Talk:Li Fu Lee

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 * Li Fu Lee, Kuan Tung, and their family in China.jpg

Is she still alive?? What gives? Poor reflection on Wiki that this info is not included! No excuses espexially since the article was linked to the front page. Do better! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.180.8.203 (talk) 08:03, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

119 years old?
The article implies she's still alive at 119 years old, being born in 1904, which is rather strange - it would make her second oldest person in the world (although it says little is known about Lee's career after 1920s). According to this 2023 source, she's also alive. Should we put "death date unknown" in the lead, with Category:Year of death unknown? Brandmeistertalk  10:03, 21 April 2023 (UTC)


 * I believe I have tracked down a death date in the 1980s at Chicago for her, but it is WP:OR so I don't believe it can be included. Connormah (talk) 21:31, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Could you please show us the source where you found a death date? If it is recorded it shouldn't OR. Andro611 (talk) 22:03, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * From the note that one of the photos in one of the references was provided by Ami Kuan Danoff, I was able to find out through family obituaries that she is a granddaughter. Another child's obituary places her in Chicago, Illinois in 1978. Her husband died 1993 and it appears she likely died in 1985 and rests next to him in Chicago (though the birth year on the marker appears to be off). Also, there appears to have been no obituary published (at least in papers available online). Connormah (talk) 23:33, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the find. I'm going to include it, it's silly to have such detailed early life info and yet no death date even though she never disappeared nor hid away. After 119 years it doesn't fall under BLP anymore. Andro611 (talk) 01:05, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The plaque for Kuan Tung gives his birth date as 1903 instead of 1902 as well. I think the China Comes to MIT website is more reliable, so it's likely that the birth dates on the plaques are incorrect. We do have a template for citing plaques: Template:Cite sign, so I think we can cite the plaque for Lee for now until more reliable sources become available. FunnyMath (talk) 04:49, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
 * By the way, thank you both for your help. I really appreciate it. I tried to find the death date for her when I wrote the article. I even contacted the email address given at the China Comes to MIT website and even they don't know. FunnyMath (talk) 04:52, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you as well. FunnyMath (talk) 04:56, 23 April 2023 (UTC)