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Re: Celebrities who died younger than you

From Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws>
Newsgroups alt.obituaries
Subject Re: Celebrities who died younger than you
Date 2026-02-25 02:01 +0000
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Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
> Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
>> Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
>>> Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
>>>> Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
>>>>> Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
>>>>>> Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
>>>>>>> Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> David Carson <davidc@wa-wd.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 1 Feb 2025 04:10:26 -0000 (UTC), Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>David Carson <davidc@wa-wd.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 22:03:28 -0000 (UTC), Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>tomorrow I overtake a tie,Joel
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Siegel and Richard Boone,which will presumably lead to one of them
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>being listed as died at my age while the other remains on the older
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>list
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm pretty sure it's going to show that both of them died at your age,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> since they both did.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>So it did,but I remember a tie being processed differently before
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(one left the visible list and the other did not).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That was probably in the younger-than and older-than sections, which are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> set to return ten records, no more and no less. The old-as section returns
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> however many matches there are, which is zero on most days.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>So Slim Pickens and Shari Lewis (who died at ages about a month apart)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>both arrived on the older-than list,and Dick York and Donna Summer
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>will both leave the younger-than list tomorrow.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In the meantime,without aid of Sherpa or piton,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to climb toward the lifespan of Pat Summitt.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have not attained the summit of longevity,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> but I HAVE surpassed the longevity of Summitt.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I was surprised to see Lee Marvin still on the younger-than
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> list as I thought he was the next to be dropped (I was tied
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with him the first time I tried this feature)...has someone
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> just disappeared from the database,by 50-year rule or otherwise?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Looking back on this thread and on the current display,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I realize that Boone is absent with Siegel no longer in a tie.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sorrell Booke is next for me to overtake,while Cheryl Holdridge
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> appears in the distance.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As I page past Booke Floyd Cramer becomes next to pass,while
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Slobodan Milosevic comes into view behind Holdridge.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The fifty-year guillotine has complicated things...I have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> now drawn alongside Cramer,but rather than Lee Marvin,who
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I was tied with when I first used this page,disappearing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> from the younger-thans,the even younger Dick York has made
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a return appearance,while both Herbert "Tiny Tim" Khaury
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and Waylon Jennings are in the distance behind Milosevic.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As York's fellow Darren Dick Sargent has become the next
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for me to pass,perhaps the site is just bewitched,but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I am not sure just who disappeared.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Having just passed Sargent and drawn alongside Ken Lay,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> They are now the furthest behind of the list I have surpassed.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Lay is next to vanish now.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I must next face the (Lorenzo) Music;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Johnny Paycheck appears in the distance past Jennings,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and beyond him that rascal George (Spanky) McFarland.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Having outlasted Music's last note,I next need to solve
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the (Nelson) Riddle;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Having done so,I am in line to shortly pass Sammy Davis Jr....
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have now tied him...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Shari Lewis is next... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Now I am between Lewis and Holdridge...
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> ...now I have passed Holdridge and Milosevic.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Cramer and Booke are the next to disappear behind me,
>>>>>>>>>>>> H "TT" K is next to overtake,
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Now overtaken...
>>>>>>>>>>> Jennings is next...
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> With him gone,next comes Johnny Paycheck...
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I have reached the age at which he cashed in...
>>>>>>>>>   
>>>>>>>>>>>> and...
>>>>>>>>>>>>   
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> beyond McFarland
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I have a week before I spank his lifespan...
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I have reached McFarland's age.
>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> lies Selma Diamond,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Ten days to go.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I have now passed Diamond-level longevity...
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and I see that unlike
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the two Bewitched Darren Dicks,the database does NOT also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> include the other gravelly-voiced female Night Court
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bailiff,Florence Halop,who I passed in the past year.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis comes into view behind Diamond.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ...and is thus now next to catch...
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wilson Pickett appears behind her.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have now passed both of them.
>>>>>> Everyone who died younger than Lewis has vanished
>>>>>> behind me.
>>>>> 
>>>>> And now everyone who died younger than Milosevic.
>>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Herbert "Tim" Khaury's lifespan is now too Tiny to register.
>> 
>> The youngest person remaining on the list behind me
>> is McFarland.

Now gone,with Diamond on the cusp of going next.

>>>>>>>>>>>>> ...beyond Pickett lies Caroline McWilliams.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Three days to go...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> ...behind her lie Bobby Fischer and Malcolm Young.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have now passed McWilliams and Fischer,and am tied with Young.
>>>> 
>>>> Having passed Young,Milosevic now disappears from the list
>>>> behind me...
>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Lee Van Cleef appears behind Young.
>>> 
>>> I am now past Van Cleef...
>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> ...Donna Reed is next beyond Van Cleef.
>>> 
>>> 3 days to go.
>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> beyond her Flip Wilson appears in the distance.
>>>>>>>> 
>> 
>> I am now ahead of Wilson and behind Pryor.
> 
> Still closing in on Pryor.

I have now passed Pryor.

>>>>>>>> beyond Wilson is Richard Pryor.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> past him is Quinn Martin.


Now just one day away.

>>>>>> followed by Victor Sen Yung and Gene Pitney.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Richard Wright,Denny Doherty,and Tanya Roberts 
>>>>> appear in line behind them.
>>>> 
>>>> ...and now for some reason Roberts (though still in
>>>> the database) has been replaced by Dan Rowan.
>>> 
>>> She has reappeared after Rowan...their age is TIED.
> 
> I now note that sources differ on her age...the DOADb is now
> going with birth in 1955 while Wikipedia says she was born 1949.
> 
>> 
>> Val Kilmer and Guy Williams are now in the distance
>> beyond that tie.

Miles Davis has appeared behind Williams.

>>>>>>>>>>>> I will actually become a better chessplayer than Bobby Fischer was at my age
>>>>>>>>>>>> for the first time since I was a small child (I learned the rules slightly
>>>>>>>>>>>> younger than he did).
>>>>> 
>>>>> Done!
>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -=-=-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.

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                Re: Celebrities who died younger than you Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> - 2026-01-23 21:19 +0000
                Re: Celebrities who died younger than you Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> - 2026-02-03 23:30 +0000
                Re: Celebrities who died younger than you Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> - 2026-02-09 05:18 +0000
                Re: Celebrities who died younger than you Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> - 2026-02-25 02:01 +0000
                Re: Celebrities who died younger than you Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> - 2026-03-09 07:00 +0000
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                Re: Celebrities who died younger than you Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> - 2026-07-01 03:35 +0000
    Re: Celebrities who died younger than you Louis Epstein <le@main.lekno.ws> - 2024-09-09 03:12 +0000
      Re: Celebrities who died younger than you Louis Epstein <le@main.lekno.ws> - 2024-10-08 08:08 +0000
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          Re: Celebrities who died younger than you David Carson <davidc@wa-wd.com> - 2024-10-15 07:53 -0500
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              Re: Celebrities who died younger than you Louis Epstein <le@main.lekno.ws> - 2024-10-15 23:50 +0000
                Re: Celebrities who died younger than you mig73allenford2002@yahoo.co.uk (Mig.Rhodes) - 2024-10-16 16:30 +0000
                Re: Celebrities who died younger than you Louis Epstein <le@main.lekno.ws> - 2024-12-02 07:36 +0000
  Re: Celebrities who died younger than you jsnsmith565@gmail.com (Jason) - 2024-08-18 21:37 +0000
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