The dead of 2016

[YoungWillz 20,898]

Betty Brown, Scottish political activist who helped to launch the Clydebank Rent Strike in the early 1970s, has died aged 87. http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/obituaries/14594176.Obituary___Betty_Brown__political_activist_and_mother_of_actress_Barbara_Rafferty/

 

She was also the mother of Scottish actress Barbara Rafferty of River City/Katie Morag/The Last King Of Scotland fame.

[YoungWillz 20,898]

Report here of the death of The Wicker Man director Robin Hardy at the age of 86: http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/news/2016-07-02-robin-hardy-dies-news-story-by-jennie-kermode

[The Mad Hatter 1,092]

Report here of the death of The Wicker Man director Robin Hardy at the age of 86: http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/news/2016-07-02-robin-hardy-dies-news-story-by-jennie-kermode

first the trumption maker and now Robin Hardy. It looks like burn the witch is haunted.

[msc 18,379]

Report here of the death of The Wicker Man director Robin Hardy at the age of 86: http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/news/2016-07-02-robin-hardy-dies-news-story-by-jennie-kermode

 

The source is trustworthy, but Starburst and Edgar Wright are tweeting it now too.

[YoungWillz 20,898]

 

Report here of the death of The Wicker Man director Robin Hardy at the age of 86: http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/news/2016-07-02-robin-hardy-dies-news-story-by-jennie-kermode

 

The source is trustworthy, but Starburst and Edgar Wright are tweeting it now too.

 

 

BBC have it now: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36693545

[drol 11,763]

 

 

Report here of the death of The Wicker Man director Robin Hardy at the age of 86: http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/news/2016-07-02-robin-hardy-dies-news-story-by-jennie-kermode

 

The source is trustworthy, but Starburst and Edgar Wright are tweeting it now too.

 

 

BBC have it now: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36693545

 

No, God! You broke my heart!

[rockhopper penguin 2,265]

Elie Wiesel auschwitz survivor http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36696420

Don't know but I'm guessing he was Jewish.

[Phantom 2,530]

The guitarist who played with Elvis, Scotty Moore, is dead at 84 http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36660103

Not just the guitarist who played with Elvis, he was the last surviving member of Elvis' original band.

[maryportfuncity 10,589]

 

The guitarist who played with Elvis, Scotty Moore, is dead at 84 http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36660103

Not just the guitarist who played with Elvis, he was the last surviving member of Elvis' original band.

 

 

 

The band that was directed by "an ass" (seriously, poor amplification back in the day,loads of screaming girls, they watched Elvis wiggle and took their timings from that)

[Cat O'Falk 3,290]

Elie Wiesel auschwitz survivor http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36696420

Don't know but I'm guessing he was Jewish.

Ask Drol; he'll probably know.

[Joey Russ 7,209]

Michael Cimino, director of the deer hunter and heavens gate has died at the age of supposedly 77

[maryportfuncity 10,589]

Michael Cimino, director of the deer hunter and heavens gate has died at the age of supposedly 77

 

 

It'll be interesting to see what the various obits make of the original - four hour(ish) - version of Heaven's Gate

[maryportfuncity 10,589]

 

Elie Wiesel auschwitz survivor http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36696420

Don't know but I'm guessing he was Jewish.

Ask Drol; he'll probably know.

 

 

 

Aye, just a bit he was

 

We don't seem to have a holocaust survivors thread (and I'm not suggesting we start one) but does anyone know the current status of Lily Ebert? She turned up a few years back in a documentary about people living with terminal illness but - so far as I can make out - she's around and mayble just obitable.

 

 

Link: http://hmd.org.uk/resources/stories/lily-ebert-hidden-histories

[Cat O'Falk 3,290]

 

 

Elie Wiesel auschwitz survivor http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36696420

Don't know but I'm guessing he was Jewish.

Ask Drol; he'll probably know.

 

 

 

Aye, just a bit he was

 

We don't seem to have a holocaust survivors thread (and I'm not suggesting we start one) but does anyone know the current status of Lily Ebert? She turned up a few years back in a documentary about people living with terminal illness but - so far as I can make out - she's around and mayble just obitable.

