Foreign Personalities, From Stage, Screen, Politics And Life

[arghton 6,877]

Is Hong Kong/Taiwan actress Shu Tao (Chinese wiki, imdb) still alive? Was very frail in Summer 2012 with diabetes and complications, nothing since as far as I know. Marked living on Chinese wiki, imdb and baike baidu. Would be 99 now. (Long dead or a Zsa Zsa-like living corpse?)

[gcreptile 11,078]

On 26/11/2022 at 14:56, chel said:

Belarusian Foreign Minister Uladzimir Makei dies.

 

https://www.belta.by/society/view/umer-ministr-inostrannyh-del-belarusi-vladimir-makej-537024-2022/

Poisoned?

https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/11/28/breaking-belarus-minister-of-foreign-affairs-vladimir-makei-dies/

 

Belarussian government now in a shake-up.

[chel 376]

10 hours ago, gcreptile said:

Poisoned?

 

Quotation from "Master and Margarita" (1929-1940), by Mikhail Bulgakov. Woland's words to Berlioz during their meeting at the Patriarch's Ponds in Moscow:

 

"- Yes, man is mortal, but that would be half the trouble. The bad thing is that he is sometimes suddenly mortal, that's the trick! ".

 

Shortly after this meeting, Berlioz died after being hit by a tram.

___________________________________

 

But if we ask the old Roman question: who benefits? Cui bono?

 

Turkey and China demonstrate that they want to see Belarus as an independent player. Ukraine is in no hurry to recognise Tikhanovska. Perhaps it is Makiej's long-standing personal connections that have contributed to this position. Only Russia is interested in absorbing Belarus in exchange for oblivion of the blitzcringe in Ukraine.

 

By the way, Makei's son resigned from the Belarusian Foreign Ministry in 2020   (!)

 

Photo: Makei in national Belarusian shirt - "vyshivanka"

[Lafaucheuse 4,083]

French actress Mylene demongeot dead at 87. An icon here, often talked about here, she was one of the last great with Bardot, delon etc 

[Ulitzer95 12,867]

18 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said:

French actress Mylene demongeot dead at 87. An icon here, often talked about here, she was one of the last great with Bardot, delon etc 

I wonder if she'll make it into TCM Remembers? There are going to be 150+ contenders this year for what is normally a tribute that contains 70-90 names.

[arghton 6,877]

On 25/11/2022 at 22:34, drol said:

Andrés Garcia hospitalised after overdosing on cocaine.

 

No, seriously.

Apparently discharged and healthy enough to be interviewed but permanently on oxygen now as he had a bad bout of pneumonia following the cocaine overdose

[whoismakoto 330]

Sylvia La Torre, Filipino singer and actress. Known as Queen of kundiman and grandmother of actress Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, dead at 89

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,368]

4 hours ago, whoismakoto said:

Sylvia La Torre, Filipino singer and actress. Known as Queen of kundiman and grandmother of actress Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, dead at 89

A unique hit for the DDP  if a qualifying obituary emerges. 

Fingers crossed!

[Ulitzer95 12,867]

On 01/07/2022 at 02:10, Predictor said:

Errm, those born in the late 1930s are hardly the oldest living actors in Sweden. Below is an up-to-date list of the very oldest to have worked in movies and tv.

*snip*

Astrid Söderbaum (30 June 1919)
*snip*

 

German-born Swedish actress Astrid Söderbaum dead at 103.

[chel 376]

The Expert Session of the Coordinating Club of the Russian Free Economic Society (VEO of Russia) on "The Russian Forest: Preserving the Resource Potential" was held in Moscow on 29 September.

During the Expert Session held a presentation of the book of Member of the Federation Council Nikolai Ryzhkov - Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers (1981-1991) "Anxious Thoughts on the Russian forest", which was published in September this year. The event was attended by leading scientists and experts, heads of public institutions, representatives of state authorities, administrations of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, and the business community.

veorus.ru ecfs.msu.ru freeconomy.ru

There is a video of the event on YouTube lasting 2:26:36. Available to view if you subscribe to the channel. Nikolai Ryzhkov speaks from around 23:30 to 1:12:00 and also inserts lines and answers questions.

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It looks very good, it will live up to The Hague, as the forest report also supported Russia's actions in Ukraine. 

[drol 12,146]

On 04/09/2022 at 10:15, arghton said:

Najib Razak hospitalised.

Najib Razak hospitalised again .

 

The Fujimori school.

[chel 376]

The former head of Dagestan, Magomedali Magomedov (92), has died.

https://www.interfax.ru/russia/875297

 

[arghton 6,877]

Đorđe Mihailović, cemetary keeper of the Serbian Military Cemetery at WWI allied military cemetary and memorial park Zeitenlik in Thessaloniki (see 2014 apnews article) seems to have retired earlier this year. 94 next year with a history of leg and lung problems

[Gisooo 3,470]

Slovak actress Mária Kráľovičová (Wiki) dead at 95

 

[Predictor 1,029]

On 26/06/2014 at 21:17, Predictor said:

Jacques Bergerac has died?

 

 

On 14/09/2014 at 10:59, Predictor said:

Shirley died on September 7.

 

http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=soc&k=2014091400041

 

Dude, these two posts wouldn't even make the top 500 of my greatest posts, so why am I getting likes 8 years later? Maybe you just really disliked Bergerac and whoever Shirley is?

 

@diego

[Perhaps 1,429]

He's falling back into old habits.

[YoungWillz 21,229]

Reports coming in that Andree Damant, French actress picked by Death By Arsenic for the Silver Screen III deadpool for Amelie, has died aged 93.

 

I'll see if a link is available.

