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[Sinbabad 1,171]

3 hours ago, Gisooo said:

Are actresses Gillian Vaughan (IMDb) and June Cunningham (IMDb) still alive?

 

Gillian was alive in 2012 when she published her book, no idea where are they living in USA or still in England? Anyone please?

About Gillian Vaughan :

A Facebook user said that she now goes by the name O’Connor  (which make sense since Vaughan was married to Des O’Connor) and gives us the link to her FB page. Last post on 6 May 2023.

 And there’s this obit about a Gillian O’Connor who died on September 2023 at 86. The age match, but O’Connor is a common name…

[Imhotep 34]

American child actress Norma Gene Nelson now cited as deceased in 1999 on IMDB.

 

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3063632/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_2_in_0_q_norma%20gene%20nelson

[Ulitzer95 13,054]

3 hours ago, Sinbabad said:

About Gillian Vaughan :

A Facebook user said that she now goes by the name O’Connor  (which make sense since Vaughan was married to Des O’Connor) and gives us the link to her FB page. Last post on 6 May 2023.

 And there’s this obit about a Gillian O’Connor who died on September 2023 at 86. The age match, but O’Connor is a common name…

Go to FreeBMD and locate their marriage certificate. If her middle initial is an “F” I would say it’s likely her.

[tracy 2,515]

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O'CONNOR Gillian Frances

Died peacefully on Monday 14th August Aged 86 Years. Wife of the late Reverend Edward O'Connor. Much loved mother to Frances and Eddy and Grandmother to Poppy.

 

 

It's not.

[Gisooo 3,596]

On 18/11/2024 at 13:27, whoismakoto said:

Startiger has declared that she died on 4 October 2021. Can't find the link matching to this info.

 

I have some news

 

Patricia Unertl who died on 4 October 2021 is not Patricia Michon, the actress.

 

I received a message from Samuel Clemmens. He did some research and found out that Patricia Michon moved to England and got married there. The good thing is that he tracked what happened to her. According to him, she died in 2015 under the name Patricia Westwood.

 

He sent me this

 

 

He claimed she was married to actor Patrick Westwood who died two years later in 2017. I was very surprised to learn that beacuse none of their IMDbs have any information about their subsequent marriages other than their first divorce.

 

Samuel told me that they did a television episode in the early 1960s. I'm assuming that's how they met. Here:

 

 

That's all, as you know I don't have access to GRO and I believe you can see if you check the year 2015, what was her real birth date and age. 

[Ulitzer95 13,054]

Hmmmm this one is tricky.

There are 3 name matches in the GRO for 2015:

Now, looking at the screenshot you sent above, she was buried in Birmingham. Birmingham is near Staffordshire, but she cannot be born 1947, as she first married in 1952! 

So is she one of the last two? That still makes her only 17/18 at the time of her first marriage. Are we sure?
 

	WESTWOOD, PATRICIA  ANN	1947
	GRO Reference:  DOR  Q3/2015 in STAFFORDSHIRE  (738-1E)  Entry Number 512587186
	WESTWOOD, PATRICIA  JOY	1934
	GRO Reference:  DOR  Q3/2015 in DORSET  (429-1G)  Entry Number 512610900
	WESTWOOD, PATRICIA  M	1934
	GRO Reference:  DOR  Q3/2015 in WANDSWORTH  (256-1D)  Entry Number 512585529

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7 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Hmmmm this one is tricky.

There are 3 name matches in the GRO for 2015:

Now, looking at the screenshot you sent above, she was born in Birmingham. Birmingham is near Staffordshire, but she cannot be born 1947, as she first married in 1952! 

So is she one of the last two? That still makes her only 17/18 at the time of her first marriage. Are we sure?
 

	WESTWOOD, PATRICIA  ANN	1947
	GRO Reference:  DOR  Q3/2015 in STAFFORDSHIRE  (738-1E)  Entry Number 512587186
	WESTWOOD, PATRICIA  JOY	1934
	GRO Reference:  DOR  Q3/2015 in DORSET  (429-1G)  Entry Number 512610900
	WESTWOOD, PATRICIA  M	1934
	GRO Reference:  DOR  Q3/2015 in WANDSWORTH  (256-1D)  Entry Number 512585529

It says buried in Birmingham, not born there. She was born in California.

[Ulitzer95 13,054]

15 minutes ago, bfc said:

It says buried in Birmingham, not born there. She was born in California.

Yes, I know that. It was a typo.

[LWCZ 241]

On 12/10/2024 at 21:37, LWCZ said:

 

Seems that after almost 6 months of searching I finally found some more information on George McFadden. George W. McFadden (George Washington McFadden?) was born around 1922 in South Carolina, lived in Pennsylvania in 1940s (according to the census, two of his children were born there; also checks out with him joining The Jubalaires in 1941), and then moved to Los Angeles some time before 1950 (the 1950 census shows his occupation as "singer", so I strongly believe it's him, also checks out). I still haven't found anything on his death but I'm sure I'm getting close.

