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I'm not sure if anyone caught the BBC 10 o'clock news tonight, but Louise Brown (first test tube baby) said that the award could not come at a better time for Professor Edwards as he wasn't in the best of health.

 

A handy scoop for 2011?

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Georges Charpak, 1992 Physics Laureate has died aged 86.

 

In 1992, he was awarded the Nobel Physics Prize "for his invention and development of particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber" in 1968 at CERN, which would become the world's largest atom smasher

 

He was also a survivor of Dachau, having been captured in 1944, working for the French resistance.

The Daily Telegraph finally get around to giving him an obit. Good obit but poor show by the obits editor for taking so long.

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Time for an update, just in case anyone wants a Nobeleer for Christmas, or more likely New Year. No 85-yr-old whippersnappers this time - too lazy to find them.

 

 

 

Physics: when will they quark it?

Chen Ning Yang, 88.

Charles Townes, 95.

Nicolaas Bloembergen, 90.

Leon Lederman, 88.

Jack Steinberger, 89.

Norman Ramsey, 95.

Hans Dehmelt, 88.

Yoichiro Nambu, 89

Val Fitch, 87.

Philip Warren Anderson, 87.

 

 

Chemistry: soon to be inert?

Frederick Sanger, 92.

John Cornforth, 93.

William Lipscomb, 91.

Herbert Hauptman, 93.

Jerome Karle, 92.

Paul Boyer, 92.

Jens Skou, 92.

William Standish Knowles, 93.

John Fenn, 93.

Rudolph Marcus, 87.

Walter Kohn, 87.

 

Literature: the final chapter?

Doris Lessing, 91.

Wisława Szymborska, 88.

Nadine Gordimer, 87.

 

Peace: RIP? (hell, this stuff writes itself)

Nelson Mandela, 92.

Henry Kissinger, 87.

Shimon Peres, 87.

Jimmy Carter, 86.

 

Medicine: Nurse, the screens!! :P

Andrew Huxley (Aldous‘s half-brother), 93.

Francois Jacob, 90.

Har Gobind Khorana, 88.

Christian de Duve, 93.

Rita Levi-Montalcini, 101 (oldest living laureate :o )

Renato Dulbecco, 96.

Rosalyn Yalow, 89.

Joseph Murray, 91.

Baruj Benacerraf, 90.

Edward Donnall Thomas, 90.

Edmond Fischer, 90.

Roger Guillemin, 86.

Stanley Cohen, 88.

Arvid Carlsson, 87.

 

 

Economics: cashing their final cheque?

Ronald Coase, 99.

Ken Arrow, 89.

Lawrence Klein, 90.

James Buchanan, 91.

Douglass North, 90.

Thomas Schelling, 89.

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Time for an update, just in case anyone wants a Nobeleer for Christmas, or more likely New Year. No 85-yr-old whippersnappers this time - too lazy to find them.

 

 

 

Physics: when will they quark it?

Norman Ramsey, 95.

Charles Townes, 95.

Nicolaas Bloembergen, 90.

Jack Steinberger, 89.

Leon Lederman, 88.

Chen Ning Yang, 88.

Hans Dehmelt, 88.

Yoichiro Nambu, 89

Val Fitch, 87.

Philip Warren Anderson, 87.

Willard Sterling Boyle, 86.

Anthony Hewish, 86.

Leo Esaki, 85.

Simon van der Meer, 85.

Roy Glauber, 85.

 

Chemistry: soon to be inert?

John Cornforth, 93.

William Standish Knowles, 93.

John Fenn, 93.[/color]

Herbert Hauptman, 93.

Jerome Karle, 92.

Paul Boyer, 92.

Jens Skou, 92.

Frederick Sanger, 92.

William Lipscomb, 91.

Rudolph Marcus, 87.

Walter Kohn, 87.

 

Literature: the final chapter?

Doris Lessing, 91.

Wisława Szymborska, 88.

Nadine Gordimer, 87.

 

Peace: RIP? (hell, this stuff writes itself)

Nelson Mandela, 90.

Henry Kissinger, 87.

Shimon Peres, 87.

Jimmy Carter, 86.

 

Medicine: Nurse, the screens!! :P

Andrew Huxley (Aldous‘s half-brother), 93.

Francois Jacob, 90.

Har Gobind Khorana, 88.

Christian de Duve, 93.

Rita Levi-Montalcini, 101 (oldest living laureate :o )

Renato Dulbecco, 96.

Rosalyn Yalow, 89.

Joseph Murray, 91.

Baruj Benacerraf, 90.

Edward Donnall Thomas, 90.

Edmond Fischer, 90.

Roger Guillemin, 86.

Stanley Cohen, 88.

Arvid Carlsson, 87.

Oliver Smithies, 85.

Baruch Blumberg, 85.

Roger Guillemin, 86.

Paul Greengard, 85.

Torsten Wiesel, 86.

Robert Geoffrey Edwards, 85.

 

 

 

Economics: cashing their final cheque?

