Gooseberry Crumble 5,341 Posted January 6, 2020 5 hours ago, The Old Crem said: Got a feeling she will go this year and be a miss. Snap!I think her being unusually low key for her milestone 90th birthday was not a good sign. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 6, 2020 I'm surprised she wasn't on DL2020. Perfect type of name. I don't do the prediction thing, but I'd have been wrong here, as she seemed a lock as an addition, ala Larry King. I would consider her a big MISS by the Committee should she perish. Hell, I might start a 'biggest miss' thread (NO I won't...) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,977 Posted January 7, 2020 If you only have Barbara Walters on the list one time,2020 would be the year to do so. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markb4 892 Posted February 16, 2020 "Not doing great" according to Jenny McCarthy: https://www.ibtimes.com/barbara-walters-health-update-former-view-co-host-sparks-new-concern-about-journalist-2919367 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,341 Posted February 16, 2020 51 minutes ago, markb4 said: "Not doing great" according to Jenny McCarthy: https://www.ibtimes.com/barbara-walters-health-update-former-view-co-host-sparks-new-concern-about-journalist-2919367 A sad development and adds to my feeling that the committee fell into error dropping her from the list. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted August 3, 2020 An update of sorts, but I'm not sure I take this website seriously: https://us.blastingnews.com/showbiz-tv/2020/08/in-2020-barbara-walters-90-continues-battle-with-dementia-health-declining-003181232.amp.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 10, 2021 A year too soon for this pick. Last post of the night. Bye. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deadboy999 176 Posted September 3, 2021 What's next for Babs? DEATH! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,584 Posted December 2, 2021 On 25/09/2017 at 17:26, msc said: Barbara Walters (allegedly), Jill Gascoine, Joanne Woodward, Winnie Ewing, Prunella Scales... Monica Vitti and Jeanne Mockford iirc... There's practically enough of them out there for a Famous Women With Dementia theme team... It’s interesting that over four years later only two of those are dead. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted December 2, 2021 34 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: It’s interesting that over four years later only two of those are dead. Yeah, that's life for you. Or no life, in the case of Miss Gascoine... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,315 Posted December 2, 2021 3 hours ago, The Old Crem said: It’s interesting that over four years later only two of those are dead. Sad really given how awful a disease it is to live with. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,722 Posted December 2, 2021 On 02/12/2021 at 19:41, The Old Crem said: It’s interesting that over four years later only two of those are dead. Lots of perennial dementia names out there currently. Joanne Woodward has had it for around 12 years, Prunella Scales for around 7-8 years, Monica Vitti for an unknown period of time but apparently over 20 years. Not sure about Ewing. There's also a couple of more, some I recently mentioned in Vitti's thread. Especially Woodward, Vitti, Carmen Sevilla (9 years in late stages) and Pasqual Maragall (15 years?) suprise me. The cold season could wipe out a couple of them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted December 2, 2021 11 minutes ago, arghton said: Lots of perennial dementia names out there currently. Joanne Woodward has had it for around 12 years, Prunella Scales for around 7-8 years, Monica Vitti for an unknown period of time but apparently over 20 years. Not sure about Ewing. There's also a couple of more, some I recently mentioned in Vitti's thread. Especially Woodward, Vitti, Carmen Sevilla (9 years in late stages) and Pasqual Maragall (15 years?) suprise me. The cold season could wipe out a couple of them. At least since 2014 as when Margo MacDonald died, there was some surprise that Ewing had outlived her given her health at that time. It's now 3 years or so since Prunella Scales was shown a memorial to Princess Diana on the TV and asked "Oh did she die?" which the most blatant late stage dementia thing I've ever seen broadcast on TV. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,584 Posted December 2, 2021 5 minutes ago, msc said: At least since 2014 as when Margo MacDonald died, there was some surprise that Ewing had outlived her given her health at that time. It's now 3 years or so since Prunella Scales was shown a memorial to Princess Diana on the TV and asked "Oh did she die?" which the most blatant late stage dementia thing I've ever seen broadcast on TV. If I remember rightly her only appearance during the referendum campaign was a video filmed from home talking about how pensioners should vote. I don’t think she has been heard from since.. Its been 21 years since Prunella was diagnosed now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted December 3, 2021 20 hours ago, The Old Crem said: If I remember rightly her only appearance during the referendum campaign was a video filmed from home talking about how pensioners should vote. I don’t think she has been heard from since.. Its been 21 years since Prunella was diagnosed now. Aye, but Prunella thinks it was last week! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,046 Posted December 23, 2021 On 02/12/2021 at 22:25, arghton said: Lots of perennial dementia names out there currently. Joanne Woodward has had it for around 12 years, Prunella Scales for around 7-8 years, Monica Vitti for an unknown period of time but apparently over 20 years. Not sure about Ewing. There's also a couple of more, some I recently mentioned in Vitti's thread. Especially Woodward, Vitti, Carmen Sevilla (9 years in late stages) and Pasqual Maragall (15 years?) suprise me. The cold season could wipe out a couple of them. speaking of Carmen Sevilla, I did'n't follow but I found on multiple articles online that she died on the 11th of October 2020 : hoax right ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,589 Posted December 23, 2021 20 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said: speaking of Carmen Sevilla, I did'n't follow but I found on multiple articles online that she died on the 11th of October 2020 : hoax right ? Why don't you use the search function on this forum and find out for yourself? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,046 Posted December 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Why don't you use the search function on this forum and find out for yourself? Because of that damn function which works 1 of 10 times Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haley823 14 Posted January 4, 2022 I think she still has years left even though she's 93 this year. I think she'll make it to 102. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flufen 27 Posted September 20, 2022 https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2021/06/24/susan-page-barbara-walters-biography-coming-out-2023/5328463001/ The article's over a year old now, but given how little we've heard of Barbara Walters in the past 6 years a biography could tell us more about her current condition, if her later years are included ofc That said I do think she's just got dementia and could probably go next year 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted September 27, 2022 Whoopi Goldberg wishes her a happy birthday. Baseless speculation ensues: https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/6305694/the-view-barbara-walters-host-whoopi-goldberg-update/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=sunustwitter&utm_source=Twitter 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted October 9, 2022 Barbara's caretakers keep her from watching the news because she thinks she should be covering them and gets enraged. She has "few lucid moments" now, is seemingly in her appartment all the times: https://okmagazine.com/p/barbara-walters-caretakers-stop-her-from-watching-news-broadcasts-prevent-outbursts/ 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,315 Posted December 31, 2022 Oh for God's sake. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrWonderful 481 Posted December 31, 2022 An egregious miss by the committee. This is as if the heavens had her die on Dec. 30 to rub it in. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
