Ideas and Possibilities for 2021

[msc 18,438]

Mikis Theodorakis is still able to give public speeches, so is practically Betty White next to some of those zombies...

[Joey Russ 7,220]

57 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

You seem to be suggesting that they are the same person.

Pretty sure that’s the joke

[ladyfiona 2,577]

I've been taking part in my dad's Zoom quizzes every week (two different groups of friends) and this guy has been on a question twice now. Known for a best-selling series of gardening manuals and sold over 50 million copies, they have become the best selling gardening books in history.

• D. G. Hessayon - 92

 

[Toast 16,131]

1 hour ago, ladyfiona said:

I've been taking part in my dad's Zoom quizzes every week (two different groups of friends) and this guy has been on a question twice now. Known for a best-selling series of gardening manuals and sold over 50 million copies, they have become the best selling gardening books in history.

• D. G. Hessayon - 92

 

He was on my DDP team last year. 

No news on him, but I figured he'd be a good chance of a unique pick, and so he was.  Will definitely QO.

[Spade_Cooley 9,515]

Loved that pick when I entered it into the database last year, brought back memories of being 6/7 and bored-as-fuck looking for something, anything, to occupy myself with in a garden centre while my parents wandered round on a Sunday. His books and this cunt:

 

[Toast 16,131]

2 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Loved that pick when I entered it into the database last year, brought back memories of being 6/7 and bored-as-fuck looking for something, anything, to occupy myself with in a garden centre while my parents wandered round on a Sunday.

 

Those books are very attractive to children - the layout, the pictures, the diagrams.  Very retro in style, but do their job efficiently.

I've got quite a few of them on my bookshelves, most inherited from my mum, but I still refer to them.

 

[drol 11,925]

On 20/05/2020 at 11:49, drol said:

The loss of a good number of immortals this year prompts me to underline how a new generation of them is emerging.

 

1)Syed Ahmed Ali Shah Geelani (1929): suffered from heart failure and recurrent pneumonia for the last bunch of years. Reported dead or on the brik of death many times.

2)Lee Teng-hui (1923): Has been in hospital for months. He survived a severe cerebral hemorrhage last year and has suffered from a large number of ailments.

3)Thich Nhat Hanh (1926): Reported to be dying almost two years ago, he is still being wheeled out each day. Stroke survivor and also manages recurrent pneumonia with ease.

4)Sumner Redstone (1923): Has been a vegetable for years and reportedly bedridden and incredibly frail. Still he persists.

5)Stanley Ho (1921): Every day thousands of money are spent by his family to keep him alive at Hong Kong Sanatorium. Cerebral hemorrhage survivor and has suffered from multiple organ failure, which he survived gleefully. Reported to be "on the brink of death" in January.

6)Balbir Singh, Sr. (1923): Well, you all know him. He survived just everything. Every time we see him bouncing back we think "Is this  fucking joke?", but it isn't.

7)Mikis Theodorakis (1925): A greek copycat of Dilip Kumar, fat, obese and suffering from heart failure. Always about to die, but never does.

8)Dilip Kumar (1922): Probably the last original immortal still alive.

9)Fauja Singh (1911): He is not the man he used to be. His health is slowly declining both physically and mentally wahtever his real age is. Does not look so invincible as he did.

10)Nobby Stiles (1942): Suffering from just everything for years and yet surviving a lot of teammamtes. Amazing.

11)Everton Weekes (1925): It has been in and out of hospital for him since that massive heart attack from June and could have spent months there. 

12)Gigi Simoni (1939): Has been in a coma for over a year, and no sign his condition is deteriorating.

13)Monica Vitti aka Joanne Woodward (1931/1930): Been in the late stages of dementia for damn years. Still seem undestructible.

14)Leslie Phillips (1924): More a cadaver than a person.

Goodbye, Gigi. Gigi Simoni dead at 81.

[ladyfiona 2,577]

Burt Bacharach is going to be 93 next year. Might want to put him on the list.

[Bibliogryphon 9,571]

I think we need a really old fashioned Leftie on the list next year.

 

Arthur Scargill or Dennis Skinner seem to be good candidates

[The Old Crem 3,582]

Just now, Bibliogryphon said:

I think we need a really old fashioned Leftie on the list next year.

 

Arthur Scargill or Dennis Skinner seem to be good candidates

Or John Prescott.

[The Old Crem 3,582]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/52533384

What about Tony Brooks last surviving winner of a 1950's F1 race.

