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Thura is a honorifical pre name he earned in 1948 repressing a Karen uprising. It's highly unlikely that there is a former politician named Tun Tin who also earned the distinction. That's definitely him.

In this "very interesting" piece of news Burmese government raised Tun Tin's pension in March. Need to cover medical expenses?

Only Mugabe can defeat me. It will be pleasant in both cases.

@FixedBusiness and @Drewsky1211 thought Leavelle would be standing for many years, unlike Lee Oswald, but were wrong.

Why in this thread and not for example in Needlars thread?

Now President Yudhoyono's mother Siti Habibah has died too. I couldn't find out how old she was, but at very least 90.

Wrong thread. Stop it.

I pick Francisco Morales Bermudez.

Fourteenth round masterlist: The Unknown Man: Javier Perez de Cuellar CoffinLodger: Robert Mugabe Ulitzer95: Tun Tin Sean: Lee Teng-hui Joey Russ: Jimmy Carter theoldlady: Daniel arap Moi The Quim Reaper: Hau Pei-tsun Tower1: Lubomir Strougal Bibliogryphon: Luis Echeverria Sir Creep: Jules Sedney drol: Francisco Morales Bermudez paddyfool: Hau Pei-tsun Newjack: Mustafa Ben Halim

Fourteenth round: 1)Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918), Prime Minister of Japan 2)Hyun Soong-jong (1919), Prime Minister of South Korea 3)Hau Pei-tsun (1919), Prime Minister of Taiwan 4)Javier Perez de Cuellar (1920), Prime Minister of Perù 5)Josip Manolic (1920), Prime Minister of Croatia 6)Kim Yong-ju (1920), vacancy Head of State of North Korea 7)Tun Tin (1920), Prime Minister of Burma 8)Mustafa ben Halim (1921), Prime Minister of Lybia 9)Francisco Morales Bermudez (1921), President of Perù 10)Luis Echeverria (1922), President of Mexico 11)Janez Stanovnik (1922), President of Communist Slovenia 12)Milos Jakes (1922), General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 13)Jules Sedney (1922), Prime Minister of Suriname 14)Branislav Soskic (1922) President of Communist Montenegro 15) Lee Teng-hui (1923), President of Taiwan 16)Adnan Pachachi (1923) Prime Minister of Iraq 17)Khamtai Siphandon (1924) Prime Minister and President of Laos 18)Robert Mugabe (1924) Prime Minister and President of Zimbabwe 19)Tomiichi Murayama (1924) Prime Minister of Japan 20)Abderrahmane Youssoufi (1924) Prime Minister of Morocco 21)Kenneth Kaunda (1924) President of Zambia 22)Daniel arap Moi (1924), President of Kenya 23)Jimmy Carter (1924), President of United States of America 24)Lubomir Strougal (1924), Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 25)Guillermo Rodriguez Lara (1924), President of Ecuador 26)Abdelsalam Majali (1925), Prime Minister of Jordan 27)Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925), President of Tanzania 28)Giorgio Napolitano (1925), President of Italy 29)Mahathir Mohamad (1925), Prime Minister of Malaysia 30)Mohammad Hasan Sharq (1925), Chairman of Council of Ministers of Afghanistan Sharq was a collaborator of Russians during their occupation of Afghanistan. As you all know they were defeated by John Rambo and Colonel Trautmann and Sharq, not very coherently, fled to the US where he currently lives. Tale your picks, the round has begun!

@Master Tech was the last to pick Dawda Jawara (round 10) and never changed his pick later, so he wins this round. Congrats List to be updated and round to be started.

Sad news.

Still think there will be less than 10 hits. This is a dull year.

Fraudster Julia Flores has died "at 118". Will post a link later.

Money is far more famous the De Carlo. I knew him before he was mentioned here, mainly for the song posted by msc.

Arun Jaitley's health has deteriorated...

Someone edited Gillian Hanna's Wiki page to indicate she died. Hanna appared in the sixth series of Grange Hill as Mrs. Gossage. No obits could be found.

Hospitalized. Yaaawn...

Khayyam now dead.

Terrible news. My mother in law died yesterday aged 78, suddenly. She did not suffer from any known illness. She was going upstairs, we heard a thud and she was on the landing in the middle of the stairs. She lost blood from mouth, nose and ears. Every resuscitation attempt failed and she was pronounced dead at 3:00 p.m. local time. We will enormously miss her, as she cared about everything in the house. Really one of the worst, if not the worst, moments in my life.

Now on life support... Mr. Jaitley will soon have another thing in common with Swaraj.

Yes, I read that some days ago. Doctors said she was "much better" and "out of danger", whilw her daughter simply said she wasn't well. Now you know who was right. Coincidentally Indian composer Khayyam was in a nearby hospital with lung infection, and his wife Jagjit Kaur, a noted singer, was hospitalized too (she is expected to be discharged by Monday). Though Khayyam was said to be "on the road to recovery" it seems it has now taken a turn for the worse; mind, he has been in a semicomatose state for weeks.

Ugo Sansonetti dead at 100. Prematurely.

A quick list of Indian centenarians, or possible centenarians. 1)Sudhakar Chaturvedi (1897 or 1901): Claims to be a disciple of Gandhi, a famous Vedic scholar and the oldest man ever. According to more sensible sources this man was born in the mid 20s, so should be around 95 now. He probably used someone's else identity. Currently not in the best health, his family declined to let him be interviewed or seen in April, so there is a good chance he's already dead. 2)Dharam Pal Singh (1897): Claims to be the World's oldest marathon runner ever. His claims have been exposed as hoaxes multiple times, and the man was actually born in 1938, he is just using the documents of an older deceased person. But it will be funny to see him living into his 140s 3)Fauja Singh (1911): I suspect he is a fraudster, probably 10/15 years younger. Still impressive. 4)Pappukutty Bhagavathar (1913): Malayalam singer and actor who has not made a public appearance in years. He is said to be in fair health, but 106 is 106. 5)G. Venkatasubbiah (1913): Kannada lexicographer. Still goes strong as he was seen voting at last polls in April/May. 6)Saalumarada Thimmaka (1910, 1913 or 1919): Tree planter who was in uber-dire health some years ago. God knows how, she recovered and is now fairly active. 7)Aiyappan Pillai (1914): Lawyer and current VP of ruling party BJP. Still going strong, but you can say this about all of them. 8)Lambert Mascharenhas (1914): Of Portuguese descent (Goa). Journalist and Padma Shri awardee, Catholic. 9)Man Kaur (1916): Old athlete.Or claimant to be and old athlete. 10)S. I. Padmavati (1917): Cardiologist. 11)Shyam Saran Negi (1917): Indian first voter. Ever. Looks miserable. 12)Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande (1917): An important mathematician. 13)H. S. Doreswamy (1918): Journalist and activist 14)Philipose Mar Chrysostom (1918): Metropolitan of the Syrian Church. 15)K. R. Gowri Amma (1919): Head of a small party in Kerala, former Minister. 16)Amala Shankar (1919): famous danseuse, widow of Uday Shankar. Groan..

And the oldest with the Swami. Unfortunately that does not count.