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A healthy 96-year-old reaching 100 is never guaranteed, but she's still very active and looks great in that picture posted a few days ago: I would say that there is currently no need to worry about her health.

Italian fashion designer and former head of the Versace fashion house after the murder of her brother Gianni Versace in 1997, Donatella Versace celebrates her 67th birthday today. David Beckham turns 47 today

Dwayne Johnson is 50 today

And the quarter-finals break like the wind, thanks to the death of Spinal Tap live drummer Ric Parnell. Starting his career off with turn-of-the-70s progsters Atomic Rooster, he had a widespread career that saw him work with jazz-fusioners Nova, session work for Ravi Shankar and even playing the sticks on Toni Basil's "Mickey". But it was his turn as one of Spinal Tap's long line of doomed musicians, a role he then took up for the faux-band's real-life performances, that he'll be best remembered. Eschewing spontaneous human combustion as a death method, Parnell dropping into hospice care late last month placed him on three teams this time out - all of which captained him. Sir Cunto, DDT and Salmon Mousse all turn it up to 6. Sir Cunto 6 vs Joey Russ 0 maryportfuncity 0 vs DevonDeathTrip 6 Captain Hemlock 0 vs Salmon Mousse 6 Annami 0 vs gcreptile 0

I was not completely sure what thread to use, this was one he's been mentioned in a lot. I likely made a mistake there, but I was suprised to find he doesn't have his own thread here. Or atleast the search function didn't show one.

Fair enough. I don’t play Windy City nor have any idea how each DP effects the other. Anyway, good find!

Been following her saga for some time and very aware it's now exposed but the way things have turned recently, including a heretofore unheard of lengthy period of complete silence from her gofundme page (last post March 27), I figure it's pull the trigger now or never... besides, was going to be exposed as prominent member of my Windy City team anyway.

Because its her fucking job.

I can guarantee it. She'll be there.

Then you need to open your eyes and apply some common sense, hen. People can live longer while vegetating in their own piss, yet because she needs a stick she's brown bread? Get a grip. She'll live to be 100 and more.

Here is a proper one from The Times.

Surely Ian McKellen isn't considered a character actor, right?

Reliable character actor Nehemiah Persoff also proved a reliable pick for markb4, who likes it hot on his team with his total bolstered by 28 unique points (20 + 8). Ghoulish former MP Jill Knight was on Gooseberry Crumble's subs bench, giving him his first points of the season or indeed in the HPDP in general. As with the other Tom, Tom Smith experienced a drastic collapse in HPDP popularity, dropping from 20 to last year to 4 this. The teams who scrummage up points are John Key with 40, drol with 30, and the first sub hit for An Fear Beag and Exu. maryportfuncity went alone in selecting Coke-guzzling supercentenarian Kane Tanaka, who died days after becoming the 2nd oldest person in history. He receives 28 points (20 + 8) and the rights to bodyguard protection from distraught 110 Club users if he so desires. No real drastic changes in the latest scoreboard, although maryportfuncity and drol both climb into the top 10: 1. Book 290 2. gcreptile 228.81 3. Banana 215.81 4. msc 185 5. Salmon Mousse 176 6. DevonDeathTrip 158 7. CaptainChorizo 152 8. maryportfuncity 140 9. drol 130 10. theoldlady 113.82 =11. Pedro67 113 =11. Perhaps 113 13. markb4 108.99 14. Kenny 99 15. Annami 94 16. Toast 91 17. Great Uncle Bulgaria 73 18. John Key 72.99 19. An Fear Beag 70.81 20. Torva Messor 64 21. MariNisia 58 22. YorkshireBanker 56 23. Thatcher 45 24. The Unknown Man 42 25. Funeralopolis 40 26. Exu 32 27. Famous6Eva 28 =28. Gooseberry Crumble 25 =28. GuyFromFuture 25 =28. six feet blunder 25 31. JoeMoneypenny 14 =32. Hell 0.99 =32. The Old Crem 0.99 =34. BabyBlue 0 =34. Bibliogryphon 0 =34. CalebH 0 =34. chilean way 0 =34. Death Impends 0 =34. DeathByArsenic 0 =34. Doulton 0 =34. Dying Probably 0 =34. Joey Russ 0 =34. TheSpinosaurus 0 =34. time 0 =34. Valhalla One 0 =34. YoungWillz 0

