Flossie Wong-Staal, AKA Wong Yee Ching, top woman scientist of the 1980’s, AIDS researcher, and number 32 on the London Daily Telegraph’s list of the “Top 100 Living [at the time] Geniuses.”
And this past week was a pretty deadly week for in various sports:
Having conjoined twins on one’s list would be interesting but a problem. Unless one or both had celebrity accomplishments, as do regular picks, they might not be eligible, because they were famous just for their condition.
Their condition led to their fame, but their fame came from them being entertainers as parts of “freak shows.”
Would Andre the Giant have become a famous wrestler if not for his medical condition? The medical condition that ultimately led to his death?
Or Verne Troyer, who at 2’ 8" was tiny even for a little person due to cartilage–hair hypoplasia. He got his start as a stunt double for a baby in the John Hughes movie “Baby’s Day Out.” If not for his specific form of dwarfism, he probably would not have been famous.
And living to 68 means the twins beat the odds on dying from their condition.
Granted, this discussion is largely moot since no one had the twins, but it’s an interesting question as to whether they would be valid picks. You could make an argument either way. Especially if you let other people who used aspects that put them outside of the norm as leverage for becoming famous.
tough call, but I would think Andre the Giant created a career that made him a celeb, even though he was freakishly large… the twins, however, would not have celebrity beyond their condition.
I thought the rule was that a person wasn’t eligible if they are only known for having a terminal illness. Having a physical condition in general isn’t a disqualifier.
. famous solely as a result of their illness or associated actions/events
I guess being conjoined might not be interpreted as “illness” But for many such people the only reason we heard of them was their “condition”, so I may rephrase that rule slightly come December.
Andre had a wrestling career and was in a couple movies, so he had celebrity outside of his size.
I checked post #88, for lel, and did not see Kooge. I’m still trying to figure out, in this new format, how to search for a particular word or term. If lel edited their post, I didn’t see it.
No, lel did not have Kooge. It shows up that way in the search drop-down, because of quoting of phungi’s earlier post, but the post is on the 1st anyway.
(Just hit the search glass icon and click the "search this topic" box.)
John Lewis was on my list, another 20 points for me. Very sad, though. Not to swing this into bias politics, but I know he wanted to see Trump lose the election.