Deadpool Detective Work

[Gisooo 3,372]

11 minutes ago, Leon Brittan said:

And British actress Elizabeth Kelly aka aunt nelly In EastEnders. She's 103 according to Wikipedia with no recent updates 

 

Here, still alive

 

On 29/03/2024 at 14:22, Surprise Demise said:

IMDb lists her birth date as 29 May 1921, and there's an Elizabeth Kelly born on that date living in Newcastle at the time of the 1939 register. She married John B 'Peter' Trower in 1943. There's a marriage notice in the Journal that notes her as already being a 'respected actress' so she may have continued performing with her maiden name into the era of television. Anyway, her marriage record lists her maiden initial as 'H', and there's a matching birth in Newcastle on 29 May 1921 for an Elizabeth Hutton Kelly. There's an Elizabeth H Trower born 1921-23 living in Scarborough until at least 2014 on the electoral register. No matching deaths up until Q3 2023, so seems like there's a good chance she's still with us if I've in fact followed the right person here. 

 

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58 minutes ago, Gisooo said:

 

Eileen Helsby (Wiki)

Surely still alive, if her sister's death (director's assistant on two episodes of Doctor Who) can be reported on by Whovian neeks, Eileen (actually starred in an episode) is surely on their radars.

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afaik she's still alive. As in she was alive in 2015, known to Big Finish folk, and they've not said she's dead since!

 

If we're talking mysteries, the one I've never solved is Spiros Arion. (It's seemingly unsolvable until he appears in death records somewhere, I'm just sharing the pain.) Sixties pro-wrestler, born circa 1940, wrestled for the McMahons. Reported dead in 1997, then he was interviewed by a wrestling historian in 2000 (which suggests the 1997 internet date is a bit wrong!), but obscure as fuck and living in Greece, may have died off the radar at any point since 2001. Wrestling Classics lot think he is alive but has travelled extensively since 1980, and despite being one of the biggest wrestling villains of the sixties, hasn't done a public interview, appearance, social media account in the past 24 years. 

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Some names I can't seem to find anything on:

 

Dagadu Bhamre - Indian marathon fraudster, born "8 January 1914" Died 2020

 

Xu Wenyi (许文益) - Chinese ambassador to Mongolia during the Lin Biao incident. Later served as ambassador to Lebanon. Born 1917.

[Commtech Sio Bibble 2,052]

The person I'm trying to track down information on at the moment is Ron Davies, probably best known for playing George Wardle in Coronation Street in the mid-80s. Career spanning 1969-2002.

 

It's annoying trying to research because there are numerous other notable people with the same name. There's very little information about him online. As far as I can discern he was once married and divorced and has also worked as a cruise singer and dialect coach (in Italy and Germany). If he was still alive I'd guess he'd be in his late 80s or 90s.

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18 minutes ago, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

The person I'm trying to track down information on at the moment is Ron Davies, probably best known for playing George Wardle in Coronation Street in the mid-80s. Career spanning 1969-2002.

 

It's annoying trying to research because there are numerous other notable people with the same name. There's very little information about him online. As far as I can discern he was once married and divorced and has also worked as a cruise singer and dialect coach (in Italy and Germany). If he was still alive I'd guess he'd be in his late 80s or 90s.

Edit: Ignore this, the source I provided got two different Ron Davies mixed up.

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3 hours ago, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

The person I'm trying to track down information on at the moment is Ron Davies, probably best known for playing George Wardle in Coronation Street in the mid-80s. Career spanning 1969-2002.

 

It's annoying trying to research because there are numerous other notable people with the same name. There's very little information about him online. As far as I can discern he was once married and divorced and has also worked as a cruise singer and dialect coach (in Italy and Germany). If he was still alive I'd guess he'd be in his late 80s or 90s.

In case anyone is interested this evening I emailed Mark Llewellin, the ex-partner of Roy Barraclough and friend of many on the Corrie cast, and according to him Davies died a few years before Lynne Perrie (Ivy Tilsley) who died in 2006.

 

So it would seem he died off the radar at some point between 2002-2006, probably on the earlier side of that range.

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On 13/08/2024 at 12:09, polar duck said:

Some names I can't seem to find anything on:

 

Dagadu Bhamre - Indian marathon fraudster, born "8 January 1914"

 

Xu Wenyi (许文益) - Chinese ambassador to Mongolia during the Lin Biao incident. Later served as ambassador to Lebanon. Born 1917.

