orphans

[tali122]

who was/is unfortunate to be the youngest orphan in the world ?and are there any celebrity orphans?

[jno]

Jack Nicholson is famous for having discovered - well into his 30s, I think - that the woman he'd thought was his sister was actually his mother. So not an orphan, but he thought he was.

[jenstar]

It's sometimes possible to rescue an unborn child from a mother who has died, so my guess is that there are probably some children who are technically orphans at birth.

[Dom Tuk]

 jenstar.... both parents have to be dead to be classed as an orphan.

[spudqueen]

Dom Tuk, that would happen if the father died before the birth and the mother died giving birth. I'm sure it'll have happened.

[eupraxia]

What if the father gave sperm because he was dieing of cancer and died before the child was even  concieved. Has been done. And then the mother was anounced brain dead some time before the baby was born, kept alive to give the baby a better chance of survival after birth.

Earlier enough for you.

[lissyl78]

The only celebrity orphan I can think of is Tiger Lily who tragically lost both parents, Paula Yates and Michael Hutchence, when she was tiny.