Nighthawk01

As Hirohito’s sister in law is there anyone else alive that closely linked with a leader from WWII if she dies?

If John Giles is the Olympic athlete born in 1927 then I’m pretty sure he’s died. There’s an account on Flickr for a Terence Giles (possibly a son) who has uploaded an album full of photos of him and all his medals and awards as well as his birthdate of 9th February 1927 and a death date of 7th April 2024 https://www.flickr.com/photos/200869241@N08/albums/72177720317533066/

For Peter Cummins tributes started on the 4th October from his friends and on the 10th the State Theatre Company South Australia where he worked put a tribute up too (can’t get the link to work) but they’ve posted one on both Facebook and Instagram.

edit: For Richard G Candelaria the American Fighter Aces Association of which he was a member reportedly sent out an email at the end of September saying he died. I can’t find anything further on it as I’m not a member but one of the places his name might be added to is their public page for aces we have lost. https://www.americanfighteraces.org/the-aces/last-flights/?v=d43cf049304b

BBC reporting it now too, this might be one of the most surprising deaths I’ve seen https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn4vem0l5ldt

Sky has just confirmed it https://news.sky.com/story/former-first-minister-of-scotland-alex-salmond-dies-13232584 edit: Given it was reportedly after giving a speech in Macedonia I'm guessing it was something more sudden