narendra Mori for returning to education at the age of 105 and getting the Nari Shakti Puraskar in 2019 along with Karthyayani Amma dead at 107 or something less:

https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/kerala-s-oldest-student-bhageerathiyamma-107-passes-away-1.5851393

[Death Impends 7,969]

On 22/07/2021 at 13:29, Donald said:

She did it 

 

Some photos of Ruthie Tompson celebrating her 111th:

 

 

[Lafaucheuse 4,046]

5 minutes ago, Death Impends said:

 

Some photos of Ruthie Tompson celebrating her 111th:

 

 

Still look only 100... impressive  

[TomTomTelekom 3,727]

On 17/02/2021 at 00:04, WEP said:

German actor Herbert Köfer turns 100 today.

 

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/panorama/unverzagt-munter-der-aelteste-aktive-schauspieler-der-welt/26921854.html

 

Sources claim him "world's oldest active actor". Take this, Betty White!

 

Dead at 100 years: https://www.bild.de/regional/leipzig/leipzig-news/ddr-schauspieler-herbert-koefer-im-alter-von-100-jahren-gestorben-77190568.bild.html

[Ulitzer95 12,594]

On 27/07/2020 at 09:56, Ulitzer95 said:

With Kirk Douglas, Vera Lynn and Olivia De Havilland all dying in the same year, I think it's fair to say we've lost three of the most prominent centenarians in the world.

Got me thinking, who is the "most well known" centenarian now? This is very hard to measure of course, but by looking at those with the most non-English Wiki articles, here's a short list:

1 Edmond H. Fischer (41)
= James Lovelock (41)
3 Gottfried Bohm (33)
4 Lawrence Ferlinghetti (29)
5 Boris Pahor (25)
= Borys Paton (25)
7 Marsha Hunt (22)
= Pierre Soulages (22)
9 Norman Lloyd (21)
10 Captain Tom (19)
= Muazzez Ilmiye Cig (19)
= Beverly Cleary (19)
= Nehemiah Persoff (19)
14 Brenda Milner (18)
15 Ben Ferencz (17)
16 Josip Manolic (15)
= Renee Simonot (15)
18 Marge Champion (13)
19 Carmen Herrera (12)
= Robert Marchand (12)
21 Damian Iguacen Borau (11)
= Anne Buydens (11)

Not very scientific. Though can anyone think of any centenarians with international prominence not listed above?

A year tomorrow since I posted this. 11 dead, 11 still living.

Here's the new list of everyone aged 100+ with more than 10 Wiki articles. 25 names (as opposed to 22 last year). 12 out of 14 of the new names became centenarians in the last year.

Marsha Hunt (57)
Edmond H. Fischer (43)

James Lovelock (42)
Aaron T. Beck (29)
Boris Pahor (29)
Agnes Keleti (27)
C. R. Rao (26)
Edgar Morin (24)
Muazzez Ilmiye Cig (23)
Pierre Soulages (22)
Ben Ferencz (20)
Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (20)
Brenda Milner (20)
Nehemiah Persoff (20)
Hans Albert (18)
Josip Manolic (17)
Mustafa Ben Halim (16)
Kenneth McAlpine (15)
Rene de Obaldia (14)
Hilda Bernard (13)
Carmen Herrera (13)
Hossein Wahid Khorasani (13)
Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani (11)
Gail Halvorsen (11)
Kim Yong-ju (11)

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She may not be interenationally known but Eileen Whelan (Ash) is 110 later this year. She played test cricket for England before WW2 & is the only cricketer alive who overlapped with W G Grace (1848-1915). 

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Henri Hiberne as Henri Vernes just died at 102 

https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/henri-vernes-createur-de-bob-morane-est-mort-26-07-2021-2436889_23.php

[Ulitzer95 12,594]

On 09/11/2019 at 14:50, Death Impends said:

 

Noticed Scopp has since had a Wiki page created. Has Rudolph the Red Nosed-Reindeer and Fiddler on the Roof among his credits.

Alfie Scopp (wiki) dead at 101 according to numerous posts on Facebook and Twitter.

Depending on how quickly the media pick up on it will likely determine if he gets a QO.
 

 

[Ulitzer95 12,594]

4 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Alfie Scopp (wiki) dead at 101 according to numerous posts on Facebook and Twitter.

Depending on how quickly the media pick up on it will likely determine if he gets a QO.
 

 

Death notice as confirmation.

[Ulitzer95 12,594]

On 08/05/2021 at 07:17, drol said:

Orlando Drummond in hospice care following a urinary tract infection. 

Brazilian actor Orlando Drummond dead at 101.