[Miracle Aligner 249]

38 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said:

I think we need a really old fashioned Leftie on the list next year.

 

Arthur Scargill or Dennis Skinner seem to be good candidates

 

Relatively young by Deathlist standards to be honest at 82 and 88. 

 

Anyone having a scout of the past membership of Socialist Campaign Group in Labour

 

Austin Mitchell is 85....

Anne Cryer is 80

Alice Mahon is 82

Terry Lewis is 84

Harold Bes is 82

Harry Barnes is 83

Maria Fyfe is 81

Ian Gibson is 81

Gery Benningham will be 80 later this year

 

None really have the name recognition of your two suggestions though now we've lost Tony Benn... 

 

Corbyn and McDonnell are only in there seventies so ones for the future....

 

Jean Lambert who was principal speaker for the Greens is 70...

 

Extending this to Militant - Roger Potz is now 81

[msc 18,438]

Dennis Skinner is however not in the best of health. He was in hospital for most of the election campaign, and has been ill for years (I dont know the specifics, but he has been clearly frail in the last 18 months or so). He only stood because his local party thought only he could save the seat, but he wasn't well enough to put anything like a normal effort into campaigning. He did do a thing for Richard Burgon (a family friend) in February but looked hellish. I'm unconvinced he'll see his 90th birthday in February 2022.

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Yeah, Skinner isn’t that healthy and probably should be considered for the list in 2021...

[Miracle Aligner 249]

11 minutes ago, msc said:

Dennis Skinner is however not in the best of health. He was in hospital for most of the election campaign, and has been ill for years (I dont know the specifics, but he has been clearly frail in the last 18 months or so). He only stood because his local party thought only he could save the seat, but he wasn't well enough to put anything like a normal effort into campaigning. He did do a thing for Richard Burgon (a family friend) in February but looked hellish. I'm unconvinced he'll see his 90th birthday in February 2022.

 

Tbh the only thing I can find with regards to this is a article on morning star with a clearly old picture of him and Burgon...

 

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/labour-deputy-leadership-hopeful-burgon-vows-to-hardwire-public-ownership-into-party-constitution

 

To be fair he never looked in perfect health in the chamber though....

 

Also while running through a wikipedia check I ran into a deeptrabbit hole I came across Paul Stephenson of Bristol Bus Boycott and public house colour protest whose now 83...

 

He'd certainly get a Guardian obit....

[Joey Russ 7,220]

There’s this post on forum which mentioned he was too ill to attend something...

On 16/12/2019 at 13:52, Cerberus said:

The Beast of Bolsover lost his seat on Friday - I was listening as the result came in around 5 a.m. Dennis was too ill - after a recent hip operation - to attend.

 

At 87, got to be a good choice for 2020 I'd have thought ...

 

[Miracle Aligner 249]

4 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

There’s this post on forum which mentioned he was too ill to attend something...

 

 

The announcement of his result....

 

At 87 years old and the announcement of his result being at 5am, I think 87 years old be a good enough reason to skip never mind a hip op, especially when you know you might lose

[The Old Crem 3,582]

3 hours ago, Miracle Aligner said:

 

Relatively young by Deathlist standards to be honest at 82 and 88. 

 

Anyone having a scout of the past membership of Socialist Campaign Group in Labour

 

Austin Mitchell is 85....

Anne Cryer is 80

Alice Mahon is 82

Terry Lewis is 84

Harold Bes is 82

Harry Barnes is 83

Maria Fyfe is 81

Ian Gibson is 81

Gery Benningham will be 80 later this year

 

None really have the name recognition of your two suggestions though now we've lost Tony Benn... 

 

Corbyn and McDonnell are only in there seventies so ones for the future....

 

Jean Lambert who was principal speaker for the Greens is 70...

 

Extending this to Militant - Roger Potz is now 81

Austin Mitchell is possibly just about deathlist worthy.

[The Old Crem 3,582]

2 hours ago, msc said:

Dennis Skinner is however not in the best of health. He was in hospital for most of the election campaign, and has been ill for years (I dont know the specifics, but he has been clearly frail in the last 18 months or so). He only stood because his local party thought only he could save the seat, but he wasn't well enough to put anything like a normal effort into campaigning. He did do a thing for Richard Burgon (a family friend) in February but looked hellish. I'm unconvinced he'll see his 90th birthday in February 2022.