Osmany Cienfuegos (1931) Former politburo member and Minister of Tourism involved in the Congo Crisis of 1960-1965. Allegedly killed atleast nine of his political opponents. Ramón Pez Ferro (1934) Minor name who was Cuba's ambassador to Jamaica in the 1970s and to Turkey in the 1980s and has as far as I know held only one very small position since 1983. Orlando Borrego (1936) Economist, former minister who was Venezuela's Maduro's advisor in 2014. Jorge Bolaños (1936) Abelardo Colomé Ibarra (1939) Founding member of Fidel Castro's 26th of July movement, Minister of the Interior 1989-2015. And here are some similar lists to Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. Includes some extra additions who were born after 1940, but are ill. please do not quote the whole post if someone dies. MYANMAR/BURMA Tin Sein (1926-2020) Deputy Defence Minister of Myanmar before 1983. Not 100% sure he's still alive. U Thura Tin Oo (1927-2024) NLD co-founder, activist and former defence minister who suffered a major stroke in 2017. Ko Lay (1931-dead?) Mayor of Yangon 1988-2003. Ohn Gyaw (1932-dead?) Former Foreign Affairs Minister. Chit Swe (1932-2015) Minor name who held positions in the 1980s and 1990s. Than Shwe (1933/1935) Dictator of Burma 1992-2011 David Tharckabaw (1935) Karen National Union VP. Tint Swe (1936-dead?) Minor name. U Thaung (1937-dead?) Maung Aye (1937) Than Shwe's VP 1993-2011. Alcoholism, cancer, severe stroke.. Tun Kyi (1938) Soe Win (1938) Former Minister put under house arrest in 2021, suffers from colon cancer. Khin Nyunt (1939) Former chief of intelligence and Prime Minister, now demented. Tin Hla (1939) Former Deputy Prime Minister. Kyaw Myint (1940) Former Health Minister. Khin Maung Thein (1940) Mya Oo (1940) Lun Thi (1940) 1990s energy minister Thet Lwin (1940-2023) U Win Htein (1941) Wheelchairbound NLD patron who suffers from diabetes and heart diseases. Aung San Suu Kyi (1945) Imprisoned former Chancellor of State. U Han Tha Myint (1948) Former parliament member, stroke survivor who suffers from cancer and heart problems. Zaw Myint Maung (1951-2024) Former Mandalay CM who suffers from leukemia. LAOS Khamtai Siphandone (1924) Leader of Laos 1992/1998-2006, richest man in the country who still holds a lot of political power. Seems to be very ill, probably going to be the first one to fall from the Laotians. Khamphoui Keoboualapha (1930-dead?) Minister multiple times in Siphandone's govt Kham Ouane Boupha (1932) Held multiple positions in the govt since the 1970s until around 2012 Salath Rasasack (1934) Former Senator who was a political prisoner for 16 years. Choummaly Sayasone (1936) Siphandone's successor, Head of State 2006-2016, survived a yacht accident in 2021 in which his wife died. Bounnhang Vorachit (1937) Sayasone's successor, Heaf of State 2016-2021 Thongvin Phomvihane (1938) Minor politician, former wife of Kaysone Phomvihane (1920-1992) CAMBODIA Thiounn Mumm (1925-2022) Khmer rouge minister described as a "racist political dynast", CNE said in 2020 he is thought to be alive. Thiounn Prasith (1930-2023) Khmer rouge politician, brother of Thiounn Mumm. Pot's "spin doctor", now lives in Paris. Kheiu Samphan (1931) Head of State of Cambodia 1976-1979 during Pol Pot's tenure. Last time I checked, serving a life sentence and desperately trying to get out of jail. Heng Samrin (1934) Head of State of Cambodia 1979-1992. Seems like he's in perfect health. Keat Chhon (1934) Minister of Economy and Finance 1994-2013, Deputy Prime Minister 2008-2016 Mam Nai (1934) Khmer Rouge politician described as the "most frightening Khmer Rouge individual", an absolutely horrible human being. Hor Namhong (1935) Deputy Prime Minister since 2004. Kong Sam Ol (1936-2024) Minister of the Royal Palance since 1998. Keuky Lim (1937) Khmer Rouge foreign affairs minister 1973-1975, now leads Cambodia's diabetes association. Lu Laysreng (1938) Former Deputy Prime Minister who called the King of Cambodia a "castrated chicken" once. Mom Chim Huy (1939) Minor name. Chhim Siek Leng (1940) Former Governor of Phnom Penh. THAILAND Bhisadej Rajani (1922-2022) Royal family member, underground resistance activist/politician in the 1940s. Incredibly frail. Thanin Kraivichien (1927) Prime Minister 1976-1977 Prasong Soonsiri (1927) Foreign Affairs Minister 1992-1994 Chavalit Yongchaiyudh (1932) Prime Minister 1996-1997, "Big Jiew". Frail. Anand Panyarachun (1932) Prime Minister 1991-1992, 1992 Sirikit (1932) Former Queen Consort 1950-2016, Regent 1956. Had a stroke years ago, very frail. Suchinda Kraprayoon (1933) Prime Minister 1992, violently supressed protests. Wijit Srisa-arn (1934-2023) Former Minister of Education. Sanoh Thienthong (1934) Interior Minister in Big Jiew's govt. Krasae Chanawongse (1934) Foreign Affairs Minister in 1995. Chamlong Srimuang (1935) Activist and former Governor of Bangkok who lead the protests against Kraprayoon. Manoonkrit Roopkachorn (1935) Military officer, politician who has been involved in atleast four coups. Sukavich Rangsitpol (1935) Former Deputy Prime Minister. Pallop Pinmanee (1936) Another military officers/politician who has been involved in multiple coups. Chavarat Charnvirakul (1936) Acting Prime Minister in 2008. Thepkamol Devakula (1936) Minor name? Yuthasak Sasiprapha (1937) Former Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister. Arsa Sarasin (1937) Foreign Affairs Minister during Anand Panyarachun's tenures. Chuan Leekpai (1938) Prime Minister 1992-1995, 1997-2001 Thammarak Isarangkura na Ayudhaya (1938) Former Defence Minister Meechai Ruchuphan (1938) Acting Prime Minister for a few weeks in 1992. Kalaya Sophonpanich (1940) Minor name. Teeradej Meepien (1940) Minor name, crook. NEPAL Bishwa Bandhu Thapa (1927) Member of Parliament 1959-1960, elected in Nepal's first elections. Still active. Ratna (1928) Former Queen Consort 1955-1972, Queen Mother and briefly Queen Grandmother, see 2001 Nepalese royal massacre, who held political power before the monarchy was abolished. In failing health for around two decades. Chittaranjan Nepali (1931-2023) Author, was an anti-government activist/politician in the 1940s who later worked for the Foreign Ministry. Chitra Bahadur K. C. (1934) Member of the Parliament 2014-2018 Mohan Bikram Singh (1935) Communist politician/activist from the 1950s, founder of the defunct Masal Nepal Communist Party. Hospitalised with lung problems in January 