1937 poll Class Of 1937

[Bibliogryphon 9,592]

In the absence of anyone to Give Me A Clue I voted for Una Stubbs.

 

No-one argued with me not much of an Aunt Sally then....

[ebless 203]

Jim Bowen is another 1937 birth not included in the poll.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Are you people going to do this for every year?

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,347]

Jim Bowen is another 1937 birth not included in the poll.

Cheers Sorted!

[theoldlady 2,313]

Hopefully our well-respected King Harald V of Norway will be the last man standing and become a supercenterian! Long live the King!

[Lewd_Squirrel 331]

Ned Beatty was also born in 1937

[theoldlady 2,313]

Hey! Someone could use the remaining names on this list for the 30-30 thread. 

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,347]

58 minutes ago, theoldlady said:

Hey! Someone could use the remaining names on this list for the 30-30 thread. 

Good idea 

[Whitehouse 872]

What's the use of starting a poll for which the ultimate answer will never be known before or around the year 2047?!!

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,347]

50 minutes ago, Whitehouse said:

What's the use of starting a poll for which the ultimate answer will never be known before or around the year 2047?!!

Curiosity. Fun. Dipping toe in the water to test opinion. 

All of the above and none. Really who cares? 

[Whitehouse 872]

6 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

Curiosity. Fun. Dipping toe in the water to test opinion. 

All of the above and none. Really who cares? 

Exactly my point! This poll will be brimming with excitement (not....)

 

 

Lock it! This thread absolutely has not added value to the forum. Move it to extra curricular.

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,347]

Just realised that Jim Bowen was the first person to die from the list of class of 1937. 

[TQR 14,408]

I’d love Brian Blessed to outlive the lot of them and celebrate his 150th birthday on the top of Mt. K2, but I reckon it’s Jane Fonda, on the basis that she’s 80 and most people still would.

[msc 18,483]

11 minutes ago, The Quim Reaper said:

I’d love Brian Blessed to outlive the lot of them and celebrate his 150th birthday on the top of Mt. K2.

 

As would I! The oldest man alive should be the loudest!

 

However, as Blessed celebrated his 80th birthday (loudly and in proper BRIAN BLESSED form, by announcing plans to go into space) in 2016, not sure he belongs in the Class of 37.

[TQR 14,408]

3 minutes ago, msc said:

 

As would I! The oldest man alive should be the loudest!

 

However, as Blessed celebrated his 80th birthday (loudly and in proper BRIAN BLESSED form, by announcing plans to go into space) in 2016, not sure he belongs in the Class of 37.

 

Ah yes, October ‘36. Good spot! In his honour then, I’ll have to change my vote to Mr Banks, as GORDON’S ALIVE

[YoungWillz 21,076]

On 27/11/2016 at 08:16, Bibliogryphon said:

In the absence of anyone to Give Me A Clue I voted for Una Stubbs.

How's this poll going? Old Una has sallied orf.

[Slackhurst Broadcasting 374]

Actually only about six or seven of them are deceased.

[ThereWillBeDeaths7 748]

Class of 1937 - update September 2022

 

Living:

Brian Blessed (October 9, 1936)
Grace Bumbry (January 4, 1937)
Dyan Cannon (January 4, 1937)
Shirley Bassey (January 8, 1937)
Vanessa Redgrave (January 30, 1937)
Garrett Morris (February 1, 1937)
Roberta Flack (February 10, 1937)
Jilly Cooper (February 21, 1937)
King Harald V of Norway (February 21, 1937)
Bob Schieffer (February 25, 1937)
Valentina Tereshkova (March 6, 1937)
Warren Beatty (March 30, 1937)
Billy Dee Williams (April 6, 1937)
Valerie Singleton (April 9, 1937)
George Takei (April 20, 1937)
Jack Nicholson (April 22, 1937)
Susan Hampshire (May 12, 1937)
Morgan Freeman (June 1, 1937)
Tom Stoppard (July 3, 1937)
David Hockney (July 9, 1937)
Bill Cosby (July 12, 1937)
Dustin Hoffman (August 8, 1937)
Bobby Charlton (October 11, 1937)
Wanda Jackson (October 20, 1937)
Loretta Swit (November 4, 1937)
Marlo Thomas (November 21, 1937)
Ridley Scott (November 30, 1937)
Jane Fonda (December 21, 1937)
Barbara Steele (December 29, 1937)
Anthony Hopkins (December 31, 1937)

 

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Passed away:

Jim Bowen
August 20, 1937 – March 14, 2018

 

Nancy Wilson
February 20, 1937 – December 13, 2018

 

Gordon Banks
December 30, 1937 – February 12, 2019

 

Jill Gascoine
April 11, 1937 – April 28, 2020

 

John Hume
January 18, 1937 – August 3, 2020

 

Barbara Windsor
August 6, 1937 – December 10, 2020

 

Una Stubbs
May 1, 1937 – August 12, 2021

 

Don Everly
February 1, 1937 – August 21, 2021

 

Colin Powell
April 5, 1937 – October 18, 2021

 

Madeleine Albright
May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022
 

[YoungWillz 21,076]

Grace Bumbry is a goner.

[ThereWillBeDeaths7 748]

That makes it 11 out of 40 names who have passed away since the end of 2016, just over a quarter. I'd imagine quite a few of the surviving ones will pass away in the next five years - when the class of 1937 will be 90-91.

 

Some of the most talked about names out of the above on the forum recently:

- Vanessa Redgrave (has looked frail for years, health setbacks like a near-fatal heart attack in 2015, lungs working at 30 per cent capacity due to emphysema caused by years of smoking)

- Roberta Flack (ALS diagnosis announced in November 2022, unable to sing)

- Harald V of Norway (multiple hospitalisations in the last years, surgery to replace a heart valve in 2020 and suffering from "not exactly looking the picture of health" for some years now)

- Jack Nicholson (retired from his acting career in 2010, multiple rumours as to his health in recent years. Years in which forum members have debated "he hasn't been seen for years, he has been diagnosed with Alzheimers years ago", as well as "he still attends public events and actually looks quite well for his age")

- Bill Cosby (all health setbacks could - and should, in my opinion - be seen with a grain of salt due to most news coming from his attorneys and him being convicted of aggravated indecent assault in 2014. Legally blind as of 2016, has cancelled plans for his comeback for the time being as of September 2021)

- Bobby Charlton (dementia diagnosis announced in November 2020, wasn't able to attend the funerals of his brothers in 2020 and 2023 due to illness)

- Jane Fonda (multiple cancer scares, non-Hodgkin lymphoma in September 2022 which has been in remission as of December last year)

[Captain Hemlock 745]

My vote would be for Marlo Thomas as the last one standing on this list.

[Steve 608]

I have also just voted for Marlo Thomas. Surely those who are now dead should now not be showing on the poll list leaving just those who are alive remaining. 

[TheCombustibleSupreme 5]

I am left with 2 last survivors from 1937

Hector Noguera (July 8, 1937) and Gary Lockwood (February 21, 1937)

[YoungWillz 21,076]

Last survivor will not be Bobby Charlton.

[La Tombe 354]

I vote for Dustin hoffman to be the last living, he is in great shape !