 

 

Link: http://hmd.org.uk/resources/stories/lily-ebert-hidden-histories

 

She was certainly alive at the start of this year and was mentioned in London Borough of Barnet's council meeting on 1st of March this year.

http://barnet.moderngov.co.uk/documents/g8343/Public%20reports%20pack%2001st-Mar-2016%2019.00%20Council.pdf?T=10

It was noted that a number of Barnet residents who are holocaust survivors had been honoured in the New Years honours list this year. Lily Ebert, of Golders Green received the British Empire Medal (BEM) ...

 

[maryportfuncity 10,589]

 

 

 

Elie Wiesel auschwitz survivor http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36696420

Don't know but I'm guessing he was Jewish.

Ask Drol; he'll probably know.

 

 

 

Aye, just a bit he was

 

We don't seem to have a holocaust survivors thread (and I'm not suggesting we start one) but does anyone know the current status of Lily Ebert? She turned up a few years back in a documentary about people living with terminal illness but - so far as I can make out - she's around and mayble just obitable.

 

 

Link: http://hmd.org.uk/resources/stories/lily-ebert-hidden-histories

 

She was certainly alive at the start of this year and was mentioned in London Borough of Barnet's council meeting on 1st of March this year.

http://barnet.moderngov.co.uk/documents/g8343/Public%20reports%20pack%2001st-Mar-2016%2019.00%20Council.pdf?T=10

It was noted that a number of Barnet residents who are holocaust survivors had been honoured in the New Years honours list this year. Lily Ebert, of Golders Green received the British Empire Medal (BEM) ...

 

 

 

 

Thanks

[drol 11,763]

 

Elie Wiesel auschwitz survivor http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36696420

Don't know but I'm guessing he was Jewish.

Ask Drol; he'll probably know.

 

Yes, he was. His death was announced by Yad Vashem Museum.

[Spade_Cooley 9,464]

Proto-drols of the Learned Elders of Zion

[drol 11,763]

Proto-drols of the Learned Elders of Zion

The only thing I note about Jews is that they usualy live longer than other people. Let's look at our list: Zsa Zsa, Kirk Douglas, Herman Wouk, Stan Lee... all Jewish. And then let's consider a man with a wild life like Jerry Lewis: would he be still alive if he was not Jewish? You can say the same about Don Rickles or others. I sincerely thought Wiesel was gonna straight into his 90s but this time I was wrong.

[rockhopper penguin 2,265]

 

Proto-drols of the Learned Elders of Zion

The only thing I note about Jews is that they usualy live longer than other people. Let's look at our list: Zsa Zsa, Kirk Douglas, Herman Wouk, Stan Lee... all Jewish. And then let's consider a man with a wild life like Jerry Lewis: would he be still alive if he was not Jewish? You can say the same about Don Rickles or others. I sincerely thought Wiesel was gonna straight into his 90s but this time I was wrong.

 

OK, as ever it depends on what you are trying to prove. There are indications in the US that people who class themselves as Jewish live longer. This is more likely to be due to socio-economic status rather than religion. A lot of people who ascribe to Jewishness are not particularly religious. Stan Lee for example is an agnostic. The evidence would suggest then that if you want to live longer just call yourself Jewish - or improve your social standing.

[drol 11,763]

 

 

Proto-drols of the Learned Elders of Zion

The only thing I note about Jews is that they usualy live longer than other people. Let's look at our list: Zsa Zsa, Kirk Douglas, Herman Wouk, Stan Lee... all Jewish. And then let's consider a man with a wild life like Jerry Lewis: would he be still alive if he was not Jewish? You can say the same about Don Rickles or others. I sincerely thought Wiesel was gonna straight into his 90s but this time I was wrong.

 

OK, as ever it depends on what you are trying to prove. There are indications in the US that people who class themselves as Jewish live longer. This is more likely to be due to socio-economic status rather than religion. A lot of people who ascribe to Jewishness are not particularly religious. Stan Lee for example is an agnostic. The evidence would suggest then that if you want to live longer just call yourself Jewish - or improve your social standing.