2017, frail. Kul Bahadur Gurung (1935) Former leader of the Nepali Congress Party 2006-2010 Amod Prasad Upadhyay (1936) Minister of Education and Sports 2000-2002, former Member of both of the houses of parliament. Bhekh Bahadur Thapa (1937) Minister of Finance 1976-1978, former ambassador to the US and India, Minister of Foreign Affairs 2004-2005. Lost his daughter three years ago. Narayan Man Bijukchhe (1939) Chairman of the Nepal Workers Peasants Party since 1975. Nava Raj Subedi (1939) Former Speaker of Parliament. Lokendra Bahadur Chand (1940) Prime Minister 1983-1986, 1990, 1997, 2002-2003. Hernia operation 6 years ago, very quiet. Last living Prime Minister from the partyless Panchayat era. Jhala Nath Kanal (1950) Prime Minister 2011. Very ill. KP Sharma Oli (1952) Prime Minister 2015-2016, 2018-2021. Very ill. SRI LANKA Ronnie de Mel (1925-2024) Minister of Finance 1977-1988. Frail and obese C. Rajadurai (1927) Longtime politician, former minister now retired. J. R. P. Suriyapperuma (1928) Member of Parliament 2010-2015. Most known for calling multiple world leaders brainless. P. P. Devaraj (1929) Member of Parliament 1989-2000. Decrepit Harischandra Wijayatunga (1931) Founder of Motherland People's Party. V. Anandasangaree (1933) Leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front since 2002. Hospitalised with covid in January. R. Sampanthan (1933) Leader of the Tamil National Alliance since 2001, Leader of Opposition 2015-2018. Tissa Vitharana (1934) Leader of the trotskyist Lanka Sama Samaja Party, two-time Minister. D. E. W. Gunasekera (1935) Former minister. P. Dayaratna (1936) Former health minister. A. H. M. Fowzie (1937) Four-time minister, injured in a bombing in 2009. Sarath Amunugama (1939) Minister multiple times, Member of Parliament since 1994. Vasudeva Nanayakkara (1939) Leader of the Democratic Left Front since 1999, 1982 presidential candidate and the last living candidate from those elections. C. V. Vigneswaran (1939) Former CM of the Northern Province. Mahinda Rajapaksa (1945) Former President 2005-2015, Prime Minister 2004-2005, 2018 and 2019-2022. Frequently hospitalised. MALDIVES Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (1937) President/dictator of the Maldives 1978-2008. Hospitalised multiple time in recent years. Abbas Ibrahim (1940) Longtime Member of Parliament. BHUTAN Ashi Tashi Dorji (1923) Royal family member, activist, participated in the 14th meeting of the Consultative Committee of the Colombo Plan. Kesang Choden (1930) Royal family member, acting Regent in 1972. Dawa Tsering (1935) Foreign Affairs Minister 1972-1998 ARAB WORLD IN ASIA (Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman*, Palestine, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Syria) *Oman not listed, country's oldest political personality is Deputy Prime Minister Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said (1940-) BAHRAIN Taqi Baharna (1930) Former Member of the Consultative Council. Hussain Al Baharna (1932) Minister of State for Legal Affairs 1971-1995 Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa (1935) Deputy Prime Minister since 2005, Foreign Affairs Minister 1969-2005 Isa Qassim (1937/1940/1941) Opposition leader. IRAQ Mukarram Talabani (1925) Irrigation Minister 1972-1977, later Minister of Transport. Lost his political power during Saddam's dictatorship. Sami Azara al-Majun (1932-2023) Minister of Social and Labor Affairs 2003-2004 Muthaffar al-Nawab (1934-2022) Dissident since the 1950s and has had to pay a great price for it. Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (1937) "Comical Ali"/"Baghdad Bob", Foreign Affairs Minister 1992-2001 and Media Minister 2001-2003. Suffering from cancer for ages. Mahmoud Othman (1938) Fuad Masum (1938) President of Iraq 2014-2018 Amer Mohammad Rashid (1939) Saddam's oil minister. Mufid Mohammad Jawad al-Jazairi (1939) Minister of Culture in the interim govt. Jalal Dabagh (1939) Iraqi Kurdish politician. Osama Tawfiq al-Tikriti (1939) JORDAN Abdelsalam Majali (1925/1926-2023) Prime Minister 1993-1995, 1997-1998. Frail. Muhammed Bashir Ismail ash-Shishani (1933) Former Minister of Agriculture. Mudar Badran (1934-2023) Prime Minister 1976-1979, 1980-1984, 1989-1991. Adnan Badran (1935) Prime Minister in 2005, brother of Mudar. Zaid Rifai (1936-2024) Prime Minister 1984-1989 Barjas al-Hadid (1936) Parliament member. Seriously injured in an accident in 1957. Ali Suheimat (1936-2024) Deputy Prime Minister 1991-1993, also held multiple other positions in the govt before 1993. Ahmad Obeidat (1938) Prime Minister 1984-1985. Sherif Fawaz Sharaf (1938) Former ambassador to the US and France. Abdullah Ensour (1939) Prime Minister 2012-2016 Abdelraouf Rawabdeh (1939) Prime Minister 1999-2000 KUWAIT Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah (1926-2024) Minister of Public Works 1962-1964, now Commander of the National Guard. Ahmed Al-Sadoun (1934) Three-time Speaker of the National Assembly. Abdullah Bishara (1936) Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council 1981-1983. Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1937-2023) Emir of Kuwait since 2020. Ali Mohammed Thunayan Al-Ghanim (1937) Former KCCI chairman. Mohammed Al-Sanousi (1938-2022) Information Minister 2006-2007 LEBANON Michel El Khoury (1926) Former Constitutional Bloc leader. Selim Hoss (1929-2024) President 1988-1989, 1989, Prime Minister 1976-1980, 1987-1990, 1998-2000. Frail. Adnan Kassar (1930) Asmar Asmar (1930) Former parliament member Dory Chamoun (1931) President of the National Liberal Party 1991-2021 Fawzi Salloukh (1931) Minister of Foreign Affairs 2005-2009 Elias Saba (1929/1932-2023) Former Finance Minister. Michel Aoun (1933) Disputed Prime Minister/President 1988-1990, President since 2016. Henri Chedid (1934) Former Parliament member Edmond Rizk (1934) Former minister. Charles Rizk (1935) Minister of Justice 2005-2008 Emile Lahoud (1936) President 1998-2007 Etienne Saqr (1937) Politician/militant Issam Fares (1937) Former Deputy Prime Minister. Assem Qanso (1937) Former Labour minister. Hussein el-Husseini (1937-2023) Former speaker of the parliament. Issam Abu Jamra (1937) Former two-time Deputy Prime Minister. Myrna Bustani (1937) First woman to serve in the Lebanese parliament 1963-1964. Nahib Berri (1938) Speaker of Parliament since 1992, President of the Amal Movement. Anwar M. El-Khalil (1938) Druze politician, parliament