The 100 Club

[Fergie86 376]

On 22/11/2022 at 19:33, Deathrace said:

As mentioned on his Twitter, actor Phil Daniels' mother turned 100 today. 

Also Pele’s Mother Dona Celeste Arantes celebrated her 100th Birthday as well this week. 

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German-born American scientist Dieter Gruen, known for for example having been a member of the scientific team at the Oak Ridge site that developed the Uranium bomb dropped on Hiroshima, work on actinide radioactive elements research, research on how to make safer nuclear reactors, work on developing ultra-sensitive ion measurement techniques, research on fusion power, research on heat pump technology and inventing a new method for making diamond films etc., got to 100 a few days ago.

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14 minutes ago, arghton said:

German-born American scientist Dieter Gruen, known for for example having been a member of the scientific team at the Oak Ridge site that developed the Uranium bomb dropped on Hiroshima, work on actinide radioactive elements research, research on how to make safer nuclear reactors, work on developing ultra-sensitive ion measurement techniques, research on fusion power, research on heat pump technology and inventing a new method for making diamond films etc., got to 100 a few days ago.

 

One of my on-off DDP names. If anyone else wants him for 2023, that frees up a space on the Oldies team! 

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5 hours ago, Undead In Ohio said:

I also don't buy Barbara Wallace being 99 years old. She may be pushing 90, but she does not look anywhere near 100.

She has confirmed that she is not 99 years old. It's her character in Riverdale that's 99 years old.

[Sean 6,337]

I reckon she is in her 80s.

[drol 11,996]

On 27/08/2022 at 21:18, arghton said:

Li Huanying celebrated her 101st birthday this month.

Li Huanying dead at 101.

[chel 376]

On 5/12/2022 at 3:09 AM, chel said:

Nikolay Lebedev (December 15, 1921, Moscow - ...)

 

People's Artist of the Russian Federation

Member of the Great Patriotic War. He fought in Ukraine, in August 1941 he was captured near Uman and fled. Several times he was arrested by the Germans and again escaped from captivity. He was caught trying to cross the front line and sent to a concentration camp. Changed several camps, including Auschwitz. After being liberated by the Soviet troops and being checked by special agencies.returned to Moscow.

 

59 film roles.

 

Page on the website of the Moscow City Council Theater, where the actor has worked for over 60 years:

https://mossoveta.ru/truppa/actors/lebedev/

 

Interview about war and captivity (2020 - in Russian):

https://teatral-online.ru/news/17194/

 

 

Nikolay Lebedev (December 15, 1921, Moscow - August 21, 2022, Moscow)

 

Obituary on the theatre's website:

https://mossoveta.ru/about/news/2022/35418/

 

[Ulitzer95 12,668]

5 minutes ago, chel said:

 

Nikolay Lebedev (December 15, 1921, Moscow - August 21, 2022, Moscow)

 

Obituary on the theatre's website:

https://mossoveta.ru/about/news/2022/35418/

 

Dude, his death was covered back in August when he actually died.

Can you please use the search function before spamming?
 

 

[YoungWillz 21,076]

On 29/04/2022 at 10:29, time said:

Former TV producer Derek Granger was 101 last week, and visited his old school. Local press being what it is, they can't tell their Dereks from their Davids.

 

On 29/04/2022 at 11:31, Redrumours said:

That's the best I've ever seen for 101.

Derek Granger, flagged by @gcreptile as a possibility for this year, dead with a straight to QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11482833/Brideshead-Revisited-Coronation-Street-producer-Derek-Granger-dies-aged-101.html

 

Edit: Doesn't seem to be there any more. Where's the story? Maybe he's alive....

[YoungWillz 21,076]

Derek Granger's death is reported here for now: https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/brideshead-revisited-and-coronation-street-producer-derek-granger-dies-aged-101-42183461.html

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13 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

 

Derek Granger, flagged by @gcreptile as a possibility for this year, dead with a straight to QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11482833/Brideshead-Revisited-Coronation-Street-producer-Derek-Granger-dies-aged-101.html

 

Edit: Doesn't seem to be there any more. Where's the story? Maybe he's alive....

Lesson learned to never "judge a book by it's cover".

[time 8,626]

Proper broadsheet obit for Derek Granger; I particularly liked this passage.

