Celebrities That Are Still Alive
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Blimey.Big_Bad_World said:Beverly Cleary.
Not a celebrity as such so I'll take the wrath of @Riviera but, at 102 and a certified 'living legend', I think she deserves a special mention.
Remember reading the Ramona books and mouse and the motorcycle in primary school.0 -
"Arguably" is the operative word there Len. I can remember his world record number of 6s at the Basin Reserve in the 1960s and what a shame he was ahead of his time for ODIs.LenGlover said:
It will still probably be a 'NO' even though John Reid is arguably second only to Richard Hadlee as New Zealand's most eminent test cricketer.MrOneLung said:There's Len, sucking up to Riv with a cricket player...
My vote though would go, after Richard Hadlee, to Bert Sutcliffe and there is a Bert Sutcliffe Medal awarded each year to an outstanding kiwi cricketer. He made a couple of triple centuries but his most talked about innings would probably be his 80 not out in Johannesburg in the 1950s. He returned to the wicket swathed in bandages after being hit on the head by a Neil Adcock bouncer and continued his assault on the bowling with a number of sixes. When the ninth wicket fell the players were ready to go home. Bob Blair, NZ number 11, was thought to be back in his hotel distraught at the news his sister had been killed in the Tangiwai train disaster two days before, strode to the wicket in front of a silent crowd of 23,000. The pair put on 33 runs in 10 minutes before Blair was out and NZ suffered a heavy defeat. But a NZ cricket writer was moved to write "It was a great and glorious victory, a story every New Zealand boy should learn at his mother's knee"
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Look at Harold checking out HRH 'arris.LenGlover said:Another one down.
RIP Mary Wilson.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-443952911 -
Wife of a civil servant. No chance...LenGlover said:Another one down.
RIP Mary Wilson.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-443952912 -
Mentioned on the thread by @Chizz in September 2017 without a 'chirp' in response.....Algarveaddick said:
Wife of a civil servant. No chance...LenGlover said:Another one down.
RIP Mary Wilson.
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Do you not know what tacit means?0
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Impressive recall again Len ... could you recite the list too? Although I know its not for publicationLenGlover said:
Mentioned on the thread by @Chizz in September 2017 without a 'chirp' in response.....Algarveaddick said:
Wife of a civil servant. No chance...LenGlover said:Another one down.
RIP Mary Wilson.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44395291
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On the list already but I see 90 year-old Fenella Fielding picked up and OBE in the honours list.
She should say to the Queen "Mind if I smoke"!0 -
Did anyone mention Eunice Gayson when she turned 90. She was the first ever Bond girl in the 60's so she easily qualifies for this thread.
Unfortunately though, she has just recently died.0 - Sponsored links:
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Well you'll never know will you?Blackheathen said:Did anyone mention Eunice Gayson when she turned 90. She was the first ever Bond girl in the 60's so she easily qualifies for this thread.
Unfortunately though, she has just recently died.0 -
I can't believe we've all missed this one!
The great John Woodcock former cricket correspondent of The Times
Born 7 August 1926.0 -
Robbie Williams still I’m afraid.0
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Basil Brush is 50. According to this calculator https://easycalculation.com/other/fun/Human-years-to-Fox-years.html that makes him 285 and a half in human terms. Boom boom.4
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Yoshiro Nakamatsu the Japanese inventor is 90 today. At the last count he held over 3,200 patents. Including such delights as a condom with a built-in magnet and a self-defence wig.
It seems he comes up with his best ideas while under water.0 -
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Another one bites the dust.Riviera said:
Excellent add again @HarryLime. You really have got the hang of my thread. Love The Odd Couple.HarryLime said:At the risk of one of Chirpy's "Zzzzz" or a straight dismissal for not being well-known enough, American playwright Neil Simon is 90.
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Peter Pan!0
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I say.shirty5 said:Leslie Phillips
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Nicholas Roeg joined the club last month.1
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Jeannette Charles
Actress who is known for being a Queen Elizabeth 11 lookalike.
Born October 15 19275 -
Has anyone mentioned Sandy Gall? He's still knocking about.1
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Robert Desmond born 29 March 1924
Starred in 'Compact' a BBC sixties soap and also appeared in 'The Army Game' which was the forerunner of 'Bootsie and Snudge' both sixties comedies. He also had a minor role in 'The Great Escape.'
EDIT: Died in 2002 so ignore!!!0 -
You could just delete it yourself @LenGloverLenGlover said:Robert Desmond born 29 March 1924
Starred in 'Compact' a BBC sixties soap and also appeared in 'The Army Game' which was the forerunner of 'Bootsie and Snudge' both sixties comedies. He also had a minor role in 'The Great Escape.'
EDIT: Died in 2002 so ignore!!!0 -
I could and I still may yet but having typed it all out only to see something another source saying he snuffed it I didn't feel like doing it then.Riviera said:
You could just delete it yourself @LenGloverLenGlover said:Robert Desmond born 29 March 1924
Starred in 'Compact' a BBC sixties soap and also appeared in 'The Army Game' which was the forerunner of 'Bootsie and Snudge' both sixties comedies. He also had a minor role in 'The Great Escape.'
EDIT: Died in 2002 so ignore!!!1 -
Saw Quentin Blake's name trending on twitter this morning, think he might be one for this list as i immediately thought the worst when i saw it.0
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Neil Harvey last surviving member of Don Bradman's 1948 'invincibles' who thrashed anything that moved when touring England.
Born 8 October 1928 so as a resident of Australia he is 90 today!2