member. Marwan Hamadeh (1939) Former telecom, education, economy minister Samir Mouqbel (1939) Former Deputy Prime Minister. Albert Mansour (1939) Former Defence Minister. PALESTINE Salwa Abu Khadra (1929-2024) Farouk Kaddoumi (1931-2024) Former Fatah leader. Salim Zanoun (1933-2022) Fatah founding member. Mahmoud Abbas (1935) President of Palestine since 2005. Ahmed Qurei (1937-2023) Prime Minister of Palestine 2003-2005, 2005-2006 Abu Maher Ghneim (1937) Fatah official Nabil Shaath (1938) Prime Minister of Palestine 2005 Nayef Hawatmeh (1938) PLO politician. Ziyad Abdel Fattah (1939) One of the fatah movement leaders. QATAR Mohammed bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani (1929-2023) Former Minister of Education and Culture. Khalid bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani (1935) Minister of the Interior 1972-1989 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Mohammed Saeed Al Mulla (1926-2023) Former Unification, Transport and Communication Minister. Juma al Majid (1930) Political advisor who has opened schools for girls and the poor. Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III (1931) Ruler of Ajman, one of the UAE's seven emirates, since 1981. Mahdi Al Tajir (1931) Bahrain-born Emirati, Ambassador to UK 1971-1985 Ahmed Bin Khalifa Al Suwaidi (1937) Former Foreign Affairs Minister, read the statement of the founding of the UAE in 1971. Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi (1939) Ruler of Sharjah, one of the UAE's seven emirates, since 1972. Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1948-2022) President 2004-2022, stroke in 2014 SAUDI ARABIA Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Madani (1934) Former Deputy minister for education. Salman (1935) King of Saudi Arabia since 2015. Ali Al-Naimi (1935) Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources 1995-2016. Mohammed bin Ali Aba Al Khail (1935) Minister of Finance and Economy 1975-1995. Motleb bin Abdullah Al-Nafisah (1937) Minister of State since 1995. Muhammed Taib (1939) One of the most prominent liberals in Saudi Arabia. Abdul Elah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1939) Governor of Al Qassim 1982-1992, Governor of Al Jawf 1998-2001. Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud (1940) Governor of Makkah 2007-2013, since 2015. Mishaal bin Saud Al Saud (1940) Governor of Najran 1997-2008. Mamdouh bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1940) Governor of Tabuk 1986-1987. Abdulaziz bin Mohieddin Khoja (1940) Minister of Culture and Information 2009-2014. YEMEN Mohammed Basindawa (1935) Prime Minister of Yemen 2011-2014 Ali Salem al Beidh (1939) VP of Yemen 1990-1994 Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (1939) Prime Minister of South Yemen 1985-1986, Prime Minister of Yemen 1990-1994, Head of State of South Yemen 1986-1990 Ali Nasir Muhammad (1939) Prime Minister of South Yemen 1971-1985, Head of State of South Yemen 1980-1986 SYRIA Issam al-Attar (1927-2024) Opposition politician in exile in Germany. His wife was assasinated by a death squad sent by Hafez al-Assad. Riad al-Turk (1930-2024) "Old Man of the Syrian Opposition", notable opposition politician during Hafez's tenure Muhammad al-Imadi (1930-2022) Former Economy and Foreign Minister. Haitham al-Maleh (1931) Human rights activist. Abdul Rauf al-Kasm (1932) Prime Minister 1980-1987. Najah al-Attar (1933) Former culture minister, now one of the two VPs. Mohammad al-Atrash (1934) Minister of Finance 2001-2003 Adnan Omran (1934) Minister of Information 2000-2003 Abdullah al-Ahmar (1936) Assistant Secretary General of Assad's party 1971-2018 Rifaat al-Assad (1937) Hafez's brother, VP 1984-1998. Attempted a coup in 1984. Farouk al-Sharaa (1938) Former foreign minister, now one of the two VPs. Marwan Habash (1938) Minister of Industry in the 1960s. Ibrahim Haddad (1938) Oil Minister 2001-2006 ............... GEORGIA Lana Gogoberidze (1928) former parliament member Levan Sharashenidze (1931-2012 otr) Defence Minister 1992 Vazha Zarandia (1932) Former Chairman of the Soviet of Ministers of "Abkhazia" Lyudvig Chibirov (1932) 1st President of "South Ossetia" 1993-2001 Eldar Shengelaia (1933) Former parliament member Iulon Gagoshidze (1935) former diaspora issue minister Sokrat Jinjolia (1937) "Abkhazian" politician Elene Tevdoradze (1938) Former parliament member Aslan Abashidze (1938) Adjara governor 1991-2004 Tengiz Kitovani (1938-2023) Attempted a coup in the 1990s Giorgi Khoshtaria (1938) Minister of Foreign Affairs 1990-1991 Aleksandr Shavlokhov (1939) Prime Minister of "South Ossetia" 1996-1998 Roin Metreveli (1939) Communist politician in the 1960s. KYRGYZSTAN Apas Jumagulov (1934) Prime Minister 1993-1998 AZERBAIJAN Enver Mamedov (1923-2023) Diplomat, former boss of the Soviet TV. Khoshbakht Yusifzadeh (1930-2023) State Oil Company VP. Dadash Rzayev (1935-2024) Minister of Defence 1993 Artur Rasizade (1935) Prime Minister 1996-2003, 2003-2018 Rahim Huseynov (1936-2023) Prime Minister 1992-1993 Shargiyya Veliyeva (1936) Former Supreme Soviet member. Ramiz Mehdiyev (1938) Head of the Presidential Administration 1994-2019 ARMENIA Ohannes Tchekidjian (1929) Karen Mikaelyan (1932) State planning committee member of the Armenian SSR. Norat Ter-Grigoryants (1936) Former defence minister Levon Ter-Petrosyan (1946) First President 1991-1998. Chainsmoker, cancer survivor. TAJIKISTAN Nizoramo Zaripova (1923-2024) Head of State of the Tajik SSR 1984 Guljahon Bobosodiqova (1937) Supreme Soviet of the Tajik SSR member. Akbar Mirzoyev (1939) Prime Minister 1992 UZBEKISTAN Rafiq Nishonov (1926-2023) Head of the Uzbek SSR 1988-1989 TURKMENISTAN Georgy Khizha (1938) Deputy Prime Minister 1992-1993 MONGOLIA Sonomyn Luvsangombo (1924) former Mayor of Ulaanbaatar and Minister of Public Security in the 80s. Gombojavyn Ochirbat (1929) Head of State 1990 Dumagiin Sodnom (1933) Prime Minister 1984-1990 Sharavyn Gungaadorj (1935) Prime Minister 1990 KAZAKHSTAN Vera Sidorova (1934) Former leader of the Kazakh SSR 1988-1989 Olzhas Suleimenov (1936) Former Chairman of the People's Congress. Vladislav Kosarev (1937) Communist politician, former parliament member. Omirbek Baigeldi (1939-2024) Chair of the Senate 1996-1999 Siyazbek Mukashev (1939) Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940) President/dictator 1991-2019/2022 AFGHANISTAN Mohammed Hasan Sharq (1925) Head of Government 