Ronald Coase, 99.

Ken Arrow, 89.

Lawrence Klein, 90.

James Buchanan, 91.

Douglass North, 90.

Thomas Schelling, 89.Robert Solow, 86.

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Time for an update, just in case anyone wants a Nobeleer for Christmas, or more likely New Year. No 85-yr-old whippersnappers this time - too lazy to find them.

 

 

 

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Chemistry: soon to be inert? ]

Frederick Sanger, 92.

John Cornforth, 93.

William Lipscomb, 91.

Herbert Hauptman, 93.

Jerome Karle, 92.

Paul Boyer, 92.

Jens Skou, 92.

William Standish Knowles, 93.

John Fenn, 93. <------------------------------Fenn-ished

Rudolph Marcus, 87.

Walter Kohn, 87.

 

[snip]

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As indicated by Time, John B. Fenn has died. A hit for Nobel Losers when the right obit arrives...

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A new one:

 

Willard S. Boyle, 85.

 

[Link fixed -- MH]

That's the one!

Yes! I knew science wouldn't let me down.

 

Finally, my first DDP hit. Just a proper obit needed, but that will come.

 

regards,

Hein

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That's the one!
Finally, my first DDP hit. Just a proper obit needed, but that will come.

Well, the Washington Post did one, as did The New York Times, but UK based media seem to ignore his death.

 

Come on! I want those points for a unique pick.

 

regards,

Hein

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Don't recall a rule either way on this but...

 

BBC ARE reporting Boyle's death here. But it's on their "Elsewhere on the web" news feed.

 

Not sure exactly how that sits in DDP rules.

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Don't recall a rule either way on this but...

 

BBC ARE reporting Boyle's death here. But it's on their "Elsewhere on the web" news feed.

 

Not sure exactly how that sits in DDP rules.

 

 

It's a link to another site and so not strictly an obit from the Beeb. There's a similar issue with Jim Mandich on Sky News where there are links but no actual announcement from the site itself. If the Guardian (who always do this) print something from AP, that's alright because it's there written on the site itself, even if it is second hand...

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That's the one!
Finally, my first DDP hit. Just a proper obit needed, but that will come.

Well, the Washington Post did one, as did The New York Times, but UK based media seem to ignore his death.

 

Come on! I want those points for a unique pick.

 

regards,

Hein

 

You've got it!

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Come on! I want those points for a unique pick.
You've got it!

Yes, YES, YES!

 

Thanks, TMIB.

 

regards,

Hein

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Time for an update, just in case anyone wants a Nobeleer for Christmas, or more likely New Year. No 85-yr-old whippersnappers this time - too lazy to find them.

 

 

 

Physics: when will they quark it?

Chen Ning Yang, 88.

Charles Townes, 95.

Nicolaas Bloembergen, 90.

Leon Lederman, 88.

Jack Steinberger, 89.

Norman Ramsey, 95.

Hans Dehmelt, 88.

Yoichiro Nambu, 89

Val Fitch, 87.

Philip Warren Anderson, 87.

 

 

Chemistry: soon to be inert?

Frederick Sanger, 92.

John Cornforth, 93.

William Lipscomb, 91.

Herbert Hauptman, 93.

Jerome Karle, 92.

Paul Boyer, 92.

Jens Skou, 92.

William Standish Knowles, 93.

John Fenn, 93.

Rudolph Marcus, 87.

Walter Kohn, 87.

 

Literature: the final chapter?

Doris Lessing, 91.

Wisława Szymborska, 88.

Nadine Gordimer, 87.

 

Peace: RIP? (hell, this stuff writes itself)

Nelson Mandela, 92.

Henry Kissinger, 87.

Shimon Peres, 87.

Jimmy Carter, 86.

 

Medicine: Nurse, the screens!! :angry:

Andrew Huxley (Aldous‘s half-brother), 93.

Francois Jacob, 90.

Har Gobind Khorana, 88.

Christian de Duve, 93.

Rita Levi-Montalcini, 101 (oldest living laureate :rant: )

Renato Dulbecco, 96.

Rosalyn Yalow, 89.

Joseph Murray, 91.

Baruj Benacerraf, 90.

Edward Donnall Thomas, 90.

Edmond Fischer, 90.

Roger Guillemin, 86.

Stanley Cohen, 88.

Arvid Carlsson, 87.

 

 

Economics: cashing their final cheque?

Ronald Coase, 99.

Ken Arrow, 89.

Lawrence Klein, 90.

James Buchanan, 91.

Douglass North, 90.

Thomas Schelling, 89.

 

You can remove Rosalyn Yalow from the list. Thats at least 6 of them gone in the last 6 months

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Yelena Bonner

 

"Soviet dissident Yelena Bonner, the widow of Nobel Peace Prize winner Andrei Sakharov, has died after a long illness at the age of 88".

 

Her nephew, former Republic of Ireland keeper Pat, is said to be very sad at the passing of the woman he knew as "aunty Nellie".

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