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Suffolk County (NY) Executive Steve Bellone directed flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of Judge Toni A. Bean, whose death was announced Sunday by the Suffolk County Court Employees Association. Bean was the first African American woman to serve on the Suffolk County District Court. She was currently serving as an acting County Court judge.

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On 15/06/2015 at 16:50, YoungWillz said:

Sir David Wilmot, former Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, short illness. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/sir-david-wilmot-dies-tributes-9457916

 

He succeeded James Anderton *spit* (who apparently still lives, disgusting man).

Various reports on the Musktweets that James Anderton has died yesterday.

 

No rejoicing here - until it is confirmed of course. Then there will be bunting, whisky drinking and joy unconfined.

 

DDP Pick still I believe @gcreptile.

 

 

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12 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Various reports on the Musktweets that James Anderton has died yesterday.

 

No rejoicing here - until it is confirmed of course. Then there will be bunting, whisky drinking and joy unconfined.

 

DDP Pick still I believe @gcreptile.

 

 

Not a fan then? 

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William Sullivan, the former Chief Justice of the state of Connecticut, has died. He was 83. Sullivan was a decorated Vietnam War veteran who served as chief justice from 2001 to 2006. However, his reputation was tarnished late in his career when he was suspended for violating judicial ethics codes in the mid-2000s.

 

https://www.audacy.com/wtic/news/local/former-connecticut-chief-justice-sullivan-dies-at-83

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The first UK non-white police officer to be promoted to Inspector, Ron Hope, being reported dead: 

He was later promoted to Chief Superintendent. Met copper.

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Times obit for DDP pick Ian Oliver, Chief Constable sometime of Grampian Police forced out by tabloid revelations in 1998 and his handling of a child murder inquiry which resulted in Donald Dewar telling him to pack his bags and go: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ian-oliver-obituary-fmz28cpm9

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Oliver

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Ken Starr aka Kenneth Starr, former US Solicitor General reportedly dead, aged 76: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kenneth-w-starr-former-federal-judge-and-us-solicitor-general-dies-at-76-301623638.html

 

Independent Counsel on the Whitewater controversy and also named author of the Starr Report which led to Clinton's impeachment proceedings.

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Surgery... uh huh...

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2 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Ken Starr aka Kenneth Starr, former US Solicitor General reportedly dead, aged 76: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kenneth-w-starr-former-federal-judge-and-us-solicitor-general-dies-at-76-301623638.html

 

Independent Counsel on the Whitewater controversy and also named author of the Starr Report which led to Clinton's impeachment proceedings.

A very significant death in the political/legal world of the U.S

 

Not only, as mentioned above, did he have a key role in the Clinton impeachment proceedings, but also in Donald Trump's first impeachment trial. In Clinton's he was on the offensive, in Trump's on the defensive. This doesn't include his history as a Ronald Reagan appointed judge or the many cases debated in front of the SCOTUS as a U.S Solicitor General. At one time he was the president of Baylor University when multiple sexual assault allegations were ignored, leading to a subsequent investigation and Mr. Starr being fired. Complicated and complex legacy.

 

It is reported that he died of complications from surgery. A notable death for the current times.

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Carl Walker GC (wiki), police inspector in the Lancashire Constabulary, dead at 88.

Along with officer Gerry Richardson (wiki), he chased a gang of five robbers who had cleared out a jewellery shop in Blackpool. The robbers shot at both officers, killing Richardson and badly wounding Walker, forcing him into an early retirement in 1982. Both Walker and Richardson received George Crosses for their bravery, the latter posthumously.

Times obit.

Edit: With the death of Carl Walker, there are now 13 living George Cross recipients:

Jack Bamford b. 1937
Jim Beaton b. 1943
Matt Croucher b. 1983
Chris Finney b. 1984
Tony Gledhill b. 1938
Kevin Haberfield b. 1957
Kim Hughes b. 1979
Barry Johnson b. 1952
Alf Lowe b. 1931
Peter Norton b. 1962
Michael Pratt b. 1954
Sam Shephard b. 1987
Dom Troulan b. 1962

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Laurence Silberman (wikidead at 86. A senior judge from 1985 to his death, known for shaping conservative legal ideology in the States. Also notably:

U.S. Deputy Attorney General (1974–1975)
U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia (1975–1976)
Chair of the Iraq Intelligence Commission (2004–2005)

Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2008 by President Bush.

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Israeli judge and lawyer Shoshana Netanyahu (Wikidead at 99

 

She married Elisha Netanyahu, who was the uncle of Benjamin Netanyahu, former Prime Minister of Israel.

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6 hours ago, Gisooo said:

Israeli judge and lawyer Shoshana Netanyahu (Wikidead at 99

 

She married Elisha Netanyahu, who was the uncle of Benjamin Netanyahu, former Prime Minister of Israel.

Benjamin himself was just hospitalised for chest pains:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/05/benjamin-netanyahu-hospitalised-with-chest-pains-during-yom-kippur

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Georgia State Trooper Ronnie Gay has died. He was one of three actual state troopers who had parts in Smokey & The Bandit. He's the one asking to be let off at the next exit.

 

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Interesting one this, especially for those of us around at the time.

 

Death Notice for former Detective Chief Inspector Brian Woollard of the Metropolitan Police, aged 88: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/261148/woollard

 

Effectively, in the mid-1980s, he was uniformed after discovering possible corruption between the police and the local authority in Islington involving their common freemasonry. He found he had no means of redress, he claimed, because senior officers who could have taken the investigation further were also freemasons. Articles reproduced here https://spotlightonabuse.wordpress.com/2014/01/04/police-action-urged-over-mason-network-30-03-84/ and here https://spotlightonabuse.wordpress.com/2014/12/06/power-of-the-masons-myth-or-a-menace-13-07-86/.

 

The late Austin Mitchell presented a petition of behalf of the aggrieved officer to Parliament: https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1985/dec/20/chief-inspector-brian-woollard but it wasn't until 10 years later the Home Affairs Select Committee decided to look into the matter of conflict between officers' duty and their membership of the Freemasons, which to some extent overlapped with the then Nolan Inquiry.

 

The matter was discussed on the Channel 4 show "After Dark", but the freemason reps pulled out of that at the last minute.

 

While Mr Woollard never seems to have had a Wiki page, this was a huge controversy at the time, and no doubt he will get I assume a Times Obit.

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Alfred Goodwin (wiki), U.S. Senior Circuit judge, dead at 99.

At the time of his death, he was the oldest U.S. federal judge still hearing cases, and the longest serving incumbent federal judge.

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On 29/12/2022 at 17:07, Ulitzer95 said:

Alfred Goodwin (wiki), juiz do Circuito Sênior dos EUA, morto aos 99 anos.

Na época de sua morte, ele era o mais antigo juiz federal dos EUA que ainda ouvia casos e o juiz federal mais antigo em exercício.


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Do you know who the oldest acting judge in USA right now?

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3 minutes ago, diego said:

Do you know who the oldest acting judge in USA right now?


The ones highlighted in blue on this table are incumbents.

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