Need a new thread then we can have a running total. Of the two mentioned, never heard of either.
Re: Departed during 2019
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 8:54 pm
by CharlieOneSix
Prospective candidates 2020:
Olivia de Havilland - 103
Kirk Douglas - 103
Vera Lynn - 102
Re: Departed during 2019
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 1:11 am
by llondel
I'd put Prince Philip on the list too, he's not quite ready but it wouldn't surprise me to wake up one morning and hear on the news that he'd passed away.
I used to listen to a local (well, regional) radio programme which had a feature called Brown Bread.
The presenter would announce the name of a well-known person and then listeners would call in and guess whether that person was still alive or not.
This was in the days before mobile phones were so widespread, so listeners had little chance to google it.
Re: Departed during 2019
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 12:40 pm
by Pontius Navigator
Well, until I saw Dame Edna on the box I would have plumbed for dead. Having watch a few minutes I am not sure.
I was at school with Peter Sissons and a good friend of mine - who also went to the same school - was a good friend of his brother who later became a doctor. You could tell even at school what direction his career would take. He was a good orator and was often asked to read out passages from the bible in the days when the bible formed part of everyday school life. I didn't know him well, but he seemed a decent enough chap at school. It still amazes me just how many famous (and one or two infamous) people my old school turned out.
Re: Departed during 2019
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 8:06 pm
by Ibbie
Somewhere I have a CD called Gravelands with tracks by artists who are no longer with us.