1988-1989 Abdul Wahed Sarābi (1926) Former Vice President and last living minister to serve when Afghanistan was a kingdom Ravan A. G. Farhâdi (1929) Ambassador to the UN 1993-2006 Princess India of Afghanistan (1929-2023) former Cultural Ambassador to Europe Princess Bilqis Begum (1932) Had multiple duties during the monarchy. Ahmad Shah Kham, Crown Prince of Afghanistan (1934) Crown Prince 1942-1973 Sultan Ali Keshtmand (1935) Head of Government 1981-1988, 1989-1990 Abdul Satar Sirat (1937) Former Justice Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Anwar Anwarzai (1937) Former ambassador to Pakistan Mohammad Amin Wakman (1939) Social democrat politician SOUTH KOREA Kim Yong-hyu (1926-2022) Vice-Minister of National Defence in Park Chung-hee's govt Park Jong-sun (1928) Presidential candidate 2012 Lee Hyun-jae (1929) Prime Minister 1988 Kim Chong-kon (1930-2022) Former ambassador to Taiwan Chung Ho-yong (1932) Minister of Defence and the Interior during Doo-hwan's and Tae-woo's tenures. Kim Suk-soo (1932) Prime Minister 2002-2003 Hong Sook-ja (1933) South Korea's first female presidential candidate. Lim Dong-wan (1934) Former unification minister. Lee Hong-koo (1934) Prime Minister 1994-1995 Park Ji-weon (1934-2024) Lee Hoi-chang (1935) Prime Minister 1993-1994 Lee Sang-deuk (1935-2024) Myung-bak's older brother, crook Han Seung-soo (1936) Prime Minister 2008-2009 Park Seung (1936) Former construction minister Song Ja (1936-2019 otr) Former education minister Ro Jai-bong (1936-2024) Prime Minister 1990-1991 Choi See-joong (1937) Former Communications Commission chief, crook Goh Kun (1938) Prime Minister 1997-1998, 2003-2004, acting 2004 Kang Hyun-wook (1938) Former North Jeolla governor Lee Soo-sung (1939) Prime Minister 1995-1997 Chang Sang (1939) Acting Prime Minister 2002 Yang Sung-chul (1939) Activist, former ambassador to the US. Lee Myung-bak (1941) President 2008-2013 CYPRUS George Vassiliou (1931) President 1988-1993 Yiannakis Matsis (1933) MEP 2004-2009 Ayla Halit Kazım (1934) First female House of Representatives member in 1963. Frail. Hakkı Atun (1935) Prime Minister of "Northern Cyprus" 1994-1996 Derviş Eroğlu (1938) President of "Northern Cyprus" 2010-2015, Prime Minister 1985-1994, 1996-2004, 2009-2010 Georgios Iacovou (1938) Diplomat, former foreign affairs minister Ibrahim Aziz (1938) Communist politician. Panayiotis Demetriou (1939) Former MEP Christodoulos Christodoulou (1939) Minister of Finance 1994-1999 TURKEY Nermin Abadan Unat (1921) Former Senator Şükrü Elekdağ (1924) Former ambassador to the US and Japan İlter Türkmen (1927-2022) Foreign Affairs Minister 1980-1983 Cahit Karakaş (1928) Former minister who was kicked out of his positions during the 1980 coup. Kaya Erdem (1928) Finance Minister 1980-1982 Recai Kutan (1930-2024) Former felicity party leader Sabahattin Çakmakoğlu (1930-2024) Defence minister 1999-2002 Mustafa Dağıstanlı (1931-2022) More known as a gold-winning olympic wrestler Altan Öymen (1932) Former Republican People's Party leader Oktay Ekşi (1932) Founding member of the Social Democrat Party, has a great moustache Nahit Menteşe (1932) Minister multiple times since the 70s Hüsamettin Cindoruk (1933) Acting President in 1993, former parliament speaker. Obese but doing well. Tarhan Erdem (1933-2022) Former minister Aysel Çelikel (1933) Former Justice minister 2002 Semra Özal (1934) More known as the First Lady 1989-1993 Hikmet Sami Türk (1935) Former defence minister Mahmut Oltan Sungurlu (1933/1936) Another former defence minister Yılmaz Büyükerşen (1937) longtime mayor of Eskişehir Hikmet Çetin (1937) Former parliament speaker, NATO guy Nurettin Sözen (1937) Former Mayor of Istanbul Emre Gönensay (1937) Former foreign minister who seems to be frail now Kemal Burkay (1937) Dissident Deniz Baykal (1938-2023) Former deputy prime minister Yaşar Yakış (1938-2024) Former foreign affairs minister Aytaç Durak (1938) Former Adana mayor, "Doyen of Turkey's local politics" Vecdi Gönül (1939) Former defence minister PAKISTAN Roedad Khan (1923-2024) Ancient politician, worked for five Presidents Rahimuddin Khan (1926-2022) Former governor of Balochistan and Sindh more known as the former head of the army. Syed Babar Ali (1926) Former finance minister more known as the President of the WWF 1996-1999 succeeding Prince Philip. Elahi Bux Soomro (1926-2024) Former Speaker Balakh Sher Mazari (1928-2022) Caretaker Prime Minister 1993, frailish. Sartaj Aziz (1929-2024) Two-time foreign affairs minister S. M. Zafar (1930-2023) Politician, human rights activist Abid Hassan Minto (1932) Political leader with a very long career. Syed Qaim Ali Shah (1929/1933) Former Sindh CM Tariq Kamal Khan (1933) Former ambassador to Tunisia and Australia Ghous Ali Shah (1934) Defence, education Minister, former Sindh CM Raja Zafar-ul-Haq (1935) Former opposition leader Gohar Ayub Khan (1937-2023) Former foreign affairs minister and business oligarch Ghulam Mustafa Khar (1937) Former Punjab governor and CM Chaudhry Mehmood Bashir (1937) Former law minister Wajihuddin Ahmed (1938) Human rights activist and politician Sajid Mir (1938) Politician/religious leader Muhammad Khan Sherani (1938) JUIP leader Manzoor Wattoo (1939) Former industry minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour (1939) ANP stalwart who was already frail when he recovered from covid two years ago. Usman Ibrahim (1939) Iftikhar Cheema (1939) Former National Assembly member who has a nice hat. BANGLADESH Abdul Muntaquim Chaudhury (1929) former member of the parliaments of Pakistan and Bangladesh. A. K. Khandker (1930) Former Planning Minister and High Commissioner to India, also the first Chief of Air Staff. Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar (1931) Acting President 2002, stroke in 2019. Badruddin Umar (1931) Former leader of the Marxist-Leninist Party. Covid in 2021. A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury (1932-2024) President 2001-2002 K. M. Shafiullah (1934) General and former Member of Parliament. Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury (1935-2022) Deputy Leader of Satiya Sangsad Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder (1935) Two-time parliament member M Amir-ul Islam (1936) Former food minister, drafted proclamation of independence. Kamal Hossain (1937) First Law Minister of Bangladesh. Shafique Ahmed (1937) Former law minister. Fazlul Haque (1938-2023) Acting Prime Minister in 2007. Oli Ahmed (1939) Former leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, minister multiple times. Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky (1939) BNP co-founder Shah Moazzem Hossain (1939-2022) Former Deputy Prime Minister Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan (1939-2023) Minister multiple times, BNP advisor ... Smaller European countries and territories (population under 1mil) MONTENEGRO Novak Kilibarda (1934-2023) Deputy Prime Minister 1998-2000 Jovan Kavarić (1934) Former mayor of Titograd, now Podgorica, Montenegro's capital. Radivoje Brajović (1935) Head of State 1982-1988 Radoje Kontić (1937) Former Prime Minister of Montenegro SR and Yugoslavia. LUXEMBOURG Guy de Muyser (1926-2024) Former representative to NATO, Hon.Marshal of the Court of the Grand Duke. Jean Hamilius (1927) Minister for Public Works 1974-1979 Marcel Schlechter (1928-2023) Minister of Energy, Public Works and Transport 1984-1989 Astrid Lulling (1929) MEP 1965-1974, 1989-2014 Jean Spautz (1930) Former Christian Social People's Party leader Colette Flesch (1937) Mayor of Luxembourg City 1970-1984, Minister multiple times since. Marcel Glesener (1937) Former member of parliament Jacques Santer (1937) Prime Minister 1984-1995, President of the European Commission 1995-1999, Finance Minister 1979-1989 Ben Fayot (1937) President of LSAP 1985-1997 Camille Dimmer (1939-2023) Gen-Sec of CSV 1990-1995 Marcel Sauber (1939) President of the Council of State 2001-2003 MALTA Ugo Mifsud Bonnici (1932) President of Malta 1994-1999 Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici (1933-2022) Prime Minister of Malta 1984-1987, cousin of Ugo. Eddie Fenech Adami (1934) President of Malta 2004-2009, Prime Minister 1987-1996 and 1998-2004 Anton Tabone (1937) Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta 1998-2008, Minister of Gozo Affairs 1987-1996 Joe Debono Grecho (1939) Member of Parliament 1966-2017 ICELAND Ingvar Gíslason (1926-2022) Minister of Education, Science and Culture 1980-1983 Salome Þorkelsdóttir (1927) First woman speaker of the Althing (parliament of Iceland) Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1930) President of Iceland 1980-1996, the world's first woman who was democratically elected as president Ólafur Garðar Einarsson (1932-2023) Former Minister of Education. Óli Þorbjörn Guðbjartsson (1935) Former Justice minister Hjörleifur Guttormsson (1935) Former Industry minister Edvard Júlíus Sólnes (1937) Three-time minister Ragnar Arnalds (1938-2022) Two-time minister Halldór Blöndal (1938) Former parliament member, minister Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson (1939) Former Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs. Interesting surname. Also a sex offender, apparently. Ellert Schram (1939) Former parliament member, footballer JERSEY (UK) Ted Vilbert (1938) Former Senator Edward Trevor (1938) Terry Le Main (1939) Minister of Housing 2005-2010 ISLE OF MAN (UK) John Raymond Kniveton (1933-2011) Former Legislative Council member Edgar Quine (1934) Former House of Keys member Walter Gilbey (1935-2023) Former House of Keys member Edmund Lowey (1938-2024) Former Legislative Council member Donald Gelling (1938) Chief Minister of the Isle of Man 1996-2001, 2004-2006 ANDORRA Nemesi Marqués Oste (1935) Representative of the Episcopal Co-Prince of Andorra 1993-2012 GUERNSEY (UK) de Vic Carey (1940) Bailiff 1999-2005 FAROE ISLANDS (Denmark) Álvur Zachariasen (1931-2022) Former Parliament member Jógvan Sundstein (1933-2024) Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands 1989-1991 Eilif Samuelsen (1934) Six-time minister Jóngerð Purkhús (1937) Former minister Lisbeth L. Petersen (1939-2024) Former Union Party leader. MONACO Michel Lévêque (1933) Minister of State of Monaco (Head of Government) 1997-2000 Paul Dijoud (1938) Minister of State of Monaco (Head of Government) 1994-1997 Patrick Leclerq (1938) Minister of State of Monaco (Head of Government) 2000-2005 Jean-Louis Campora (1938) Former Member of the National Council 1973-1993, President of the National Council 1993-2003 LIECHTENSTEIN Emma Eigenmann (1930) Member of the Landtag of Liechteinstein 1986-1993 Adolf Heeb (1940) Former Landtag member GIBRALTAR (UK) Joe Bossano (1939) Chief Minister of Gibraltar 1988-1996 Olga Zammitt (1940) Mayor of Gibraltar 2009-2010 Adolfo Canepa (1940) Chief Minister of Gibraltar 1987-1988, Mayor of Gibraltar 1976-1978 and 2014-2017, Speaker of the Parliament 2011-2019 SAN MARINO Anna Maria Casali (1929) Member of the Parliament 1974-1978 Luigi Lonfernini (1938) Captain Regent 1971, 2001 ISRAEL (Knesset members and minor politicians up to 1930, Ministers up to 1935) Tamar Eshel (1920-2022) Knesset (parliament) member 1977-1984 Shmuel Toledano (1921-2022) Knesset member 1977-1981 Mordechai Bibi (1922-2023) Knesset member 1959-1974 Moshe Meron (1926-2023) Knesset member 1977-1981 Aharon Yadlin (1926-2022) Minister of Education 1974-1977, Knesset member 1959-1981 Elyakim Haetzni (1926-2022) Knesset member 1988-1992 Stef Wertheimer (1926) Knesset member 1977-1981, ISCAR founder Amal Nasser el-Din (1928) Knesset member 1977-1988, Druze politician Miriam Glazer-Ta'asa (1929) Knesset member 1981-1984 Edna Solodar (1930-2024) Knesset member 1982-1992 Ada Feinberg-Sireni (1930) Knesset member 1969-1974 Zalman Shoval (1930) Two-time ambassador to the US, Knesset member 1970-1981, 1988-1990 Yair Tzaban (1930) Minister of Immigrant Absorption 1992-1996, Knesset member 1981-1996 Yoel Alroy (1930-2023) Mayor of Netanya 1983-1993 Moshe Dwek (1931) Politician, most known for throwing a hand grenade into the Knesset in 1957 Meir Nitzan (1931) Mayor of Rishon Letzion 1983-2008 Amnon Rubinstein (1931-2024) Four-time minister, Knesset member 1977-2002 Haim Drukman (1932-2022) Rabbi and politician, hospitalised twice with heart failure in 2022. Yoram Aridor (1933) Former Communications and Finance minister. David Libai (1934) Former Justice and Interior Minister Moshe Shalal (1934) Three-time minister Avraham Katz-Oz (1934) 1980s agriculture minister Shevah Weiss (1935-2023) Knesset speaker 1992-1996 Moshe Nissim (1935) Six-time minister, former Deputy Prime Minister Victor Brailovsky (1935) Science and Tech Minister in 2004 RUSSIA (Up to 1927) Boris Kravtsov (1922) Soviet Minister of Justice 1984-1989 Yuliya Borisova (1925-2023) Actress, former Supreme Soviet member from 1963 