Re: Drop Everything and Read Day (12 April)

On 16/04/2024 10:38 p.m., Christian Weisgerber wrote:

On 2024-04-16, Athel Cornish-Bowden <me@yahoo.com> wrote:
 

It's the birthday of Beverly Cleary (1916-2021), a very popular (and
long-lived!)

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104, but not far off 105! I can't think of anyone else who lived that
long and is famous for something other than longevity.

 Johannes Heesters (1903-2011).  Stage actor for 90 years, 87 in
front of cameras.
 

Hugues Cuénod, Swiss tenor (1902-2010).
"He holds the record as the oldest person to make a debut at the Metropolitan Opera. He debuted as the Emperor Altoum in Giacomo Puccini's Turandot on 12 March 1987 at the age of 84.He repeated the role the following season for a total of 14 performances. His very last appearance on stage was in 1994, aged 91, when he sang M. Triquet in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin at the Théâtre du Jorat in Mézières."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugues_Cu%C3%A9nod