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5 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

lol I hate that term, and honestly never search it.  Probably my loss on a few obits.

It's very used in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Yes, a nicer way to say "dead as a dead dog".

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On 20/11/2019 at 03:32, Spade_Cooley said:

There can't be many survivors of the Andrea Doria disaster still around - the website for survivors hasn't been updated since 2007. Anyway, there's one less now with the death of Second Officer Guido Badano.

Leaving a total of 5 people on earth named Guido.

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As noted elsewhere, wrestler Moondog Rex has died.  He was the last surviving core member of the Moondogs heel stable.  In order of first appearance as a member of the faction, the group consisted of:

 

Moondog King (Edward White) - (May 18, 1949 to August 26, 2005)

Moondog Rex (Randy Colley) - (May 2, 1950 to December 15, 2019)

Moondog Spot (Larry Booker) - (January 6, 1952 to November 29, 2003)

Moondog Spike (William Smithson) - (May 31, 1950 to March 21, 2013)

Moondog Cujo (Lanny Kean) - (April 19, 1960 to January 13, 2009)

 

 

None of them lived to see 70.

 

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Waqar Hassan (Hasan), last surviving player of Pakistan's inaugural test side (v India, 1952), dies aged 87.

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Phillip D. Rios, the sole survivor of the 1981 Chicago Loop crane disaster (that killed 5), died February 10 from complications from leukemia. Doctors had removed one of his arms in a bid to fight an advancing infection.

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On 21/11/2019 at 21:04, Sir Creep said:

Leaving a total of 5 people on earth named Guido.

 

 

Begging a nail-biting poll pitting Guidu Goners vs Dickless....oh, maybe not, eh?

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14 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

Phillip D. Rios, the sole survivor of the 1981 Chicago Loop crane disaster (that killed 5), died February 10 from complications from leukemia. Doctors had removed one of his arms in a bid to fight an advancing infection.

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So, did he get to wave goodbye?

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Ken Curry, the last surviving Riley of the ill-fated Dieppe raid during World War II, has died. He was 97. Curry died Friday, nearly 78 years after storming the beach at German-held Dieppe as part of a Royal Hamilton Light Infantry regiment (the Rileys) of more than 580 soldiers.
 

https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/17/the-last-surviving-riley-of-the-ill-fated-1942-dieppe-raid-has-died.html

 

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Cross posting this into this thread because ... it’s why this thread is here. It should take precedent if the person qualifies.

Mary Pratt, the last known remaining member of the original Rockford Peaches, has died at the age of 101.

Pratt, a pitcher who also played for the Kenosha Comets of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL)

http://rockrivertimes.com/2020/05/08/last-remaining-member-of-original-rockford-peaches-dies-at-101/

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The last South Korean convicted of WWII war crimes, Lee Hak-rae has died aged 96; he was born in Japanese-occupied South Korea and joined the military at 17, serving as guard over allied prisoners working on the Burma-Thailand railway. 

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The last founding faculty member of Judson University in Elgin (IL) has diedRobert D. Erickson died Monday in Elgin at age 90, according to a university news release. He taught at Judson for more than 50 years. 

Throughout his tenure, Erickson was known for never missing a class.

Erickson is credited with drafting the biblical studies curriculum for the university, then known as Judson College, in 1963.

 

And true to the comedy of Alan King’s: ‘He is survived by his wife of 67 years.’

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When Yaghan, Yaghan for good!
 

Cristina Calderon, the last native speaker of Chile's indigenous Yaghan language, has died at the age of 93, her family said Wednesday, in a blow for a dwindling culture at South America's extreme southern tip. 
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Yvonne Blenkinsop, last of the "headscarf revolutionaries" has died.

 

Following two trawler sinkings in early 1968, she and a group of other women formed the Hessle Road Women's Committee to campaign for better safety for fishermen. A third trawler was lost at sea soon after, bringing the total to 58 lives lost.

 

All the safety measures the group proposed were subsequently adopted.

 

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On 24/04/2022 at 10:56, time said:

Yvonne Blenkinsop, last of the "headscarf revolutionaries" has died.

 

Following two trawler sinkings in early 1968, she and a group of other women formed the Hessle Road Women's Committee to campaign for better safety for fishermen. A third trawler was lost at sea soon after, bringing the total to 58 lives lost.

 

All the safety measures the group proposed were subsequently adopted.

 

Guardian obit for Yvonne Blenkinsop.

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It has been more than 65 years since a devastating Mount Oldfield mudslide in Prince Rupert claimed the lives of seven people. Now, the sole survivor, dubbed “The Miracle Baby,” who was rescued from the rubble, has died.

Selma Beilby, nee Murray, was the miracle baby in 1957 as the 18-month-old only survivor after three houses were swept off their foundations under more than 1,000 tons of rock and mud crushed the dwellings.

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Taiwan’s last known survivor of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery has died at the age of 92, according to the island’s foreign ministry, which called the issue a “wound in human history”.

Referred to as “comfort women”, more than 200,000 women were sexually enslaved by Japan’s military during the second world war, mostly from South Korea but also from Taiwan, China, and Indonesia.

In Taiwan, which Japan ruled from 1895 to 1945, nearly 60 women had come forward over the years as survivors, according to Taipei’s Women’s Rescue Foundation, which estimates there were at least 2,000.

The foundation said on Monday the island’s last known survivor – who did not want her name made public– died on 10 May at the age of 92. 

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On 23/05/2023 at 20:22, Sir Creep said:


Taiwan’s last known survivor of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery has died at the age of 92, according to the island’s foreign ministry, which called the issue a “wound in human history”.

Referred to as “comfort women”, more than 200,000 women were sexually enslaved by Japan’s military during the second world war, mostly from South Korea but also from Taiwan, China, and Indonesia.

In Taiwan, which Japan ruled from 1895 to 1945, nearly 60 women had come forward over the years as survivors, according to Taipei’s Women’s Rescue Foundation, which estimates there were at least 2,000.

The foundation said on Monday the island’s last known survivor – who did not want her name made public– died on 10 May at the age of 92. 

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About 9 left in South Korea, and 20 in the Philippines. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65594025

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