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  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
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    That is a very respectable age. Her life was almost twice as long as Fleming's.
  • TokolosheTokoloshe Under your bed
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    Today is the anniversary of death of Fleming himself.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Tokoloshe wrote: »
    Today is the anniversary of death of Fleming himself.

    Indeed, 53 years since his sad passing today - 12 August 1964.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    edited August 2017 Posts: 45,489
    jake24 wrote: »
    Blanche Blackwell, Ian Fleming's mistress, has died aged 104:

    https://www.google.ca/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/08/10/blanche-blackwell-ian-flemings-mistress-obituary/amp/
    Tokoloshe wrote: »
    Today is the anniversary of death of Fleming himself.

    Almost eerie. Isn t it Blanche Blackwell s son who owns the Goldeneye estate today?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    The world s oldest man, Yisrael Kristal also died today aged 113.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    The world s oldest man, Yisrael Kristal also died today aged 113.

    I was reading about that yesterday. Would've been 114 in a month.

    Always love seeing these Holocaust survivors that managed to live incredibly long lives. RIP, Mr. Kristal.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    The world s oldest person though is a woman. In Jamaica. Aged 117.

  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Damn, that's old. Had to look up the oldest recorded age, belongs to a French woman who passed in 1997 at the age of 122.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    The oldest a human can get is 144, due to the fact that all mammals have a maximum amount of heartbeats before it collapses. Mathematical and statistical fact.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    edited August 2017 Posts: 7,198
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    Damn, that's old. Had to look up the oldest recorded age, belongs to a French woman who passed in 1997 at the age of 122.

    I remember reading somewhere that she quit smoking at 120. Don't know if there is any truth in that, but I giggled.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited August 2017 Posts: 15,722
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    The oldest a human can get is 144, due to the fact that all mammals have a maximum amount of heartbeats before it collapses. Mathematical and statistical fact.

    How did you reach the age of 158 years, @Thunderfinger? ;)
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    I remember reading in the Guinness bok of records as a kid that the oldest person had passed away at the age of 126, but I guess it hasn t been properly confirmed. It was a Japanese gemtleman if I recall correctly.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    DaltonCraig007 wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    The oldest a human can get is 144, due to the fact that all mammals have a maximum amount of heartbeats before it collapses. Mathematical and statistical fact.

    How did you reach the age of 158 years, @Thunderfinger? ;)

    What are you talking about? I am only a young man of 101.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    @Thunderfinger defies time and tide and goes on through the centuries.
  • timmertimmer
    edited August 2017 Posts: 4,622
    FoxRox wrote: »
    BMW_with_missiles wrote: »
    Well, they may only be fish, but today is a sad day. The heater in my 30 gallon aquarium malfunctioned and killed all my fish in that tank, including my 7 year old green-spotted puffer fish.

    My condolences. That's awful news :( Fish, like other pets, are still important too.

    Sorry about your fish. That must have been sad
    I'm sure you'd gotten quite used to having them around, especially the 7- year old
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    The oldest a human can get is 144, due to the fact that all mammals have a maximum amount of heartbeats before it collapses. Mathematical and statistical fact.
    I wouldn't go banco on that.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    RichardTheBruce wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    The oldest a human can get is 144, due to the fact that all mammals have a maximum amount of heartbeats before it collapses. Mathematical and statistical fact.
    I wouldn't go banco on that.

    Gene engineering could maybe fix that.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    RichardTheBruce wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    The oldest a human can get is 144, due to the fact that all mammals have a maximum amount of heartbeats before it collapses. Mathematical and statistical fact.
    I wouldn't go banco on that.

    Gene engineering could maybe fix that.

    It's not a big problem for much of the world's population though!
  • TokolosheTokoloshe Under your bed
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    RichardTheBruce wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    The oldest a human can get is 144, due to the fact that all mammals have a maximum amount of heartbeats before it collapses. Mathematical and statistical fact.
    I wouldn't go banco on that.