to 1967 Roy Medvedev (1925) Dissident Vladimir Stepanov (1927-2022) Ambassador to Finland 1973-1979, Head of the Karelian ASSR 1984-1989 IRAN (Up to 1935, excluding Ayatollahs with political power) Ebrahim Golestan (1922-2023) Tudeh Party politician until 1948, more known as a filmmaker. Lived in Sussex. Mohammad-Ali Amoui (1923/1925/1928) Tudeh Party politician, Tudeh Military Network member. Imprisoned for a total of 37 years during the Shah's rule, Khomeini's rule and Khamenei's rule. Ali Mohammad Afghani (1925) Tudeh Party politician Ali Tehrani (1926-2022) Islamic theologian and writer, also imprisoned during the Shah's rule, Khomeini's rule and Khamenei's rule. Hushang Ansary (1927) Ambassador to the US 1967-1969, Tourism and Info minister 1971-1974, Finance Minister 1974-1977 Hushang Ebtehaj (1928-2022) Tudeh Party member, more known as a poet Houchang Nahavandi (1930) Minister of Science 1978 Manouchehr Ganji (1931) Minister of Education 1976-1978 Abbas Sheibani (1931-2022) Minister of Agriculture 1979-1980, Member of Parliament 1981-2000 Reza Sadr (1932) Minister of Commerce 1979-1980 Hooshang Talé (1933) Member of Parliament 1967-1971 Davoud Hermidas-Bavand (1934-2023) Spokesman of the National Front Habibollah Peyman (1935-2024) Socialist dissident Hamid Behbahani (1935/1941-2024) Minister of Roads and Transportation 2008-2011 Mahmoud Ahmadzadeh (1933/1935-2022) Minister of Industries and Mines 1979-1980 JAPAN (Up to 1935 also including "less notable" ones up to 1925. Note: Japan is notoriously bad at keeping track at who is alive and who is not) Sachio Taniue 谷上幸男 (1920) Mayor of Bonotsu 1991-2005. Not completely sure he's alive, but was in 2020. Keigi Furuya 降矢敬義 (1920-dead?) Minister in the 1980s. Not completely sure he's alive. Tetsuya Tomaru 都丸哲也 (1921-2023) Mayor of Hoya, now Nishitōkyō 1977-1993. Loved politician, still active. Kazuo Tsugura 敦賀一夫 (1922) Mayor of Wakkanai 1991-1995. Healthy and could still stand on his 100th in January. Iga Sadayuki 伊賀貞雪 (1922) Governor of Ehime prefecture 1987-1999. Tadashi Taki 滝正 (1923-2003) Mayor of Bibai 1980-1996. Not completely sure if still alive. Died off-radar 2003. Shigeo Hatada 畑田茂雄 (1923-2022) Activist who ran for Governor of Tokyo in the 80s and the 90s. Tomiichi Murayama (1924) Prime Minister 1994-1996. Has had some minor health problems in the past but seems fine now. Taro Nakayama (1924-2023) Minister of Foreign Affairs 1989-1991. Yoshihisa Uchida 内田喜久 (1925) Former Okazaki mayor, fraudster. Masahide Shibusawa (1925) Peace activist. Masaru Urata 浦田勝 (1925) Ancient Liberal Party guy. Kosuke Takizawa 滝沢幸助 (1925) Former House of Representatives member. Yoshikatsu Takeiri (1926-2023) Former House of Representatives member, Chair of the Komeito party 1967-1986. Tamisuke Watanuki (1927) Former Speaker of the House of Representatives and Minister of Construction. Takashi Hiraoka (1927) Activist and Mayor of Hiroshima 1991-1999 Yoshiro Nakamatsu (1928) More known as an inventor. Hikaru Matsunaga (1928-2022) Former Finance Minister Reiji Suzuki (1928-2022) Governor of Aichi prefecture 1983-1999 Ryōko Akamatsu (1929-2024) Two-time Minister of Education. Tetsuo Kutsukake (1929-2024) Minister of State in the Koizumi cabinet Yūji Tsushima (1930-2023) Minister of Health and Welfare 1990 and 2000. Tetsuzo Fuwa / Kenjiro Ueda (1930) Ancient communist politician, House of Representatives member 1969-2003. Still quite active. Yasushi Akashi (1931) Former Tokyo Governor candidate more known for his work for the UN. Junya Yano (1932) Komeito party Chairman 1986-1989 succeeding Takeiri. Higuchi Keiko (1932) Activist and politician who once ran for Governor of Tokyo. Hirohisa Fujii (1932-2022) Finance Minister 1993-1994 and 2009-2010 Akiko Dōmoto (1932) Governor of Chiba prefecture 2001-2009 Daizō Nozawa (1933) Minister of Justice 2003-2004 Chikage Oogi (1933-2023) President of the House of Councillors 2004-2007, former minister. Takao Jinnouchi (1933) Former Minister of Justice. Keiichi Inamine (1933) Okinawa Governor 1998-2006 Akihito (1933) Emperor 1989-2019 Mikio Aoki (1934-2023) Acting Prime Minister 2000 Yoshinobu Shimamura (1934) Three-time minister. Seiken Sugiura (1934) Former Justice minister, anti-death penalty activist. Chikara Sakaguchi (1934) Four-time minister. Masatoshi Wakabayashi (1934-2023) Former Opposition Leader who resigned from the Diet of Japan after pressing the voting button for Aoki. Kosuke Hori (1934-2023) Former Internal Affairs minister. Shozaburo Nakamura (1934-2023) Former Minister of Justice. Chieko Nōno (1935) Former Minister of Justice. Yoshinori Ohno (1935-2023) Former Defence minister. Hakuo Yanagisawa (1935) Former Minister who caused controversy in 2007 after calling women "birth-giving machines" in a speech on the falling birthrate. Takashi Fukaya (1935) Longtime liberal democratic party politician. Takashi Kosugi (1935) Former Minister of Education. Tatsuya Hori (1935) Hokkaido governor 1995-2003 Toranosuke Katayama (1935) Right-wing populist, still active. Marutei Tsurunen (1940) First foreign-born European member of the Diet. I think he had cancer a few years ago. Junichiro Koizumi (1942) Prime Minister 2001-2006. Looked very frail recently. INDONESIA Subroto (1923-2022) Secretary General of OPEC 1984-1985, 1988-1994, former Energy Minister. Solihin GP (1926-2024) Governor of West Java 1970-1975. Looong health history. Mooryati Soedibyo (1928-2024) Businesswoman, politician, Javanese royal. Looked half her age in 2019. Emil Salim (1930) Longtime politician, minister multiple times. Sunaryati Hartono (1931-2023) Politician, diplomat. Azwar Anas (1931-2023) Suharto-era welfare minister. Try Sutrisno (1935) Suharto's VP 1993-1998 Kwi Kian Gie (1935) Former Minister of Economic Affairs and Planning. Widowed in 2020. Sidarto Danusubroto (1936) Former Parliament speaker and president's advisor. Ridwan Suwidi (1936-2022) Former Regent of Paser. Adrianus Mooy (1936) Suharto era Governor of the Bank of Indonesia. Jusuf Wanandi (1937) Golkar billionaire politician. Subur Budhisantoso (1937) Former Democratic Party boss. Justika Baharsjah (1937) Old social affairs minister. J. Soedradjad Djiwandono (1938) Suharto era Governor of the Bank of Indonesia. Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti (1939) Former Coordination minister. Rohani Darus Danil (1939) Mayor of Tebing Tinggi 1990-2000. Other non-included countries mentioned elsewhere