 

In my opinion this is due to genetic factors. Lifestyle matters, but still does not explain how Zsa Zsa or Jerry Lewis, whose lives were wild, are still alive. You can say they can pay the best doctors in the country but, in accordance to me, there's still something more linked to their DNA.

[rockhopper penguin 2,265]

 

 

 

Proto-drols of the Learned Elders of Zion

The only thing I note about Jews is that they usualy live longer than other people. Let's look at our list: Zsa Zsa, Kirk Douglas, Herman Wouk, Stan Lee... all Jewish. And then let's consider a man with a wild life like Jerry Lewis: would he be still alive if he was not Jewish? You can say the same about Don Rickles or others. I sincerely thought Wiesel was gonna straight into his 90s but this time I was wrong.

 

OK, as ever it depends on what you are trying to prove. There are indications in the US that people who class themselves as Jewish live longer. This is more likely to be due to socio-economic status rather than religion. A lot of people who ascribe to Jewishness are not particularly religious. Stan Lee for example is an agnostic. The evidence would suggest then that if you want to live longer just call yourself Jewish - or improve your social standing.

 

In my opinion this is due to genetic factors. Lifestyle matters, but still does not explain how Zsa Zsa or Jerry Lewis, whose lives were wild, are still alive. You can say they can pay the best doctors in the country but, in accordance to me, there's still something more linked to their DNA.

 

Ah the Jewish gene (and I don't mean Wilder). So what's keeping Keith Richards alive a socialism gene - like Fidel Castro? And we all know what (or who) is keeping ZZ alive.

[drol 11,763]

 

 

 

 

Proto-drols of the Learned Elders of Zion

The only thing I note about Jews is that they usualy live longer than other people. Let's look at our list: Zsa Zsa, Kirk Douglas, Herman Wouk, Stan Lee... all Jewish. And then let's consider a man with a wild life like Jerry Lewis: would he be still alive if he was not Jewish? You can say the same about Don Rickles or others. I sincerely thought Wiesel was gonna straight into his 90s but this time I was wrong.

 

OK, as ever it depends on what you are trying to prove. There are indications in the US that people who class themselves as Jewish live longer. This is more likely to be due to socio-economic status rather than religion. A lot of people who ascribe to Jewishness are not particularly religious. Stan Lee for example is an agnostic. The evidence would suggest then that if you want to live longer just call yourself Jewish - or improve your social standing.

 

In my opinion this is due to genetic factors. Lifestyle matters, but still does not explain how Zsa Zsa or Jerry Lewis, whose lives were wild, are still alive. You can say they can pay the best doctors in the country but, in accordance to me, there's still something more linked to their DNA.

 

Ah the Jewish gene (and I don't mean Wilder). So what's keeping Keith Richards alive a socialism gene - like Fidel Castro? And we all know what (or who) is keeping ZZ alive.

I'm sure some people are destined to live longer than other. And if you suppose that Jews have common ancestors (like every people) maybe their ancestor transmitted longevity genes to them, not all of them but most of them. It's a theory, but it can be, scientifically talking,

[drol 11,763]

John Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark, passed away aged 88. He was the last feudal Lord in Europe and was the only man who could keep dogs and pidgeons in Sark.

http://www.itv.com/news/channel/2016-07-03/seneschal-of-sark-sends-condolences-to-beaumont-family-on-behalf-of-islanders/

 

I was too lazy to find the right thread this morning.

[Sir Creep 7,068]

John Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark, passed away aged 88. He was the last feudal Lord in Europe and was the only man who could keep dogs and pidgeons in Sark.

http://www.itv.com/news/channel/2016-07-03/seneschal-of-sark-sends-condolences-to-beaumont-family-on-behalf-of-islanders/

 

I was too lazy to find the right thread this morning.

"Mr Beaumont's son, Major Christopher Beaumont, succeeds Michael as Seigneur."

 

FTFY

[Lard Bazaar 3,799]

How's this for obscure? Lady Elizabeth Lambton, daughter of the 6th Marquess of Lansdowne, died on 28 June. No link. I just know, OK?