Sir Creep 7,070 Posted June 23, 2018 Egypt’s state-owned media says the army officer credited with the idea to destroy the Bar Lev line on the Suez Canal’s eastern bank during the 1973 Arab Israeli war has died. The Akhbar al-Youm daily said Baki Zaki Youssef died on Saturday at the age of 87. State-run Al Ahram daily hailed him as a “hero” while recounting war’s lead-up and how he thought to destroy the Bar Lev line with water pumps. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted June 25, 2018 Noted Malayalam actor Captain Raju has been hospitalised in Oman following a heart attack during a flight. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted June 26, 2018 Cuban singer Xiomara Alfaro passed away in Cape Coral, Fla. on June 24 at the age of 88 from respiratory failure. The soprano, known for 'Siboney' and other classic Cuban songs, was a star of Havana stages and movies in the 1950s. Well there goes a perfectly good 'X' in the ABC dpool. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 27, 2018 According to a list acknowledging the deaths of local politicians, former Scottish Labour Party politician Norman Godman has died. No corroborating obituary, as of yet. https://www.politicshome.com/news/organisation-page/association-former-members-parliament/43788/remembrance-departed-colleagues Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 27, 2018 Glencorse Baronet Dr. Sir Roderick Inglis has died at age 82. A lot of title for a mostly unknown man. https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scotsman/20180627/283188674133440 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted June 27, 2018 9 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: According to a list acknowledging the deaths of local politicians, former Scottish Labour Party politician Norman Godman has died. No corroborating obituary, as of yet. https://www.politicshome.com/news/organisation-page/association-former-members-parliament/43788/remembrance-departed-colleagues Foreign personality? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 27, 2018 1 minute ago, YoungWillz said: Foreign personality? Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a general U.K. political thread. I'm Canadian. To me, he's foreign. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted June 27, 2018 1 minute ago, alt obits guy said: Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a general U.K. political thread. I'm Canadian. To me, he's foreign. ha, you have to reverse think, this is a British site. I've posted in the Political Frailty thread. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 27, 2018 Just now, YoungWillz said: ha, you have to reverse think, this is a British site. I've posted in the Political Frailty thread. Yes, that could've been another option. Thanks for the cross-post. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted June 27, 2018 52 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Glencorse Baronet Dr. Sir Roderick Inglis has died at age 82. A lot of title for a mostly unknown man. https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scotsman/20180627/283188674133440 There's a thread for Aristocrats which is where this chap could go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 27, 2018 3 minutes ago, Toast said: There's a thread for Aristocrats which is where this chap could go. Thanks! Done. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 2, 2018 Japanese storyteller & TV personality Katsura Utamaru has died at age 81. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180702/p2a/00m/0na/008000c Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 4, 2018 Derrick O'Connor, an Irish character actor who appeared in three of Terry Gilliam's films, has died. He was 77. https://variety.com/2018/film/news/obituary-irish-character-actor-derrick-oconnor-1202864783/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted July 4, 2018 French writer and DDP pick Georges-Emmanuel Clancier dies at 104: https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2018/07/04/l-ecrivain-et-poete-georges-emmanuel-clancier-est-mort_5325813_3382.html&prev=search 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 5, 2018 Adamu Ciroma, a former Nigerian Minister of Finance and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has died. He was 84. http://saharareporters.com/2018/07/05/breaking-adamu-ciroma-ex-cbn-governor-and-ex-finance-minister-dies-84 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 8, 2018 Too little too late for Sir Creep's favourite Cup team member, 92-year old ND Tiwari, who was shifted yesterday to the ICU of a private hospital in New Delhi. His condition is "extremely serious", his son Rohit Shekhar Tiwari said today. According to Rohit Shekhar, his father has been put on dialysis "due to failure of his kidneys" and he is also being given antibiotics and antifungal medicines to fight infection in his stomach. That said, SCreep has him on a couple new teams just launched so there's that. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 9, 2018 TV actor Kavi Kumar Azad, best-known for his role of Dr Hansraj Haathi in the popular comedy show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, died today after suffering a cardiac arrest. Mr Azad was unwell and was admitted at Wokhardt Hospital in Mumbai. Asit Kumarr Modi, the producer of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, confirmed the news of the actor's death. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 10, 2018 I think the stars are aligning..... I have a premonition that I will land a daily double ND Tiwari/Kulsoom Nawaz. Dunno what day, but maybe by week's end. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 11, 2018 14 hours ago, Sir Creep said: I think the stars are aligning..... I have a premonition that I will land a daily double ND Tiwari/Kulsoom Nawaz. Dunno what day, but maybe by week's end. Tiwari — multiple organ failure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted July 11, 2018 On 06/12/2016 at 05:11, Gooseberry Crumble said: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/05/asia/jayaraman-jayalalithaa-obit/ Indian politician and former film actress Jayaraman Jayalalithaa refereed to by some as a goddess dies aged 68. They tried to make her go to weight surgery, but she said no, no, no! https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/j-jayalalithaa-said-no-to-weight-loss-surgery-wanted-to-cut-down-weight-through-diet-doctor/articleshow/64949393.cms 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,446 Posted July 11, 2018 11 minutes ago, gcreptile said: They tried to make her go to weight surgery, but she said no, no, no! https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/j-jayalalithaa-said-no-to-weight-loss-surgery-wanted-to-cut-down-weight-through-diet-doctor/articleshow/64949393.cms You say that, but she's done brilliantly with weight loss since December 2016. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 13, 2018 WIG OUT!!! Prof N N Wig, the doyen of Psychiatry in India who led many pioneering studies related to mental health at national and international levels and headed departments in various prestigious institutions like AIIMS, Delhi and PGIMER, died here at the age of 88 after a brief illness. He breathed his last yesterday at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), where he had set up the psychiatry department in 1963. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 17, 2018 Veteran Indian actress Rita Bhaduri has died at age 62. https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/veteran-actress-rita-bhaduri-dies-at-62-1884550 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bladan 293 Posted July 18, 2018 Finnish actor Tapani Perttu has died at age 78 after years of Parkinson's disease. He was a fine singer too: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 19, 2018 Famed Swiss bridge designer & builder Christian Menn has died. He was 91. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/sci-tech/many-rivers-to-cross_famed-bridge-builder-christian-menn-dies/44268754?utm_source=twitter&utm_content=o&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_campaign=own-posts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
