yes im the same, im a real fan of all the 70's tv and film, so many of my favourites have passed on.

i too managed to get wendy richard and im very pleased i did as she was great in are you being served

Most of the people I write to are old as I love old movies, old comedies, old music I was lucky enough to meet Dave Dee and get his autograph a few months before he died & I got Wendy Richard & Kathy Staff ttm so I'm very glad I sent those letters out when I did {thumb2}

I have to say, when I heard that Estelle Getty of The Golden Girls passed away, it made me send letters straight out to the remaining cast members. I'd completely forgotten about this amazing comedy that I used to watch when I was off sick from school in '99. I now have all four girls autographs and all the series on dvd too {thumb2}

I don't tend to write to many older people anyway so that's a no for me. Although there is one that I have been meaning to write to for quite some time so I will send a request to him soon. I just write to who I feel like writing to at the time

Well, I have done in writing to James Earl Jones. If I would list loads of people whos autographs I want, he would probably not be the first one that crops in my head. The main reason I wrote to him is because if he passes away then I would regret not ever writing to him.

thanks for your comments... it does look a bit confusing in my first post - but i dont rush letters in a way a writing them very quickly without taking care ;)

i dont think anyone in this hobby would do such a thing!

As others had me mentioned, I initially thought you meant actually rushing letters and the answer would be no, I'm a perfectionist when it comes to letters.

I have been thinking the same recently, as there are several older celebrities that I want to write to, the eldest being 96 next month :o I want to send her a birthday card with my letter.

Like Johnny's Fan, I always find myself writing to those I know I can write to fairly easily, for instance, without needing to buy an item to be signed, get foreign stamps/IRCs etc.

I do need to get a move on with my letters to more senior celebrities though!

Phoebe

the awnser to the qusteion for me is yes and no, yes because i plan to write to older celebs usualy first, but i send their letters out whenever i send the other letters out so i can send a few days after thinking about writing or even a few months.

my last sending period i had such a weird mix of age differences, i wrote to a 20 year old ,a 22 year old, a 19 year ,a 16 year old ,a 85 year old and a 91 year old. so far ive got 4 out of 6 back

I always do want have a couple of good elders i'd like to write to.
The problem is that I finally think of writing to them when I find news they've become sick or even worse, passed on.
Like just recently I wanted to write to Chuck Daly only becuase I was reminded of him when they announced his cancer diagnosis so now all I send are Get Well Soon cards or Feel Better.

I tend to advoid older people because I could imagine they want privacy and in case they wouldnt want to sign due to health reasons I want to respect their wishes.

Honestly, I do write to a lot of older people. A lot of the people are War veterans, World War II Aces, WWII POW's, and the same for Korea and Vietnam. I do try to mail out their letters as soon as I have them written - I don't like to wait on them.

But no, I don't rush my letters to them, I just write and mail.

I, also, as Johnny Fan thought, thought you meant rushing the letter and writing quickly, too. But I'm glad you didn't mean that, as I think a majority of people, including myself would say NO.

Actually, I haven't written to many elderly people. I do plan to write to 2 of them though, but I'm not sure if one of the addresses works. But one of them is close to me (in Boston) so I'm mailing that out soon though. So, in conclusion, I don't rush letters to people who may pass away, as much as I'd like to, I just procrastinate too much. Haha. I'd feel terrible if one of them passed away though .