Dagadu Bhamre aka Dagdu Bharme appears to have died in 2020: https://www.esakal.com/uttar-maharashtra/nashik/oldest-marathon-runner-dagdu-bhamre-dies-malegaon-nashik-marathi-news

(Hindi language obituary)

 

 

 

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On 29/10/2023 at 19:51, arghton said:

Does anyone know what happened to Chinese Under-Secretary General of the United Nations 1985-1991 and former ABC Deadpool pick Xie Qimei? There's one shady site that says he died in 2009 and another that claims 2010. This article claims or seems to claim he was still alive atleast as of 2021. I have a hard time believing he is considering he looked horrible two decades ago.

This government page tends to confirm Xie Qimei died in 2009.

[Commtech Sio Bibble 2,052]

I was doing a look into a few minor UK actors born 1925-1929 here's some of the names I've looked into.

 

Barbara Ashcroft's IMDb states she died December 19th 2005, there's no record of this on the GRO and the only source I can find for someone of that name dying on that date is an American obituary for a woman who was born and died in Rhode Island, so I think her IMDb page is incorrect and needs updating to remove that death date. She'd be 97 if she's still alive.

 

Rosemary Rogers (IMDb) apparently died four months ago aged 97 in France according to her page, although I can find nothing in English to back this up and I don't speak French.

 

Michael Beint (IMDb) born in 1925 still alive as of last year according to this and lives in Swindon.

 

Jeffrey Gardiner (IMDb) has no records that I can see for his death, so likely still alive.

 

3 names I've drawn a blank on are Anthony Brown (IMDb), Paul Williamson (IMDb) & Tommy Mann (IMDb) as they are all quite common names.
 

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1 hour ago, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

Rosemary Rogers (IMDb) apparently died four months ago aged 97 in France according to her page, although I can find nothing in English to back this up and I don't speak French.

Here’s a link.

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1 hour ago, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

I was doing a look into a few minor UK actors born 1925-1929 here's some of the names I've looked into.

 

Barbara Ashcroft's IMDb states she died December 19th 2005, there's no record of this on the GRO and the only source I can find for someone of that name dying on that date is an American obituary for a woman who was born and died in Rhode Island, so I think her IMDb page is incorrect and needs updating to remove that death date. She'd be 97 if she's still alive.

 

Rosemary Rogers (IMDb) apparently died four months ago aged 97 in France according to her page, although I can find nothing in English to back this up and I don't speak French.

 

Michael Beint (IMDb) born in 1925 still alive as of last year according to this and lives in Swindon.

 

Jeffrey Gardiner (IMDb) has no records that I can see for his death, so likely still alive.

 

3 names I've drawn a blank on are Anthony Brown (IMDb), Paul Williamson (IMDb) & Tommy Mann (IMDb) as they are all quite common names.
 

I had Michael Beint on my Windy City Sub list but was a little apprehensive about it because I was uncertain if he was alive yet.

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8 hours ago, livingbygrace said:

I had Michael Beint on my Windy City Sub list but was a little apprehensive about it because I was uncertain if he was alive yet.

 

I know this isn't what you meant but this does read like a record attempt for youngest entrant in any dead pool comp ever - not even born yet?

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1 hour ago, En Passant said:

 

I know this isn't what you meant but this does read like a record attempt for youngest entrant in any dead pool comp ever - not even born yet?

 Oh my... You are right  Yes I must have been a little tired writing this.  What a difference it makes when you forget to type one significant word, STILL

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18 hours ago, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

I was doing a look into a few minor UK actors born 1925-1929 here's some of the names I've looked into.

 

Barbara Ashcroft's IMDb states she died December 19th 2005, there's no record of this on the GRO and the only source I can find for someone of that name dying on that date is an American obituary for a woman who was born and died in Rhode Island, so I think her IMDb page is incorrect and needs updating to remove that death date. She'd be 97 if she's still alive.

 

Rosemary Rogers (IMDb) apparently died four months ago aged 97 in France according to her page, although I can find nothing in English to back this up and I don't speak French.

 

Michael Beint (IMDb) born in 1925 still alive as of last year according to this and lives in Swindon.

 

Jeffrey Gardiner (IMDb) has no records that I can see for his death, so likely still alive.

 

3 names I've drawn a blank on are Anthony Brown (IMDb), Paul Williamson (IMDb) & Tommy Mann (IMDb) as they are all quite common names.
 

 

Barbara Barker (née Ashcroft) does appear to still be alive. Her husband's date of death is wrong though (Ken Barker died 20/06/1998, not 24/06/1998)

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20 hours ago, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

I was doing a look into a few minor UK actors born 1925-1929 here's some of the names I've looked into.