[YoungWillz 21,229]

There's this I guess:

 

 

[whoismakoto 330]

Singer and first ever Pilipimas Got Talent winner Jovit Baldivino, dead at 29. Reports say that he suffered a stroke while performing in a Christmas party.

 

https://www.facebook.com/114059622057083/posts/pfbid0aRyjxTL523HmGhcYphoxran6McXceuaEU3BFbx6kiSbixiwUJKssTV2Lm1znwsd2l/?mibextid=Nif5oz

[Lafaucheuse 4,083]

13 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Reports coming in that Andree Damant, French actress picked by Death By Arsenic for the Silver Screen III deadpool for Amelie, has died aged 93.

 

I'll see if a link is available.

Proper obit for Andrée Damant if needed. In french. 

[Lafaucheuse 4,083]

French hellenist Claude Mossé dead at 97; only 2 weeks before her birthday on the 24th of december 

[arghton 6,877]

On 04/10/2022 at 21:24, Youth in Asia said:

I just randomly saw the famous Czech TV and voice actress and general celebrity Jirina Bohdalova, while walking around a department store in Prague. She is a big name here and I was surprised to find out she is 91, anyway she seems in fairly good shape and hopefully won't be bothering the scorers for a while yet.

Jiřina Bohdalová hospitalised last month and has been in hospital for more than two weeks now with flu, spinal problems and other stuff. Now slowly improving. 

[arghton 6,877]

Random list of more ancient people you (very likely) didn't know existed until now.

 

Finnish musicians/singers born in/before 1937:

Tuomas Haapanen (wikidata) - 1924-2024, ancient violin guy, WWII veteran and emeritus professor who has trained multiple much more known violinists.

Hilkka Kinnunen - born 1925, opera singer and prima donna. Still very active but 97, might want to pick her somewhere in case the Telegraph person with an opera obsession Ulitzer mentioned a while ago knows about her.

Konsta Häkkälä (wikidata) - 1926-2021, bass singer and "the deepest voice in the Nordics"

Jukka Ollila (wikidata) - born 1926, accordion master with a career spanning over 83 years. His YouTube account.

Meri Louhos (wikidata) - born 1927, pianist and piano teacher.

Veikko Ahvenainen (wikidata) - born 1929, accordionist who performed with Olavi Virta. Still performing and doesn't look his age.

Jukka Haavisto - born 1930, jazz vibraphonist and accordionist. Stopped performing in 2020 due to lyme disease complications.

Raimo Virtanen (wikidata) - born 1930, accordionist, pianist and keyboardist.

Pertti Metsärinne (wikidata) - born 1930, bandleader, pianist and trumpet player who worked with Juha "Watt" Vainio.

Kalle Kaartinen (wikidata) - born 1930, jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, jingle composer, performed with Olavi Virta, Lasse Liemola and others.

Veikko Huuskonen (wikidata) - born 1930, accordionist and composer.

Matti Tuloisela (wikidata) - born 1931, opera singer, bass-baritone.

Erkki Rautio (wikidata) - born 1931, cello master

Keijo Louna (wikidata) - born 1931, accordionist

Sven Nygård (wikidata) - born 1931, jazz saxophonist, composer.

Ritva Auvinen (wikidata) - born 1932, soprano singer

Teuvo Ihanus (wikidata) - 1932-2023, accordionist and composer

Unto Haapa-aho (wikidata) - born 1932, spelman, jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, violinist, etc

Erkki Eskelinen (wikidata) - born 1932, director musices, trumpetist and accordionist

Ilkka Kuusisto - born 1933, composer and musician. Father of Jaakko Kuusisto (1974-2022)

Esa Laukka (wikidata) - born 1933, schlager singer of Four Cats

Pekka Salomaa (wikidata) - born 1933, opera baritone

Vieno Kekkonen - born 1934, schlager singer, breast cancer and fall in 2019

Wiola Talvikki - born 1934, jazz singer

Paavo Pohjola - born 1934, violinist

Juhani Aaltonen - born 1935, jazz saxophonist and flautist

Esko Jurvelin - born 1935, tenor

Tutta Jew - born 1935, 50s jazz schlager singer

Veikko Höylä - born 1935, cellist

Izumi Tateno - born 1936, Japanese-born pianist. Major stroke in 2002.

Matti Heinivaho - born 1936, 50s and 60s singer

Reijo Viita - born 1936, 60s and 70s schlager singer who often performed with Kullervo Linna (1911-1987)

Kalevi Nyqvist - born 1936, accordionist

Tauno Satomaa - born 1936, head of the candomino choir

Lasse Liemola - born 1937, legendary 50s-60s rock'n'roll teen idol, "how still alive" name

Marjatta Leppänen - born 1937, singer/actress, big name in the 70s.

Kai Lind - born 1937, decrepit singer of Four Cats

Ritva Kinnunen - born 1937, singer, decrepit elder sister of the legendary Laila Kinnunen (1939-2000)

Pentti Mutikainen - born 1937, jazz musician with a great moustache

 

 

Continuing later from 1935 to add all the other 800 accordionists. Done

[Gisooo 3,470]

Argentine actress Haydée Padilla (Wiki) dead at 86

[chel 376]

Vyacheslav Bityutsky (02.10.1937-14.12.2022) died in Voronezh. Vyacheslav Bityutsky, a doctoral candidate in technical sciences, worked at an aviation plant, a research institute and the Voronezh Polytechnic. His life, like that of many citizens, took a sharp turn with the beginning of perestroika.

Vyacheslav Bityutsky was one of those Voronezh residents who in the late 1980s initiated excavations in the forests of Dubovka, where thousands of people were shot during the Stalinist repressions. Thanks to his efforts, a memorial area appeared here.

riavrn.ru nkvd.tomsk.ru

Interview (2017)

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