There is no question that she is one of the greatest vocalists who have ever lived.

A little local self-indulgence if I may. Brighton conservationist Selma Montford died over Easter, aged 87. She was instrumental in saving a fair amount of Brighton's historic architecture, including many listed buildings and a good chunk of Brighton Station. She was co-founder of the Brighton Society. She wrote several books on the history of Brighton, and, an accomplished artist, she sold work at the Royal Academy summer exhibitions.

To be fair, I have looked like that after a few birthday celebrations in the past (minus the cuddly toys)

Paddy Doherty recovering after heart attack. Doesn't strike as one that'll make old age.

DDP pick for my theme team, in fact. I'll admit that I think Dalek Invasion of Earth is the only thing I've seen her in, off the top of my head.

Some might say Paul Arthurs got a touch of cancer, but it's treatable so he's gonna roll with it.

Richard Franklin's friends break radio silence to confirm he's in good spirits and being looked after (in the nursing home, I think). Again, I believe that's an old photo, and no mention this time of recovering from his last op.

Ask me again when I'm 118! It's all about quality of life but more importantly enjoyment of life, and by all accounts, including her own, Kane Tanaka enjoyed the most of hers till the end. RIP. All of these longevity cases seem to cite chocolate, fizzy drinks and exercise as the key. I'm already great at two of those!

New collaboration between Jack White and rapper Q-Tip. Interesting, could have told me this was a new (or maybe really old) Eminem tune and I’d have more likely believed it. SC

A lot of DDP teams would have picked Kane Tanaka

http://1240 KLYQ Missoula Celebrity and Spinal Tap Drummer, Ric Parnell Dies at 70