Billy Wilder: Last of the legendary Old Hollywood directors, the man who directed Sunset Boulevard (from which we have the famous line "I'm ready for my close-up now Mr. DeMille!"), Some Like it Hot (my all-time favorite screwball comedy) and many, many others. He died of pneumonia at 95.
Elizabeth, the "Queen Mum": at 101, she died in her sleep.
At such a phenomenal age, her loss isn't at all sudden. This was a former commoner who supported Edward VIII in 1936 when he abdicated the throne, and who rallied the people of London during the Blitz.
The fact that she essentially lived the entire 20th Century is phenomenal.
Goodbye, Billy and Elizabeth. You'll be missed.