    Gene engineering could maybe fix that.

    It's not a big problem for much of the world's population though!

    Especially since it's complete nonsense.
  • BMW_with_missilesBMW_with_missiles All the usual refinements.
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    timmer wrote: »
    FoxRox wrote: »
    BMW_with_missiles wrote: »
    Well, they may only be fish, but today is a sad day. The heater in my 30 gallon aquarium malfunctioned and killed all my fish in that tank, including my 7 year old green-spotted puffer fish.

    My condolences. That's awful news :( Fish, like other pets, are still important too.

    Sorry about your fish. That must have been sad
    I'm sure you'd gotten quite used to having them around, especially the 7- year old

    Thank you for your condolences.
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    jake24 wrote: »
    Blanche Blackwell, Ian Fleming's mistress, has died aged 104:

    https://www.google.ca/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/08/10/blanche-blackwell-ian-flemings-mistress-obituary/amp/
    Tokoloshe wrote: »
    Today is the anniversary of death of Fleming himself.

    Almost eerie. Isn t it Blanche Blackwell s son who owns the Goldeneye estate today?

    A very strange coincidence indeed.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Blanche Blackwell didn't actually die on Fleming's death date anniversary, though it was close to it.
  • GerardGerard
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    So, Blanche Blackwell was the "jamaican wife" that I saw in a documentary about Ian Fleming, then ?

    RIP also to Victor pemberton, writer of the Doctor Who episode "Fury from the Deep", and thus creator of the Sonic Screwdriver :

    doctorwhonews.net/2017/08/victor-pemberton-1931-2017.html
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Gerard wrote: »
    So, Blanche Blackwell was the "jamaican wife" that I saw in a documentary about Ian Fleming, then ?

    RIP also to Victor pemberton, writer of the Doctor Who episode "Fury from the Deep", and thus creator of the Sonic Screwdriver :

    doctorwhonews.net/2017/08/victor-pemberton-1931-2017.html

    Yes, that was her.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    40 years since Elvis died. I remember it well,and the newspaper headline "The King is dead." Some people thought it was the king himself who had died.
  • GerardGerard
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    A couple of celebrity deaths these past two weeks in France. First, there was Christian Millau, cou-founder of the famous Gault & Millau gastronomic guide (the main rival of the Michelin guide) :

    lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2017/08/07/le-critique-gastronomique-christian-millau-cofondateur-du-gault-et-millau-est-mort_5169648_3382.html

    Then, writer and reporter Gonzague Saint Bris died in a car crash, aged 69 :

    lepoint.fr/culture/info-le-point-fr-l-ecrivain-gonzague-sant-bris-est-mort-08-08-2017-2148684_3.php

    And, just today, I've learned of the deaht of TV presenter (in the 60s and 70s) and writer Jacqueline Monsigny, wife of american actor Edward meeks :

    lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2017/08/16/mort-de-la-romanciere-jacqueline-monsigny_5172826_3382.html
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    40 years since Elvis died. I remember it well,and the newspaper headline "The King is dead." Some people thought it was the king himself who had died.

    A true musical Legend and Icon! RIP Elvis Presley!
  • TokolosheTokoloshe Under your bed
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    Real life British peer David Somerset dies age 89. Shares his name with Bond's alias in FRWL. Anyone know if it's a coincidence or did Fleming use another name of someone he knew?

    http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-40955380
  • barryt007barryt007
    edited August 2017 Posts: 19,339
    Sir Bruce Forsyth has died aged 89...RIP and thanks for all the fun ,you made me so so happy in my childhood years Brucie.

    :(
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
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    Bruce has been a favourite of one done young 'un. RIP Sir Bruce.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Sad to hear of the death of the legendary Sir Bruce Forsyth. I was just thinking of him recently.

    From Wikipedia:

    In 2012, Guinness World Records recognised Forsyth as having the longest television career for a male entertainer.
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