Toast 16,155 Posted September 14, 2019 47 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: I've always considered this a catch-all thread for anyone from the Indian or Asian or sometimes African continents. I agree if someone can be put in a more precise thread that is generally accepted -- Tongan PM most definitely in a stately thread imo -- but for lesser politicians I have no problem at all they end up here (See ND Tiwari for instance...and I have no idea if this is where he ended up). But at no time have I ever considered this thread exclusive to 'the arts' when we have threads for art, broadway, theatre, blah blah. SC If you go back to the birth of the thread, you'll see it was mostly foreign actors, from non-Anglophone countries. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,155 Posted September 14, 2019 1 hour ago, alt obits guy said: Debatable, particularly since this person wasn't frail...she went from healthy to dead in an instant. A matter of either accepting threads both as good or narrowing this thread's scope to avoid overlap. "Political frailty" is a figure of speech. In the context of Deathlist thread titles, it's a pun. You aren't meant to take it literally Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted September 14, 2019 Here’s a thought, does it even matter? You won’t even remember the name of who died tomorrow anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,076 Posted September 14, 2019 Serial football coach Rudi Gutendorf dead at 93: https://www.en24.news/2019/09/coach-legend-rudi-gutendorf-is-dead-football-swr-sports.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted September 15, 2019 78-year old husband of that "world's oldest mother", i.e. that 74-year old Indian woman who gave birth last week, has now suffered a heart attack: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/husband-worlds-oldest-mum-icu-20061750 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,561 Posted September 16, 2019 German designer Luigi Colani has died at age 91. https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/09/16/world/europe/ap-eu-germany-obit-colani.html My father was an architecture and design student in the 1970s, and he had contact with Colani during that time. As a student, he had no money but a pregnant girlfriend, and so Colani gave my father a stroller designed by him. The stroller must have looked like that, but the frame was red and the folding roof orange, I think. Unfortunately, I have no access to my personal children's photos. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,206 Posted September 16, 2019 Also mentioned in The Chequered Flag thread as a possibility by me three years ago as for me, his most important role was that of racing car designer. He certainly was a remarkable man. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted September 16, 2019 On 25/07/2019 at 21:45, gcreptile said: Czech singer Karel Gott has pneumonia (3,5 years after cancer): https://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/karel-gott-cancels-benatska-noc-festival-appearance-due-to-pneumonia Now Karel Gott has acute leukemia: https://www.n-tv.de/leute/Karel-Gott-leidet-an-akuter-Leukaemie-article21268048.html (german link) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted September 16, 2019 1 hour ago, gcreptile said: Now Karel Gott has acute leukemia: https://www.n-tv.de/leute/Karel-Gott-leidet-an-akuter-Leukaemie-article21268048.html (german link) You Gott to be kidding 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,076 Posted September 19, 2019 Guardian Obit for Ukrainian born singer Tino Valdi: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/19/tino-valdi-obituary IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10387582/ in which he appeared in a quartet with Kathy Kirby and won. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Etushispushingupdaisies 136 Posted September 28, 2019 https://ria.ru/amp/20190928/1559231397.html. Mark Zakharov, Russian film and theatre director, dies of pneumonia at 85. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted September 30, 2019 Kornel Morawiecki, senior parliamentary speaker in the Polish government and the father of that country's current Prime Minister, has died. He was 78. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/polish-prime-ministers-father-dies-at-age-78/2019/09/30/018c8eea-e37a-11e9-b0a6-3d03721b85ef_story.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,076 Posted October 1, 2019 Edouard Balladur facing trial, garnering interest from the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49890625 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,728 Posted October 2, 2019 Breaking News: Czech pop star Karel Gott who has released twenty-six studio albums and has been voted Most Favorite Male Singer multiple times in the Czech Republic died at 80 years: https://magazin.aktualne.cz/kultura/hudba/zemrel-karel-gott-legende-ceske-pop-music-bylo-80-let/r~aac1fd90dddc11e9858fac1f6b220ee8/ 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,076 Posted October 2, 2019 3 hours ago, TomTomTelekom said: Breaking News: Czech pop star Karel Gott who has released twenty-six studio albums and has been voted Most Favorite Male Singer multiple times in the Czech Republic died at 80 years: https://magazin.aktualne.cz/kultura/hudba/zemrel-karel-gott-legende-ceske-pop-music-bylo-80-let/r~aac1fd90dddc11e9858fac1f6b220ee8/ UK Reuters Obit for the win for Karel Gott: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-czech-gott/karel-gott-the-czech-sinatra-dies-at-80-idUKKBN1WH13O Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Etushispushingupdaisies 136 Posted October 2, 2019 https://www.novayagazeta.ru/news/2019/10/02/155799-umer-kompozitor-giya-kancheli-napisavshiy-muzyku-k-filmam-kin-dza-dza-i-mimino. Georgian composer Giya Kancheli, known for his collaborations with filmmaker Georgy Daneliya, dies at 84. (Russian obit) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 11, 2019 A former (NIgerian) National Chairman of Alliance for Democracy (AD), Senator Mojisoluwa Akinfenwa, is dead. An indigene of Erin Ijesa in Osun State, Akinfenwa, aged 89, died in his Ibadan home, on Thursday. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted October 12, 2019 Some news about my sleeper pick Rodion G.A., electronic pioneer of Romania: After a few appeances over the course of the year, he revived his fundraising call last month, to little success. And now, to add to his liver cancer and cirrhosis, the "cemetery mafia" has stolen his slot on the graveyard: https://www.libertatea.ro/entertainment/grav-bolnav-rodion-ladislau-rosca-parintele-muzicii-electronice-in-romania-si-a-pierdut-locul-de-veci-da-vina-pe-mafia-cimitirelor-2761906 (romanian link) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,076 Posted October 17, 2019 Cuban ballerina and DDP Pick Alicia Alonso now finally, really dead rather than the Wiki rumour earlier in the year: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article236359533.html 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Etushispushingupdaisies 136 Posted October 25, 2019 https://m.gazeta.ru/amp/culture/news/2019/10/24/n_13616246.shtml. Russian composer Konstantin Titar dies at 80. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,313 Posted October 25, 2019 On 11/10/2019 at 17:31, Sir Creep said: A former (NIgerian) National Chairman of Alliance for Democracy (AD), Senator Mojisoluwa Akinfenwa, is dead. An indigene of Erin Ijesa in Osun State, Akinfenwa, aged 89, died in his Ibadan home, on Thursday. SC Oh my, what am I going to do? My Nigerian Prince has now died. My heart is broken... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 25, 2019 4 hours ago, theoldlady said: Oh my, what am I going to do? My Nigerian Prince has now died. My heart is broken... It hurts to hear you in such pain, but not sure I was ready for theoldAkinfenwa. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted October 26, 2019 Inspirational Indian yoga teacher for generations, V Nanammal, dead at 99: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50194850 Edit: She was known as "Yoga Grandma". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,728 Posted October 27, 2019 Rumours that Australian Actress Anne Phelan died at 75 years. she is best known for her Soap opera roles in Prisoner or Something in the Air. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted October 27, 2019 45 minutes ago, TomTomTelekom said: Rumours that Australian Actress Anne Phelan died at 75 years. she is best known for her Soap opera roles in Prisoner or Something in the Air. I can name a few better threads for this post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites