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Kim Yong-ju, brother of North Korea founder Kim Il-Sung, has died aged 101. Obituaries: Daily Mail, The Telegraph

Fayez Tarawneh wiki who was the Prime Minister of Jordan in 1998-99 + briefly in 2012 dead at age 72.

Varun Singh dead Only survivor of the original 14. All passengers now dead.

Thirty-sixth round: 1)Josip Manolic (1920), Prime Minister of Croatia 2)César Yanes Urías (1920), Salvadoran junta member 3)Francisco Morales Bermudez (1921), President of Perù 4)Luis Echeverria (1922), President of Mexico 5)Branislav Soskic (1922) President of Communist Montenegro 6)Khamtai Siphandon (1924) Prime Minister and President of Laos 7)Tomiichi Murayama (1924) Prime Minister of Japan 8)Jimmy Carter (1924), President of United States of America 9)Lubomir Strougal (1924), Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 10)Guillermo Rodriguez Lara (1924), President of Ecuador 11)Abdelsalam Majali (1925), Prime Minister of Jordan 12)Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925), President of Tanzania 13)Giorgio Napolitano (1925), President of Italy 14)Mahathir Mohamad (1925), Prime Minister of Malaysia 15)Mohammad Hasan Sharq (1925), Chairman of Council of Ministers of Afghanistan 16)Yang Hyong-sop (1925), Chairman of the Presidium of North Korea 17)Arnaldo Forlani (1925), Prime Minister of Italy 18)Elizabeth II (1926), Queen of the United Kingdom 19)Abdoulaye Wade (1926), President of Senegal 20)Jiang Zemin (1926), President of China 21)Valdas Adamkus (1926), President of Lithuania 22)Raif Dizdarevic (1926), President of Yugoslavia 23)Thanin Kraivichien (1927), Prime Minister of Thailand 24)Benedict XVI (1927), Pope 25)Angelo Sodano (1927), Acting sovereign of Vatican City 26)Hans Modrow (1928), Chairman of the Council of Ministers of East Germany 27)Ciriaco De Mita (1928), Prime Minister of Italy 28)Kim Yong-nam (1928), Chairman of the Presidium of North Korea 29)Fidel V. Ramos (1928), President of Philippines 30)Arnold Rüütel (1928), President of Estonia So finally Kim Yong-ju is dead, despite all racism from @roaming_comrade towards North Korea. New entry is Arnold Rüütel, indestructible president of Estonia. Choose your picks! Also noted only three state leaders from the original list are still alive.

Well, congrats @Lafaucheuse, keeping faith in North Korea finally gave results! New round to be started.

Ken Kragen, a former music manager for Kenny Rogers and the Bee Gees and the man behind the charity single 'We Are the World', has died. He was 85. https://variety.com/2021/music/news/ken-kragen-dead-manager-producer-we-are-the-world-85-1235133648/

Boris would like to thank Truss for the support.

Now the "first generation" of the (ruling) Kim family are all dead. From the second one, Kim Jong-il etc, some remain: Kim Young-sook (1947-) Kim Jong-il's second wife and widow. Said that she was "insignificant" to Kim Jong-il, is she alive? Would the NK media report her death? Kim Ok (1964-Unknown, could be dead) Kim Jong-il's personal secretary/domestic partner until his death. Went to medical treatment in Berlin in 2012, should've stayed there as in 2016 she was purged and sent into a labour camp. Kim Kyong-hui (1946-) Jong-il's sister who used to suffer from alcoholism, rumored to be in ill health or dead for a long time and widow of Jang Sung-thaek. Reappeared in 2020. Kim Pyong-il (1954-) Jong-il's brother, served as an ambassador to Hungary (1988-1989), Bulgaria (1989-1994), Finland (1994-1998), Poland (1998-2015) and the Czech Republic (2015-2019). Retired in 2019 after coming back to North Korea for medical treatment.

Nope. Age was not in the KCNA obit, it is based on the South Korea ministry of unification. If he was really over 100 he would have got a birthday spread for his 100th birthday. 1972 NY Times article reports him as born in 1922, and SK state sources often overestimate NK politicians' ages (Kim Chol-man was born in 1918 rather than 1920 according to them).

Congratulations to @Lafaucheuse !

The people on my Deathlist Prediction team should all make the list for 2022. Just saying... Look, the Deathlist bods will decide themselves, and they won't need good pick bad pick or wtfs in January. It'll happen and we shall be astonished at their perspicacity.

Former member of the O'Jays found out to be the victim of a cold case homicide. Frank “Frankie” Little Jr., a guitarist and songwriter in the 1960's. Remains had been found in 1982, identified almost 40 years later. https://www.cleveland19.com/2021/12/14/remains-recovered-1982-twinsburg-identified-decades-later-guitarist-band-ojays/

I wouldn’t be mad if they include Maggie Smith : 88yo next year and frail for years. I can’t see her reaching 90

I was doing some digging and found an article that quotes him as 95 in early 2017. No idea where they get the number, but it backs up what you said. It really brings into question whether ANY NK ages or DOB can ever be considered factual. Same with DOD. Thanks for questioning it, led to some clarity. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2017/2/24/meet-the-kims-whos-who-in-north-koreas-first-family

Hollywood? Seriously……?!

Jethro, British comedian who appeared on the Des O’Connor show and performed at the 2001 Royal Variety Performance, has died from Covid aged 73. Obituaries: Daily Mail, Metro, Daily Express, Independent, Daily Mirror, The Sun, BBC

Kim Yong-ju is dead apparently : https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-15/youngest-brother-of-north-korea-founder-kim-il-sung-dies-at-101

If he died one day later he would've died on the 10th anniversary of Captain America co-creator Joe Simon's death.

Billy Bingham definitely has the pedigree for the list. I agree that Elford does not.

Shintaro Tsuji - The found of Hello Kitty. Stepped down a few years ago for health reasons,turns 95 in 2022 Robert Kuok-The Founder of Shangri-La Hotels turns 99 George Perez- DC Comic Book Artist behind New Teen Titans has terminal Pancreatic Cancer. 100% lock he won't survive the year

The two that really, for me, would be new lock-in additions are: Vic Elford (advanced cancer) Billy Bingham (in final stages of dementia) Both will get obits with no trouble at all. I'll also lob in Duke of Kent (Has been surprisingly active, but looks like utter shite and has done for a while) Nehemiah Persoff (Ancient, overweight and previous ill health) Jimmy Calderwood (Advanced dementia) - but you could take your pick from him and Joe Kinnear, Alan Peacock, Dave Watson, Mike Bailey and Tony Parkes, all of whom are in latter stages of dementia. Parkes and Kinnear especially so. Of the list: I would actually keep Mel Brooks on. This is on a gut feel and nothing to do with his general health, which seems excellent. He does look a lot frailer than, say two years ago to me. I agree with The Queen, Pope Benedict, Leslie Phillips, Jimmy Carter, Sidney Poitier being retained. I also agree Jerry Lee Lewis and Desmond Tutu should return. I'd also say cast-iron locks already mentioned (but in case anyone laughingly takes my opinion seriously); George Alagiah, Frank Field, Pele, Glynis Johns, James Watson The lock-in in terms of chances of dying, but not of getting an obituary is John Wickham. Has advanced MND. That is all.

not sure he’ll obit, i wouldn’t risk it

Canadian actress Yvette Thout dies at 103. R.I.P (1918 - 2021)

Joey Essex? Well i never....

Aye, but Prunella thinks it was last week!