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09/12/2024 3:15 pm
Recently the oldest living state leader died.
He was César Yanes Urias born on April 24, 1920 and died on December 4, 2024, he was a member of the Government Junta, which governed El Salvador from October 26, 1960 to January 25, 1961 and was also a member of the Salvadoran naval forces
He was now succeeded by Guillermo Antonio Rodríguez Lara who was dictator of Ecuador from February 15, 1972 to January 11, 1976 and was born on November 4, 1923
Today we had the sad news of the death of Arnold Yarrow born on 17 April 1920, best known for his brief role as Jewish bricklayer Benny Bloom in the soap opera EastEnders. Like the character, he is Jewish, also known for appearing in Doctor Who playing the diminutive leader of Exxilon, Bellal, in the 1974 series Death to the Daleks, being the oldest living actor to appear in Doctor Who, as well as several others roles
Now the distinction of oldest living actor, as far as I know, goes to Ray Anthony (20 Jan 1922), who despite being best known for being a musician, had a brief career as an actor
Filmography Arnold Yarrow: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0946531/?ref_=fn_all_nme_1
Filmography Ray Anthony: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0030989/
Edit: I don't know why the links aren't working, I'll put the Wikipedia link here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Yanes_Ur%C3%ADas (Cesar Yanes)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Yarrow (Arnold Yarrow) (His death has not yet been reported by the press, but confirmed by a relative who lives in Israel on Facebook)
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09/12/2024 11:41 pm
Just a correction, the oldest known living actor would be Georg Stefan Troller (AUT 10 Dec 1921), he is best known as a director and author, but also appeared as an actor in a few films
12/12/2024 12:21 am
Caren Marsh Doll (born 6 April 1919) is actually the oldest living former actor (or rather, actress). Georg Troller is the oldest male actor though.
This post was modified 1 week ago by Rutzqwezex
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12/12/2024 1:58 am
I think she is the fourth after María Cristina Camilo (25 December 1917), Elisabeth Waldo (18 June 1918) and Maj-Britt Håkansson (29 March 1919).
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12/12/2024 3:28 am
@rutzqwezex Yes, sorry if the translation wasn't correct, that's what I wrote in my language, the older actor, male
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13/12/2024 4:09 pm
In November 2023, the last German who served in Einsatzgruppe C also died (since 2021 he is suspected of being the last) and was accused of being involved in the massacre of tens of thousands of Jews in Ukraine, an extremely sad moment in world history that It should never have happened, but unfortunately it is part of history
His name was Herbert Wahler and he was born on 10 Dec 1921 and died in Melsungen at the age 101 years
In March 2020, the Kassel Public Prosecutor's Office announced that Wahler would not face charges due to a lack of evidence
His death was only discovered this week. He claimed that he only helped the injured
https://www.dedokwerker.nl/wahler_gosdek.html
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13/12/2024 4:24 pm
Polly Allen Mellen was born on 18 Jun 1924 and died on 12 Dec 2024 and was the oldest known living notable fashion designer and editor. She was born in West Hartford, Connecticut, USA. For over 60 years, she served as editor of fashion in Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. From 1991 to 1999, she was creative director at Allure. Mellen formally retired from Condé Nast Publications in 1994. I don't know who the oldest fashion designer and editor alive is now