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When he took over as the second producer of Coronation Street, from 1961 to 1962, he learned an early lesson in overcoming unforeseen problems. A seven-month strike by Equity members meant that only 13 actors on long-term contracts could appear. Granger’s ruse of using tall children to deliver milk and post failed to impress the union, so he put one of the characters, Dennis Tanner (played by Philip Lowrie), in charge of a theatrical agency and filled out scenes with snakes, sea lions, pigeons, dogs and a chimp

 

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The first woman oboist to graduate from the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, Laila Storch (Wiki) dead at 101

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On 07/06/2022 at 15:26, Gisooo said:

Some celebrities who turned 100 and became centenarians lately

 

1. Marcel Boiteux (Wiki) - French economist, mathematician and senior civil service member
2. Antonina Uccello (Wiki) - American politician and Former Mayor of Hartford
3. Felix Kolmer (Wiki) - Czech physicist
4. Gerald Holton (Wiki) - German-born American physicist and educator.
5. William V. McBride (Wiki) - American general
6. Judith Lauand (Wiki) - Brazilian painter
7. Edith Roger (Wiki) - Norwegian dancer
8. Jean Cussac (Wiki) - French baritone and music director
9. Aleksander Krawczuk (Wiki) - Polish politician and historian
10. P. Sabanayagam (Wiki) - Indian military officer and civil servant
11. Selma van de Perre (Wiki) - Dutch-British Holocaust survivor

 

 

 

 

Brazilian painter Judith Lauand dead at 100

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Hawaiian bartender and the inventor of the Blue Hawaii cocktail Harry Yee (wiki) dead at 104.

Reported on Facebook by his friend, bar manager and author Cheryl Charming.

[Gisooo 3,388]

On 14/02/2022 at 08:08, drol said:

1915 down to four names (plus two who have not a Wiki page at the moment):
 

1)Ma Shitu: immortal Chinese writer with a plethora of health issues, most notably lung and skin cancer.

2)Frances Hesselbein: cranky American CEO.

3)Isabel Crook: Canadian anthropologist living in China, who was reportedly ill in 2020, but has bounced back.

4)James Clayton Flowers: Tuskegee airman who has been ill for years.

 

Frances Hesselbein (Wiki) dead at 107

[Clarence 58]

How many people born before 1920 still alive today? World population at that time is 1.9 Billion. From that number, how many of them still living today? 

[Death Impends 8,008]

5 hours ago, Gisooo said:

 

Frances Hesselbein (Wiki) dead at 107

 

A DDP pick. Could see her QOing, maybe a 50/50 chance?

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3 hours ago, Death Impends said:

 

A DDP pick. Could see her QOing, maybe a 50/50 chance?

 

Yahoo magic does it again: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/pitt-visionary-remembered-her-legendary-110700123.html

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Indian former first-class cricketer Rusi Cooper is 100 either yesterday or today (some sources say he was born on the 14th, some say the 15th). Article from a few days ago. 

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Nazi collaborator Jacob Luitjens dead at 103

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Luitjens

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On 28/09/2022 at 07:01, Gisooo said:

British-born Canadian actress Doreen Brownstone (IMDb) turns 100 today

 

Photo was from her 99th birthday last year

 

Doreen Brownstone, who was a legendary figure on the Winnipeg stage, has died. She was 100.

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2022/12/16/winnipeg-theatre-stage-legend-brownstone-dies-at-100

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Major General Niels Holst-Sørensen, Danish runner, 1946 European Athletics Championships 400-meter dash gold medalist and 800-meter silver medalist, 1948 Olympics 800-meter competitor (ninth place), Chief of the Royal Danish Air Force 1970-1982, Member of the International Olympic Committee 1977-2002, Denmark's military representative to NATO 1982-1986 and IOC Honorary Member is 100 today.

He's as far as I know also the oldest IOC Honorary Member, Shagdarjav Magvan is the second-oldest at 95.

[arghton 6,774]

Ulitzer's post from Ideas and Possibilities 2022

 

Spoiler

American photographer Tony Vaccaro (wiki) is one to watch. 99 this year and recently survived COVID-19:

"ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Tony Vaccaro reigns as one of the few people to have battled both COVID-19 and the beaches of Normandy. 
The photographer will celebrate his 98th birthday with a virtual show at Santa Fe’s Monroe Gallery of Photography through Jan. 17, at monroegallery.com. 
Vaccaro contracted Covid early in the pandemic – in April. He spent two days in the hospital."

He'll obit too.

Now 100, he (for search purposes Tony Vaccaro) was recently hospitalised with a burst stomach ulcer for weeks. Apparently discharged around a week ago, he attended some event a few days ago and was wheelchairbound.

[arghton 6,774]

Wanda Półtawska suffering from "health difficulties" according to this facebook post and has been pretty much completely homebound recent months and slowly declining. However doing very well for someone who was given 18 months to live with intestinal cancer...in 1962.