Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 30, 2016 Former (Philippines) Chief Justice Renato Corona died of cardiac arrest early Friday morning (April 29). He was 67. At 1:48 am today, April 29, 2016, Chief Justice Corona succumbed to cardiac arrest. Many Coronas were consumed in his honour. SC http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/04/29/Former-Chief-Justice-Renato-Corona-dies.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted May 13, 2016 Mark Lane, lawyer and JFK conspiracy theorist known for coining the term "grassy knoll" has died at 89: http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/05/13/notorious-jfk-conspiracy-theorist-has-died.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted May 29, 2016 Former barrister and also former crossbench member of the House of Lords, Patrick Neill, Lord Neill of Bladen, has died at 89. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/05/29/lord-neill-of-bladen--obituary/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 15, 2016 Former Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Elbert Cooper, 95, died Sunday at his Signal Mountain home after a short illness, according to his son, Robert E. Cooper Jr., former Tennessee attorney general. SC http://knoxblogs.com/humphreyhill/2016/07/12/former-tn-chief-justice-robert-e-cooper-dies-aged-95/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted July 17, 2016 Another cop shooting??! Two cops dead in Baton Rouge, one injured. More to follow. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36820782 Update; third cop dead. One suspect shot dead as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 18, 2016 Another cop shooting??! Two cops dead in Baton Rouge, one injured. More to follow.http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36820782 Update; third cop dead. One suspect shot dead as well. An hour from my house. I watched the live story unfold while eating casually at a Texas Roadhouse. That's how I roll. SirC 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted July 18, 2016 Another cop shooting??! Two cops dead in Baton Rouge, one injured. More to follow.http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36820782 Update; third cop dead. One suspect shot dead as well. An hour from my house. I watched the live story unfold while eating casually at a Texas Roadhouse. That's how I roll. SirC How the hell did I bet you to it? I'm half a world away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted August 17, 2016 Report of the death of Robert Goff, Lord Goff of Chieveley, retired judge and on absence from House of Lords: https://twitter.com/HLLibResearch/status/765873999431819264 DDP pick awaiting obit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,975 Posted August 17, 2016 Another one from the 2017 longlist down - John Timoney, former top cop at Miami and Philadelphia, dead of lung cancer at 68. Controversial enough that I was confident he'd at least get a Mail AP writeup when he went, and indeed he does. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted August 18, 2016 Report of the death of Robert Goff, Lord Goff of Chieveley, retired judge and on absence from House of Lords: https://twitter.com/HLLibResearch/status/765873999431819264 DDP pick awaiting obit. Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/08/18/lord-goff-of-chieveley-senior-law-lord--obituary/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,582 Posted August 19, 2016 Report of the death of Robert Goff, Lord Goff of Chieveley, retired judge and on absence from House of Lords: https://twitter.com/HLLibResearch/status/765873999431819264 DDP pick awaiting obit. Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/08/18/lord-goff-of-chieveley-senior-law-lord--obituary/ Not a SHBD pick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,975 Posted August 19, 2016 Report of the death of Robert Goff, Lord Goff of Chieveley, retired judge and on absence from House of Lords: https://twitter.com/HLLibResearch/status/765873999431819264 DDP pick awaiting obit. Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/08/18/lord-goff-of-chieveley-senior-law-lord--obituary/ Not a SHBD pick. Shame too as I picked two names in that pool just because I wrote the DDP bios this year for them and I could've gone with Goff too using that logic. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 21, 2016 Harry Briggs Jr., whose parents originated the pivotal lawsuit (Brown vs. Board of Education) that struck down public school segregation in 1954, but whose name was relegated by fate to a forgotten legal footnote, died on Aug. 9 in the Bronx. He was 75. The cause was complications of cancer. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,527 Posted September 7, 2016 Lynne Stewart latest. She's still totally dying of cancer, guys. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted September 7, 2016 Lynne Stewart latest. She's still totally dying of cancer, guys. I believe you misplaced this, should be in A Joke (extracurricular) SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted September 17, 2016 Severino Santiapichi, Sicilian judge who presided the 1978 Aldo Moro trial and the Ali Agca trial, is dead at 90. http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/news/catania-siracusa-ragusa/212897/morto-il-magistrato-severino-santiapichi.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 2, 2017 Yaakov Neeman, who served twice as justice minister and once as finance minister, died Sunday at age 77. No cause of death was given for Ne’eman, a lawyer who also spent decades in politics. SC http://www.timesofisrael.com/former-justice-minister-yaakov-neeman-dies-at-77/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 4, 2017 A respected judge and family man known for his fairness and his keen wit, Judge Terry Adelman died Monday (Jan. 2, 2017) at St. Louis University Hospital of complications from pneumonia. He was 71 and lived in St. Louis. He was a magistrate with the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri for 23 years, SC http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/obituaries/retired-u-s-magistrate-judge-terry-adelman-dies-at-age/article_a066cf71-b2d1-5407-b11c-5ad355486680.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 9, 2017 Judith S. Kaye, the first woman named to the highest court in New York and the first to serve as the state’s chief judge — a job she held longer than any of her 21 male predecessors — died on Thursday at her home in Manhattan. She was 77. Her death, from cancer, was confirmed by her granddaughter. SC http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/nyregion/judith-s-kaye-first-woman-to-serve-as-new-yorks-chief-judge-dies-at-77.html?referer= Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,416 Posted January 17, 2017 M. M. Ruhul Amin, the 16th Chief Justice of Bangladesh (2008-2009), has died aged 74. George Beall, the U.S Attorney for the State of Maryland (1970-1975), notable for leading the investigation and prosecution which resulted in the resignation of US Vice President Spiro Agnew, has died aged 79. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,416 Posted January 19, 2017 Teori Zavascki, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice, has died in a plane crash. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 31, 2017 JOHN STAMOS IS DEAD! A son of Greek immigrants who rose to be a respected Illinois Supreme Court justice, John J. Stamos developed a reputation for integrity to match his legal wisdom. Mr. Stamos died Saturday of pulmonary fibrosis at his Northbrook home after a dinner with his family to celebrate his 93rd birthday, which fell Monday, the day his family planned his funeral. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 2, 2017 Slightly askew addition to this thread. Athanassios Nicholas "Thanassi" Yiannopoulos, a former LSU and Tulane University law professor who spent decades revising Louisiana's civil code, died Wednesday at Tulane Hospital. He was 88. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 2, 2017 (Pakistan) Supreme Court’s Senior Judge Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed underwent successful angioplasty at Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology (RIC), as he was rushed to the armed forces institute last night after chest pains. RIC Head Maj. Gen. (retd) Azhar Kayani said, “Justice Saeed’s health is now stable as he has been shifted to the ward after angioplasty. He has been advised a complete rest at least for a week.” According to doctors, Justice Saeed suffered a heart attack. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,416 Posted February 22, 2017 Sir Kenneth Newman, former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (1982-1987), has died aged 90. Sir Nicholas Wall QC, former President of the Family Division of the High Court (2010-2012), has died aged 71. Edit: Rather tragically, it's been announced Sir Nicholas Wall committed suicide after being diagnosed with dementia. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
