The 100 Club

[The Old Crem 3,580]

Gilberto Malvestuto, Italian politician, has died aged 101. Obit (In Italian). 

[arghton 6,692]

On 01/02/2023 at 03:57, Ulitzer95 said:

Saifur Rahman Nizami (wiki) b. ?? ??? 1916 / Bangladeshi Islamic scholar

Nizami's likely a Bangladeshi Fauja Singh/Saalumarada Thimmakka/Pappammal. There are loads of images and videos of him on the internet from the last twenty years (but not much from before) and I doubt he was over 80 in 2008, maybe somewhere in his seventies or late sixties. That'd make him around 80-95 now. Here's a recent image:

[Lafaucheuse 4,043]

On 18/08/2021 at 01:47, Lafaucheuse said:

- Anne Marie Krug-Basse (24/03/1923) : resistant (received it in 1997)

Krug-Basse died under the radar on the 3rd of december 2022 at 99

[The Old Crem 3,580]

On 03/03/2023 at 15:33, Gisooo said:

Israeli army colonel during World War II Alex Ziloni (Wiki) dead at 107

 

Cross posting here

[Gisooo 3,296]

6 hours ago, The Old Crem said:

 

On 03/03/2023 at 15:33, Gisooo said:

Israeli army colonel during World War II Alex Ziloni (Wiki) dead at 107

 

Cross posting here

 

It was not necessary!

[The Old Crem 3,580]

George Stewart , British solider died aged 103 on February 13th 2023. 

[Ulitzer95 12,574]

On 17/02/2023 at 16:06, Ulitzer95 said:

Times death notice for George Girdwood Stewart MC, aged 103.

Will probably get a full write up somewhere at a later point.
 

  Reveal hidden contents

STEWART George Girdwood. After 103 years of army, forestry, skiing and tennis, George died on 13th February. Husband of the late Jean, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. A service of thanksgiving for his life will be held on Friday 24th February at Scone Old Parish Church, Scone, Perth, at 2pm.

 

 @The Old Crem...

[The Old Crem 3,580]

6 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

 @The Old Crem...

for some reason the search didn’t show your post up. 

[YoungWillz 21,023]

On 04/11/2021 at 13:54, Lafaucheuse said:

Marcel Jaurant Singer (b. 1921) : spy and resistant

Marcel Jaurant Singer Telegraph Obit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/03/07/marcel-jaurant-singer-soe-operative-who-worked-closely-french/

[John "요한" Sulu 419]

American politician James L. Buckley, who was a New York senator from 1971 to 1977, is 100 today.

[markb4 892]

43 minutes ago, John "요한" Sulu said:

American politician James L. Buckley, who was a New York senator from 1971 to 1977, is 100 today.

Brother of William F. Buckley, Jr.

[Death Impends 7,953]

Buckley is the first US senator to become a centenarian in over 20 years. Until now Strom Thurmond was the most recent centennial.

[arghton 6,692]

On 30/04/2022 at 20:02, arghton said:

Devaki Krishnan, 99: Long long longtime politician, "grand dame of Malaysian politics", first woman in Malaysia elected to public office. Seems frail and was unable to hold a knife last month.

Malaysian politician Devaki Krishnan is 100 today. Can't find any new articles, might be too frail to celebrate now. Last year she said her dream was to make it to 100, a realistic wish compared to, for example, J. P. Enrile and I. L. Tarso saying they want to/will reach 110.

[Dying Probably 578]

On 09/03/2023 at 20:34, Death Impends said:

Buckley is the first US senator to become a centenarian in over 20 years. Until now Strom Thurmond was the most recent centennial.

 

He's only the fourth ever as well, alongside Thurmond, Cornelius Cole, and John N. Heiskell. He is the only centenarian Senator to have been elected while neither Democratic or Republican. (Thurmond was elected with write-ins, but was still a Democrat.)

[The Old Crem 3,580]

Just now, The Old Crem said:

Michel Peyramaure has died aged 101. Obit (In French). 

Cross posting here. 

[Gisooo 3,296]

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

 

Antonina Uccello dead at 100

[Sir Creep 7,070]

10 hours ago, Gisooo said:

 

Antonina Uccello dead at 100

‘She was the first female mayor of a state capitol in U.S. history and was Connecticut's first female mayor.’

 

‘Female Firsts’ thread would be great for this.

[arghton 6,692]

On 16/02/2023 at 22:24, arghton said:

Leaves us with 3 notable Indian names born 1922 - cricketer Rusi Cooper who is seemingly quite ill, literacy exam passer and potential age fraudster Karthyayani Amma who is bedbound and P. Sabanayagam, Tamil Nadu civil servant and WWII vet.

More on Karthyayani Amma's condition: Apparently she's somewhat recently suffered a stroke and she's now completely bedbound and partially paralysed.

