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On ‎26‎/‎07‎/‎2020 at 14:06, TomTomTelekom said:

Former german politician and minister Hans-Jochen Vogel died at 94 years:

https://www.bild.de/politik/2020/politik/hans-jochen-vogel-tot-frueherer-spd-chef-stirbt-im-alter-von-94-jahren-72071600.bild.html

He was also major of Munich and leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

 

On ‎26‎/‎07‎/‎2020 at 15:16, Spade_Cooley said:

^^^one for the List of the Missed

 

On ‎26‎/‎07‎/‎2020 at 15:18, Book said:

 

Ahem... if he gets a qo than he will be a unique hit for my theme team...

I'm going to say.... to @Book

 

Well done for your unique on the DDP with Hans Jochen Vogel who has finally obtained a Times Obit: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hans-jochen-vogel-obituary-jpzmrgr76 (Paywall)

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5 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

 

 

I'm going to say.... to @Book

 

Well done for your unique on the DDP with Hans Jochen Vogel who has finally obtained a Times Obit: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hans-jochen-vogel-obituary-jpzmrgr76 (Paywall)

 

Wow, I really thought this wouldn't happen anymore!

Thanks!

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Former Cabinet Minister in the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) Government, Ephraim Chibwe has died. Mr. Chibwe, 87, died on Thursday afternoon at his home in Lusaka after an illness. Mr. Chibwe served in the first cabinet of President Frederick Chiluba in 1991 as Minister of Works and Supply.
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28 minutes ago, chilean way said:

Manuel "El Loco" Valdés, mexican comedian and actor, brother of the actors Ramón Valdés and Germán Valdés, and father of the singers Cristian Castro and Marcos Valdés has died at 89 https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/fallece-manuel-el-loco-valdes-los-89-anos (in spanish)

Could be a hit for me, here and there

 

Edit: Well, it would have been last year... 

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https://tass.ru/kultura/9345087/amp. Russian thespian and dubber Boris Klyuyev has died after a two-year-long battle with lung cancer at age of 76. He is mostly famous for playing Rochefort in Soviet adaptation of "D'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers", Mycroft Holmes in Soviet  "Sherlock Holmes" films and Peter Boyle's counterpart in Russian TV adaptation of "Everybody Loves Raymond". He is also known for being Russian voice of Geoffrey Rush, and dubbing Michael Gambon in "Sleepy Hollow" and "The Good Shepherd", Christopher Lee in "LOTR: The Fellowship of The Ring" and "Corpse Bride", Corin Redgrave in "Enigma", Richard Jenkins in "Killing Them Softly", Steven Seagal in "Fire Down Below", James Cromwell  in "The General's Daughter", Frank Langella in "The Ninth Gate", Donald Sutherland in "The Art of War", Michael Caine in "Get Carter", Jeffrey Tambor in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and "Superhero Movie", Tim Pigott-Smith in "Johnny English", Stanley Tucci in "The Terminal", Sam Elliott in "The Alibi", Peter Stormare in "2000 Maniacs", Rade Serbedzija in " Shooter" and "Space Cowboys" and Alan Rickman in "Perfume"  and "Gambit".  

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23 minutes ago, Etushispushingupdaisies said:

https://tass.ru/kultura/9345087/amp. Russian thespian and dubber Boris Klyuyev has died after a two-year-long battle with lung cancer. He is mostly famous for playing Rochefort in Soviet adaptation of "D'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers", Mycroft Holmes in Soviet  "Sherlock Holmes" films and Peter Boyle's counterpart in Russian TV adaptation of "Everybody Loves Raymond". He is also known for being Russian voice of Geoffrey Rush, and dubbing Michael Gambon in "Sleepy Hollow" and "The Good Shepherd", Christopher Lee in "LOTR: The Fellowship of The Ring" and "Corpse Bride", Corin Redgrave in "Enigma", Richard Jenkins in "Killing Them Softly", Steven Seagal in "Fire Down Below", James Cromwell  in "The General's Daughter", Frank Langella in "The Ninth Gate", Donald Sutherland in "The Art of War", Michael Caine in "Get Carter", Jeffrey Tambor in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and "Superhero Movie", Tim Pigott-Smith in "Johnny English", Stanley Tucci in "The Terminal", Sam Elliott in "The Alibi", Peter Stormare in "2000 Maniacs", Rade Serbedzija in " Shooter" and "Space Cowboys" and Alan Rickman in "Perfume"  and "Gambit".  

Oh , what a lazy  and forgetful me. I didn't pick him anywhere. I've made a mistake while writing this

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Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence forces from 1990 to 1994, Jan Klenberg (b. 1931) died at the end of last month aged 88.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Klenberg

He wasn't as known as his predecessor Jaakko Valtanen (1925-) or his successor Gustav Hägglund (1937-)

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25 minutes ago, TomTomTelekom said:

Belgian Actress and singer Annie Cordy, who sang "La Ballade de Davy Crockett" which made the charts in France in 1956, died at 92 years:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-annie-cordy-dead-voice-22631561

She was also  in the film Rider on the Rain, starring Charles Bronson.

A really huge thing in France !! I’m sad... RIP legend...

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Thandesa Mdeliswa, a popular actress in her home country of South Africa, has died. She was 27. Mdeliswa is thought to have been the victim of gender-based violence.

 

https://www.timeslive.co.za/tshisa-live/tshisa-live/2020-09-06-slain-actress-thandeka-mdeliswa-victim-of-gender-based-violence-says-family/

 

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6 hours ago, alt obits guy said:

Thandesa Mdeliswa, a popular actress in her home country of South Africa, has died. She was 27. Mdeliswa is thought to have been the victim of gender-based violence.

 

https://www.timeslive.co.za/tshisa-live/tshisa-live/2020-09-06-slain-actress-thandeka-mdeliswa-victim-of-gender-based-violence-says-family/

 


What a milquetoast goddamn post.  
Gender-based 'violence’ Ffs

She was shot and killed.  Murdered.

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9 hours ago, gcreptile said:

Czech director and Oscar winner Jiri Menzel dead at 82:

https://denikn.cz/minuta/433497/

 

I thought he had died earlier? Ah well.

Guardian obit for ddp

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/sep/07/jiri-menzel-oscar-winning-czech-film-director-dies-at-82

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Mexican actor, singer, model, television host, and entrepreneur Xavier Ortiz, who is known for his vast business endeavors and his involvement with the musical group Garibaldi, died at 48 years:

https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/gossip/celebridades/fallece-xavier-ortiz-exintegrante-del-grupo-garibaldi-5728198.html

He is also known for his role in the film Journey from the Fall. 

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On 19/08/2020 at 20:34, drol said:

Amit Shah was discharged, but now back in hospital for complications.

COVID seems to have taken a huge toll on Amit Shah, as he is hospitalised for the third time. 

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-09-13/amit-shah-modi-s-closest-aide-hospitalized-again-ians-reports

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Sei Ashini

The Japanese Actress is dead at 36 from either a suicide or drug overdose. Appeared mostly in films and tv in her native country, also had a small role in the 2007 film "Silk" opposite Michael Pitt and Keira Knigtley

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