Hip operation during the campaign according to someone I know.  Through I am not sure he would have that op during a campaign unless it was essential.

[The Old Crem 3,582]

1 hour ago, Miracle Aligner said:

 

The announcement of his result....

 

At 87 years old and the announcement of his result being at 5am, I think 87 years old be a good enough reason to skip never mind a hip op, especially when you know you might lose

It's the fact he has not really publicly commented much on his defeat or the future of the labour party since through. No Morning Star or other far left media interviews. Endorses via a written statement not a grand attention getting appearance (In February so pre isolation.)

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

I'd like to suggest two people, both called Betty Davenport.

 

The first Betty Davenport is, since 1961, the proprietor of the world's oldest magic shop, which was founded by her grandfather in 1898.  She is now 86 

- although she did look pretty healthy in the documentary I was just watching about Tommy Cooper.

 

The second Betty Davenport is actually Betty Davenport Ford, an American sculptor of some renown, who was born in 1924 and popped up first when I googled her namesake.  

 

 

[Miracle Aligner 249]

6 minutes ago, DevonDeathTrip said:

I'd like to suggest two people, both called Betty Davenport.

 

The first Betty Davenport is, since 1961, the proprietor of the world's oldest magic shop, which was founded by her grandfather in 1898.  She is now 86 

- although she did look pretty healthy in the documentary I was just watching about Tommy Cooper.

 

The second Betty Davenport is actually Betty Davenport Ford, an American sculptor of some renown, who was born in 1924 and popped up first when I googled her namesake.  

 

 

 

First one doesn't seem all that famous. 

 

And the second one is the most shaggable 96 year old I've ever seen with the exception of Lauren Bacall if that's a pic from the last 20 years. 

[RIP Wee Jum 1,559]

What about Rusty Goffe AKA 'Britain's Bounciest Weatherman'.  I can't find anything online (so could be wrong)  But I heard he had a health scare a couple of years back.  Don't know anymore than that.  I was only reminded when i saw him on some crap show on channel 5 last night

1 minute 20 in this clip
 

 

[Ulitzer95 12,582]

On 20/05/2020 at 10:49, drol said:

The loss of a good number of immortals this year prompts me to underline how a new generation of them is emerging.

 

1)Syed Ahmed Ali Shah Geelani (1929): suffered from heart failure and recurrent pneumonia for the last bunch of years. Reported dead or on the brik of death many times.

2)Lee Teng-hui (1923): Has been in hospital for months. He survived a severe cerebral hemorrhage last year and has suffered from a large number of ailments.

3)Thich Nhat Hanh (1926): Reported to be dying almost two years ago, he is still being wheeled out each day. Stroke survivor and also manages recurrent pneumonia with ease.

4)Sumner Redstone (1923): Has been a vegetable for years and reportedly bedridden and incredibly frail. Still he persists.

5)Stanley Ho (1921): Every day thousands of money are spent by his family to keep him alive at Hong Kong Sanatorium. Cerebral hemorrhage survivor and has suffered from multiple organ failure, which he survived gleefully. Reported to be "on the brink of death" in January.

6)Balbir Singh, Sr. (1923): Well, you all know him. He survived just everything. Every time we see him bouncing back we think "Is this  fucking joke?", but it isn't.

7)Mikis Theodorakis (1925): A greek copycat of Dilip Kumar, fat, obese and suffering from heart failure. Always about to die, but never does.

8)Dilip Kumar (1922): Probably the last original immortal still alive.

9)Fauja Singh (1911): He is not the man he used to be. His health is slowly declining both physically and mentally wahtever his real age is. Does not look so invincible as he did.

10)Nobby Stiles (1942): Suffering from just everything for years and yet surviving a lot of teammamtes. Amazing.

11)Everton Weekes (1925): It has been in and out of hospital for him since that massive heart attack from June and could have spent months there. 

12)Gigi Simoni (1939): Has been in a coma for over a year, and no sign his condition is deteriorating.

13)Monica Vitti aka Joanne Woodward (1931/1930): Been in the late stages of dementia for damn years. Still seem undestructible.

14)Leslie Phillips (1924): More a cadaver than a person.

Stanley Ho dead at 98.

 

Soong-jong, Singh and now Ho. I hope you’ve got an alibi drol?

[drol 11,925]

1 hour ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Stanley Ho dead at 98.

 

Soong-jong, Singh and now Ho. I hope you’ve got an alibi drol?

I'm afraid I have not.