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https://www.nbc.na/news/president-geingob-confers-honour-national-hero-former-ndf-chief-john-mutwa.46368 John Mutwa, Chief of Namibia's Defence Force 2013-2020 has died aged 60. President Hage Geingob declared three days of mourning.

https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihdeuutiset/a/d7319308-f53e-4c3f-841c-c9c8ee7c52f0 Juhani Palmu taken to hospital for feeling "enormous pain" despite taking strong morphine-based meds. He was discharged from the hospital earlier this month after being there for three months after the fire. There's also a new picture of him in the article.

Happier times: Guy Scott, Rupiah Banda, Michael Sata and Kenneth Kaunda in that order in February 2012. Two dead (Kaunda and Sata) and the alive ones aren't in great condition.

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2021/05/12/ratchet-clank-jim-ward/ Don't know if anyone else has mentioned this but: daytime emmy winner and voice actor Jim Ward has Alzheimer's and recently survived covid that, according to his wife, almost killed him. (Notable voice roles include Captain Qwark from the Ratchet and Clank series, Diamondhead in Ben 10 and Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens, Henry Peter Gyrich in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, newscaster Chet Ubetcha and Doug Dimmadome, Owner Of The Dimmsdale Dimmadome on The Fairly OddParents, Angus on The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs, and Professor Xavier in Wolverine and the X-Men) Has been in minor roles in a lot of popular 2000s children's animated movies like Despicable Me, Finding Nemo, Madagascar, Monsters Inc., Shrek, Wall-E and the Toy Story movies. Video game credits include multiple Call of Duty games, Diablo III, Dota 2, The Elder Scrolls Online, multiple Fallout games, Final Fantasy XIII, multiple Metal Gear Solid games, Red Dead Redemption 2, Resident Evil and two Star Trek and Star Wars games.

And now the Paramount Chief of the Herero people, Vekuii Rukoro has died aged 66: https://www.namibian.com.na/102660/read/JUST-IN-Ovaherero-Traditional-Authority-chief-dies Also a SWAPO member!

https://www.svt.se/kultur/tidigare-kulturministern-bengt-goransson-ar-dod Former Swedish minister and politician Bengt Göransson dead at 88. He was the Minister of Culture and Education 1982-1989 and only Minister of Education 1989-1991 after Bengt Göransson became the Minister for Schools. He was part of Olof Palme's cabinet. Palme was assasinated while walking home from a cinema on the 28th of February 1986. Lots of Palme ministers still alive, but I don't think there are ministers alive from before Palme's first cabinet.

Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emeritus Michiko have recieved the jab. Also, according to japan times: "Prince Hitachi, 85, the younger brother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito; his wife Princess Hanako, 80; Princess Nobuko, 66, widow of the late Prince Tomohito of Mikasa; and Princess Hisako, 67, widow of the late Prince Takamado, were inoculated at the Imperial Household Hospital on the grounds of the Imperial Palace, the sources said." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/01/national/emperor-akihito-vaccinated/ Picture from the end of April: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210602/p2g/00m/0na/012000c

Joralf Gjerstad "the man with the warm hands", a Norwegian faith healer dead at 95 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joralf_Gjerstad

Bangladesh has a lot of good political picks: Three former President amigos Shahabuddin Ahmed (b. 1930), Badruddoza Chowdhury (b. 1932) and Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar (b. 1931) As drol said, Shahabuddin has been gravely ill for years, Chowdhury looks corpse-like in most new photos and Sircar suffered a stroke two years ago. Former Prime Ministers: Fazlul Haque (b. 1938) and Fakhruddin Ahmed (b. 1940), Ahmed still looks great though. Current leaders, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and President Abdul Hamid are 73 and 77.

İbrahim İbrahimli, former Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR has died from brain cancer, aged around 68-69: https://modern.az/az/news/294541/sabiq-deputat-ibrahim-ibrahimli-vefat-etdi

Top 10 longest serving prisoners, according to wikipedia. From the US unless mentioned otherwise. Updated: 71 years - Francis Clifford Smith (b. 1924?) Longest serving prisoner ever. Murder of a nightwatchman during a robbery. 65 years - Walter H. Bourque Jr. (b. ca. 1937-1938) Murdered a four-year old girl with an axe. 65 years - Warren Nutter (b. 1938?) Murdered a patrolman during a gas station robbery. 62 years - Kenneth Nicely (b. 30th of September 1938) Murdered a police officer. Doesn't look great but what would you expect for someone who has been in prison for over sixty years. 58 years - Booker T. Hillery (b. 1931) Murder. 58 years - Michael Anthony Mayola (b. 1933) Murdered a 11-year old. 58 years - Hans Georg Neumann (b. 14th of September 1936) Germany. Murdered a pair of lovers in 1962. 57 years - Henry Montgomery (b. ca. 1946) Murder 57 years - James R. Moore (b. 1933/1934) Disgusting rape-murder of a 14-year old girl. 57 years - Leotha Brown (b. 1940) Murder. Top5 longest time in solitary confinement - current and former alive ones: 44 years - Albert Woodfox (former, b. 1947) From 1972 to 2016. One of the Angola Three. 38 years - Mark David Chapman (current, b. 1955) Lennon's murderer. 37 years - Robert Maudsley (current, b. 1953) UK. Serial killer, also killed people behind bars. 25 years - Yolanda Saldivar (current, b. 1960) Queen of Tejano Selana's murderer. To be released in five years. 24 years - Luis Felipe "King Blood" (current, b. 1962) Multiple first degree murders, leader of the gang "Latin Kings" Top3 longest on death row - current and alive ones: 45 years - Iwao Hakamada (former, b. 1936) 1968 to 2014. Granted retrial, apparently innocent. 45 years - Raymond Riles (former, b. 1950) 1976 to 2021. Reduced to life in jail. 44 years - Richard Gerard Jordan (current, b. ca. 1946) Abducted and murdered a woman

Kenneth Kaunda dies, leaving five state leaders: Siphandon, Murayama, Carter, Štrougal and Rodriguez.

Molester-protector Angelo Sodano again. I think that was who I picked last time.

If a new round is starting i'd like to kenneth kaunad

Funeral attending bets (unless they'll have an only-family funeral): Zambian Presidents: Rupiah Banda: Will probably attend. Visited a cigarette factory a while ago so I would be suprised if he didn't attend a former president's funeral. Guy Scott: Probably won't. If he does, he'll either use a rollator or more likely will be in a wheelchair. Edgar Lungu: Collapsed in some kind of an event four days ago but I'm sure he will attend the founding president's funeral. Out of African political ancient ones, I'd say Mwinyi and Nujoma will attend. Unless covid something.