 

Barbara Ashcroft's IMDb states she died December 19th 2005, there's no record of this on the GRO and the only source I can find for someone of that name dying on that date is an American obituary for a woman who was born and died in Rhode Island, so I think her IMDb page is incorrect and needs updating to remove that death date. She'd be 97 if she's still alive.

 

Rosemary Rogers (IMDb) apparently died four months ago aged 97 in France according to her page, although I can find nothing in English to back this up and I don't speak French.

 

Michael Beint (IMDb) born in 1925 still alive as of last year according to this and lives in Swindon.

 

Jeffrey Gardiner (IMDb) has no records that I can see for his death, so likely still alive.

 

3 names I've drawn a blank on are Anthony Brown (IMDb), Paul Williamson (IMDb) & Tommy Mann (IMDb) as they are all quite common names.
 

 

Antony Ernest Brown died 22/03/2021 in Dorset

Paul Williamson there is no death registered on GRO 1984 to date, so either alive or moved outside England/Wales, ditto with Jeffrey Wallace Gardiner.

I can't even find a birth record for Tommy Mann, so guessing that his real name was different.

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19 minutes ago, Master Obit said:

I can't even find a birth record for Tommy Mann, so guessing that his real name was different.

I've just another quick look on him and found this which oddly I didn't see last night. If it is to be believed Mann was born in 1919 not 1925 as IMDb says and died at some point in the early 70s, most likely in 1972 (the 1979 short film credit on IMDb is potentially incorrect).

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16 minutes ago, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

I've just another quick look on him and found this which oddly I didn't see last night. If it is to be believed Mann was born in 1919 not 1925 as IMDb says and died at some point in the early 70s, most likely in 1972 (the 1979 short film credit on IMDb is potentially incorrect).

I found a record for a 

 

Thomas Mann born 12th July 1919, died May 1977 in Manchester.

 

Almost certainly him.

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I've recently came across a fine tune by The Robins (who were active between 1945-1960 and were basically the spiritual predecessors of The Coasters), and I've noticed that the last original member of the group, Terrell "Ty" Leonard (born in 1928), could possibly still be around these days, but I kinda have my doubts on that, as I couldn't find anything on him but a mention in Marv Goldberg's R&B site, which also seems to quote Leonard quite a lot. Maybe someone else will have more luck finding more information on his current whereabouts.

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13 hours ago, LWCZ said:

I've recently came across a fine tune by The Robins (who were active between 1945-1960 and were basically the spiritual predecessors of The Coasters), and I've noticed that the last original member of the group, Terrell "Ty" Leonard (born in 1928), could possibly still be around these days, but I kinda have my doubts on that, as I couldn't find anything on him but a mention in Marv Goldberg's R&B site, which also seems to quote Leonard quite a lot. Maybe someone else will have more luck finding more information on his current whereabouts.

I'm not subscribed to Ancestry anymore as I barely use it, however I can still see summaries of search results. Is this guy maybe him? You'd have to prove a Korean War link to be certain.

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8 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

I'm not subscribed to Ancestry anymore as I barely use it

 

I haven't paid more than 50% for an Ancestry sub in years.  These offers are for new subscribers, but as long as you don't have a current sub they work. Just make sure your sub has expired before using the link.

 

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[Summer in Transylvania 2,188]

Does anyone know whether fitness advocate and model Betty Brosmer (Wiki) was born in 1929 or 1935? I have seen a number of sources run with either of these dates, but nothing definitive enough to confirm one over the other.

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20 minutes ago, Summer in Transylvania said:

Does anyone know whether fitness advocate and model Betty Brosmer (Wiki) was born in 1929 or 1935? I have seen a number of sources run with either of these dates, but nothing definitive enough to confirm one over the other.

Listed in the 1930 census as age 0 so 1929.

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

Ruby Chappelle Boyd (wiki)

American librarian.
Born March 18, 1919 in Philadelphia (so 105 if still with us).

Received media coverage in 2009 aged 90 and in 2010 aged 91.

So what the hell happened to her? No trace anywhere, and this one is really bugging me.

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1 hour ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Ruby Chappelle Boyd (wiki)

American librarian.
Born March 18, 1919 in Philadelphia (so 105 if still with us).

Received media coverage in 2009 aged 90 and in 2010 aged 91.

So what the hell happened to her? No trace anywhere, and this one is really bugging me.

 

I can give you an advance of 2015 (by which point she was apparently blind) but nothing better. Also her daughter is someone called Winona Boyd, who worked in adoption and wrote a book, but their online footprint is pretty mediocre.