Deadpool Detective Work

[Ulitzer95 12,429]

37 minutes ago, LWCZ said:

I think the guy you've sent is him. Leonard was supposedly from Mississippi (born in 1928), and this is a 1946 draft registration card of a Terrell Leonard, born in 1928 (just one day before the date written on the grave) in Mississippi, who lived in California in 1946 (the Marv Goldberg's R&B site also mentions he resided in California after 2011). That leaves all the Robins dead since 2017.

If you're only talking about the original group.

At least one replacement member is still alive – H. B. Barnum (wiki) who is 88 and seems to be in okay health as he appeared in a 2023 documentary.

Also, Billy Richard had a nephew who was briefly a member circa 1960 (just before they broke up) – "Little Billy" Richard Jr. Now I assume he is still with us, but not necessarily because even if he joined as late as 1960 (he was presumably at least 18 at the time), the youngest he'd be now is in his early 80s.

Edit: This site says "Little Billy" was born circa 1940, so let's say he's 83–85 (if still alive).

[LWCZ 171]

1 hour ago, Ulitzer95 said:

If you're only talking about the original group.

At least one replacement member is still alive – H. B. Barnum (wiki) who is 88 and seems to be in okay health as he appeared in a 2023 documentary.

Also, Billy Richard had a nephew who was briefly a member circa 1960 (just before they broke up) – "Little Billy" Richard Jr. Now I assume he is still with us, but not necessarily because even if he joined as late as 1960 (he was presumably at least 18 at the time), the youngest he'd be now is in his early 80s.

Edit: This site says "Little Billy" was born circa 1940, so let's say he's 83–85 (if still alive).

Completely forgot about Barnum! Sorry for the mistake 

[The Immortal 632]

Ellen Rometsch (alleged mistress of John F. Kennedy and rumored spy) is still alive as of July 2024. I was just wondering the other day if she was still alive and decided to do some checking. After the whole spy fiasco she went back to Germany and remarried her ex-husband Rolf Rometsch and all that is known was that she lived in Bonn and a journalist tried to interview her in 2013 but she and her husband refused any kind of interview concerning her alleged affair or rumored double life. I couldn't find anything since then and seeing how privately she lives, I wasn't 100 percent sure if she was still alive.

 

Well, I do so more digging and come to find out that Rolf Rometsch died this July. I don't know how reliable the obituary source is but it's based in Bonn where he and Ellen lived and the obituary does mention an Ellen and other relatives who survived him, so I am pretty confident in saying that it's the same Ellen Rometsch here and that as of July 2024, she is alive.

[The Immortal 632]

On 11/05/2024 at 22:05, The Immortal said:

SNCF traction engineer Georges Pinquie

 

Dead. Seems like he was not as healthy as I assumed, one commenter saying he had health problems since before he retired apparently.

[Spade_Cooley 9,472]

On 05/10/2022 at 22:22, Spade_Cooley said:

There is (perhaps) a centenarian pro-wrestler we've been overlooking all this time! Apparently the luchador Dick Medrano was born November 10, 1921, and according to any source I can find online, is still alive. Interesting character as well: was friends with Fidel Castro during his time in Mexico, and allegedly taught Che Guevara a few wrestling holds.

 

Posted this two years ago... anyone fancy seeing if he is still alive? Of course death records for Mexico are absolutely fucked so not the easiest thing to look through. There's a (much younger) luchador, Vandal Drummond, saying that he's still alive last year here. When he was mentioned on WrestlingClassics as a shout for the oldest living wrestler earlier this year, nobody argued (and those guys are pedantic as fuck). But are these people just parroting what's available online or is there actual proof Dick Medrano is still with us?

We've got a real name, which is sometimes tough for luchadors (Avelino Palomo Hernandez). A date of birth (November 10, 1921). Married to Maria Antonia Gonzalez, who this website says died in 1987. We even have an actual address for him in the 50s... but no proof he's actually alive.

 

Anyone?