Alright, looks like I finally found him.

 

As I stated in the previous post, McFadden was born around 1922 in South Carolina, lived in Pennsylvania in the 1940s and moved to Los Angeles around 1950. I did some digging and found a 1942 Pennsylvania draft registration for a George McFadden born on November 24, 1921, in South Carolina (which would coincide with his time in Pennsylvania). Furthermore (and perhaps most importantly), there is a death record of George Washington McFadden, who was born on November 24, 1921, in South Carolina, and died on January 30, 1990, in Los Angeles (also coinciding with his later life in California).

 

I strongly believe it's him, meaning he was in fact the second original member of The Jubalaires to pass away.

[Ulitzer95 13,054]

On 25/09/2024 at 18:25, 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.

So as we concluded earlier, Ruby Chappelle Boyd WAS alive when I posted this query.

However, she died the following month, aged 105.

Death notice.

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[arghton 7,032]

On 12/09/2021 at 19:43, drol said:

Syria seems to have four living ancient ministers of defence:

 

1)Muhammad al-Sufi (wiki, 1927)

2)Ziad al-Hariri (wiki, 1930): not this Colonel Ziad al-Hariri who visited a rebel camp in 2015, right?

3)Mahmoud Jaber (wiki, 1928)

4)Hamad Ubayd (wiki, 1928)

 

They seem to have completely vanished from history. Strongly doubt they are really alive.

Hamad Ubayd died in a Damascus hospital back in 2005 according to this. Born 1924 instead of 1928, too.

 

There's one seemingly shady site that says al-Hariri died in 2015. If that's true only Jaber is a "might be alive" case, but he was seemingly forcibly retired a few years after his tenure...

[Gisooo 3,596]

On 16/12/2024 at 01:21, arghton said:

Hamad Ubayd died in a Damascus hospital back in 2005 according to this. Born 1924 instead of 1928, too.

 

There's one seemingly shady site that says al-Hariri died in 2015. If that's true only Jaber is a "might be alive" case, but he was seemingly forcibly retired a few years after his tenure...

 

Here died on September 2, 2015

https://syrmh.com/2018/09/23/زياد-الحريري/

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Anyone know whatever became of the child actress Loretta Parry, featured in films and on TV during the early 60s? IMDB has neither birth date nor trivia information.

 

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0663672/

 

 

[Gisooo 3,596]

Janos Nagy, Ambassador of Hungary to the United States, Indonesia, India and Austria look like died on Sep 21, 2018. The IP is from Hungary and says the info is from his grandchild. Can someone find a source?

[Commtech Sio Bibble 2,214]

On 15/05/2024 at 15:27, drol said:

Philip Guard has died at 95. 

 

On 15/05/2024 at 15:41, Ulitzer95 said:

Will keep my eyes peeled for an obit.

It's been 7 months but Guard's death got a passing mention by Toby Hadoke 12:15 in his absent friends radio show (link).

 

Is that enough to update his wiki page??

[Ulitzer95 13,054]

7 minutes ago, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

 

It's been 7 months but Guard's death got a passing mention by Toby Hadoke 12:15 in his absent friends radio show (link).

 

Is that enough to update his wiki page??

Should be. Ta! 

[Ulitzer95 13,054]

 @Commtech Sio Bibble He also covers John Glenister, another name who went without an obit so could use this for him too. 

[Commtech Sio Bibble 2,214]

33 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

 @Commtech Sio Bibble He also covers John Glenister, another name who went without an obit so could use this for him too. 

I've submitted requests for both names, and a few others, on IMDb.

 

But I unfortunately have no clue how to correctly edit for wikipedia, so someone else will have to kindly volunteer to do those. I posted it in case it was useful to someone who actually knew what they are doing.

[Gisooo 3,596]

Is there any recent photo of Clive Revill?

 

Someone just addead another unsourced DOD, 20 Nov 2024?

[tracy 2,515]

12 minutes ago, Gisooo said:

Is there any recent photo of Clive Revill?

 

Someone just addead another unsourced DOD, 20 Nov 2024?

 

I don't think he's made any appearances since 2020, but I assume he is still in good health, because he still signs loads of fanmail/collectibles. From last month:

[Gisooo 3,596]

2 minutes ago, tracy said:

 

I don't think he's made any appearances since 2020, but I assume he is still in good health, because he still signs loads of fanmail/collectibles. From last month:

 

Was this from StarTriger?

[tracy 2,515]

22 minutes ago, Gisooo said:

Was this from StarTriger?

 

No, it's some celebworx/officialpix "private signing" thing. I don't have a startiger account, but I think the last addition to his page (the one from the summer) is a scan from one of those.