 

Time for a new list of Indian centenarians/notable centenarian claimants, this time a smaller and "frailer" list than the one I posted in October 2021:

 

Up to 1919

Swami Sivananda (1896, probably ca. 1925-1935 - ) Yoga teacher, once in a while hospitalised for "checkups". No matter how old he is, he isn't immune to aging and has been getting frailer.

Saalumarada Thimmakka (1910/1911/1913/1919/likely ca. 1928 -) Environmentalist. Very frail with a health history but now attending events nearly every week. Impressive even though she's much younger than she claims to be. 

Fauja Singh (1st of April 1911/likely ca. 1928 -) Runner. Frail and skeletal for multiple years.

Kewal Krishan (27th of July/4th of August 1913 - 1st of April 2023) member of the drafting committee of the Constituent Assembly of India. Hospitalised for surgery in 2019, hasn't apparently left his house nearly at all during the pandemic. Can't find much recent news.

Pappammal ("1914", likely later - 27th of September 2024) Organic farmer, frailish. Probably born 20 years later. Wheelchairbound.

1920-1921

Mollie Lentaigne (6th of May 1920 - 29th of April 2024) Medical artist, British but born in India so counts half

Mani Kumar Chetri (23rd of May 1920 -) Cardiologist. Bed/wheelchairbound with a blanket covering his legs in one recent image and has declined a lot since his 100th.

Thanga Darlong (20th of July 1920 - 3rd of December 2023) Folk music artist. Decrepit and suffering from some kind of neck injury last year.

C. R. Rao (10th of September 1920 - 23rd of August 2023) Mathematician, statistician. Unable to hold a knife properly and very frail on his 100th, doesn't make appearances anymore as far as I know.

Jang Bahadur Singh (10th December of 1920 -) Bhojpuri folk singer/wrestler. Has a long wikipedia page but would his death make local news? Name for search purposes जंगबहादुर सिंह.

Mangala Kanti Roy (1920? -) West Bengal folk musician and 2023 Padma Shri recipient. Very likely fraudster.

N. Sankaraiah (15th of July 1921 - 15th of November 2023) Politician, former Tamil Nabu Legislative Assembly member. Very thin with swollen feet, but just released a new book and still active in politics.

1922

Karthyayani Amma (1922 - 11th of October 2023) Woman who passed literacy exam at 96. Suffered a paralysing stroke after her claimed 100th, bedbound and very frail.

P. Sabanayagam (7th of June 1922 - 22nd of June 2023) Politician. Diabetes for half a decade and now wheelchairbound, suffering from complications.

Rustom Sorabji "Rusi" Cooper (15th of December 1922 - 31st of July 2023) First-class cricketer, longest-lived first-class player in the history of Middlesex County Cricket Club. Said to be very ill.

I won't add the 1923 names (atleast yet), as far as I know none of them have reached 100. All of them seem to be May-December births. There's also a politician called Shankar Dev, born 1922 marked living on wikipedia, but I doubt he's alive.

[The Old Crem 3,580]

Karol Mikuláš, Slovak miner, partisan and political prisoner has died aged 100. Obit (In Slovak). 

[tracy 2,392]

Manhattan Project scientist Abe Zarem dead at 106.

 

(Seems like he wasn't mentioned as one of the surviving alumni when it was discussed a few pages ago.)

[The Old Crem 3,580]

Guy Troy, American Modern pentathlete has who competed in 1952 has died aged 100. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/liberty-nc/colonel-usa-retired-guy-troy-11208230

[tracy 2,392]

Gloria Dea dead at 100.

 

EDIT: For those keeping track, this means there are no surviving cast members from Ed Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space.

[diego 1,980]

Mileva Tomović died at the age of 106 in Podgorica,she was the oldest person in Montenegro since 16 May 2021,she was born on 12 June 1916 and died on 14 March 2023,now the oldest person in Montenegro appears to be Anica Borozan de Cetinje (born 15 May 1919).

MILEVA Jošova TOMOVIĆ Born Strahinja - Dia da Certidão de Óbito (dan.co.me)

[Gisooo 3,296]

10 minutes ago, diego said:

Mileva Tomović died at the age of 106 in Podgorica,she was the oldest person in Montenegro since 16 May 2021,she was born on 12 June 1916 and died on 14 March 2023,now the oldest person in Montenegro appears to be Anica Borozan de Cetinje (born 15 May 1919).

MILEVA Jošova TOMOVIĆ Born Strahinja - Dia da Certidão de Óbito (dan.co.me)

 

World Oldest Thread

[diego 1,980]

7 minutes ago, Gisooo said:

 

Thread mais antigo do mundo

True, I forgot about this thread, it really is there where it should be