DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted November 12, 2010 [Baroness Carnegy of Lour (Aged 85, that's all I know) I know something else about her now. She's dead. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,536 Posted November 16, 2010 Brian Lenihan's cancer has 'stabilised'... Wonder how the stress of being the man who has to go cap-in-hand to the European Union asking them to play International Wonga.com will be for Bri's health? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted December 14, 2010 Lee Huan "LEE Huan, the former prime minister of Taiwan, who played an important role during the island's transition from a one-party state under martial law to a semi-democracy, has died, aged 93" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted December 14, 2010 Brian Lenihan's cancer has 'stabilised'... Wonder how the stress of being the man who has to go cap-in-hand to the European Union asking them to play International Wonga.com will be for Bri's health? I can't imagine being in a cabinet meeting whilst they discuss health service cuts and pay freezes that will drive talented oncologists abroad is likely to help him feel better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted December 19, 2010 Former Italian economy minister and an intellectual architect of the single Euro, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, died at 70. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 19, 2010 Perceptive, gap-toothed political journalist and commentator, Anthony Howard has died aged 76... Shame, I liked him... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RIP Wee Jum 1,559 Posted December 19, 2010 Anthony Howard dies Anthony Howard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted December 19, 2010 Former Italian economy minister and an intellectual architect of the single Euro, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, died at 70. regards, Hein Probably a lucky escape for him... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 19, 2010 Anthony Howard dies Anthony Howard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,536 Posted December 19, 2010 Anthony Howard dies Anthony Howard That works both as a reaction to TheDeadMan's perceptiveness and also the smiley does look a lot like Anthony Howard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted December 26, 2010 Salvador Jorge Blanco The President of the Dominican Republic between 1982 and 1986 has died at the age of 84. he had been in a coma for over a month after falling out of bed and receiving a traumatic brain hematoma. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 28, 2010 Former Venezuela president Carlos Perez died on Christmas Day aged 88. He was a miss, having been picked in 2009... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted December 31, 2010 Sir Ellis Clarke The man who became Trinidad and Tobago's first President in 1976 when it became a Republic (having been its last Governor General under British colonial rule) has died aged 93 having suffered a massive stroke last month. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 8, 2011 US Congresswoman shot in Arizona Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR976evil 906 Posted January 16, 2011 Has anyone mentioned Sir Rhodes Boyson, the former Tory Cabinet member and renowned CP-advocate? Will turn 86 this year and is now in a nursing home according to Wikipedia. Mugabe turns 87 on 17th February, may not see the year out, has a pretty demanding job after all, perhaps his loathsome regime will die with him. Ex-Free World leaders Jimmy Carter and George Bush Sr. both turn 87 this year also, Carter has even made his own funeral arrangements already... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR976evil 906 Posted January 23, 2011 Famed former New York County District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau served from 1975-2009, now aged 91, oversaw many famous cases including the trial of Mark Chapman, said to be the inspiration for DA Adam Schiff in Law & Order, continues to serve as Chairman for the Museum of Jewish Heritage and apparently still practising law http://www.wlrk.com/Page.cfm/Thread/Attorn...20Robert%20%20M. Very likely his passing would generate some UK media coverage Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted January 25, 2011 Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse is in America for medical treatment and rumoured to be suffering from cancer... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted January 26, 2011 Mandela in frail health: Desmond Tutu Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/26/3122506.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR976evil 906 Posted January 27, 2011 Hosni Mubarak (b. 1928) said to still be ailing, however right now, given current events, question is will he die in office or will he end up in exile? Speculation that Egypt's long-standing regime may suffer the 'domino' effect spurred on by events in Tunisia, perhaps Mubarak will do his bit to 'move things along', after all is the kind of stress a sick octogenarian can do without. Dr. Hans Blix (b. 1928) Swedish politician famously appointed by the UN to locate Iraqi WMDs and (obviously) failed to do so. Still active on the political scene apparently. Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin (b. 1926) Col. Gadaffi (b. 1942) doesn't look too well these days...anyone else reckon he and Diego Maradona look like long-lost brothers? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted February 6, 2011 Fiji's President Josefa Iloilo, 88, who has often been mentioned hereabouts, is to retire next month. Dead. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/67897/...-president-dies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted February 6, 2011 Also the former prime minister of Haiti Martial Celestin has died aged 97.he was the 4th oldest former PM or president http://www.radiokiskeya.com/spip.php?article7489 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted February 9, 2011 Fiji's President Josefa Iloilo, 88, who has often been mentioned hereabouts, is to retire next month. Dead. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/67897/...-president-dies I'm gobsmacked that Ratu Iloilo hasn't got a UK obituary yet. He was a often mentioned in the British press when he was alive and was a significant figure in Melanesian politics for many years. The two teams who picked him on the DDP possibly have similar concerns. Iloilo was also the paramount chief of the district of Viseisei in Fiji's Ba Province (just up the road from the airport, for the benefit of anyone who's ever visited Fiji), where the consumption of kava is still practised with enthusiastic vigour. Traditionally when a great ruler such as Iloilo dies, the menfolk hold a several day long vigil consuming gallons of the stuff and getting so numbed in body and mind that they are unable to even speak for up to a week. I doubt that there is anywhere in the world right now where the male populace are more incapable of anything than they are here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sympathyforthedevil 11 Posted February 9, 2011 Fiji's President Josefa Iloilo, 88, who has often been mentioned hereabouts, is to retire next month. Dead. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/67897/...-president-dies I'm gobsmacked that Ratu Iloilo hasn't got a UK obituary yet. He was a often mentioned in the British press when he was alive and was a significant figure in Melanesian politics for many years. The two teams who picked him on the DDP possibly have similar concerns. Iloilo was also the paramount chief of the district of Viseisei in Fiji's Ba Province (just up the road from the airport, for the benefit of anyone who's ever visited Fiji), where the consumption of kava is still practised with enthusiastic vigour. Traditionally when a great ruler such as Iloilo dies, the menfolk hold a several day long vigil consuming gallons of the stuff and getting so numbed in body and mind that they are unable to even speak for up to a week. I doubt that there is anywhere in the world right now where the male populace are more incapable of anything than they are here. Devon? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR976evil 906 Posted February 9, 2011 Fiji's President Josefa Iloilo, 88, who has often been mentioned hereabouts, is to retire next month. Dead. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/67897/...-president-dies I'm gobsmacked that Ratu Iloilo hasn't got a UK obituary yet. He was a often mentioned in the British press when he was alive and was a significant figure in Melanesian politics for many years. The two teams who picked him on the DDP possibly have similar concerns. Iloilo was also the paramount chief of the district of Viseisei in Fiji's Ba Province (just up the road from the airport, for the benefit of anyone who's ever visited Fiji), where the consumption of kava is still practised with enthusiastic vigour. Traditionally when a great ruler such as Iloilo dies, the menfolk hold a several day long vigil consuming gallons of the stuff and getting so numbed in body and mind that they are unable to even speak for up to a week. I doubt that there is anywhere in the world right now where the male populace are more incapable of anything than they are here. Obit will probably be in the Independent within the next couple of months, with most papers struggling and under pressure to prioritise and save space etc. stuff like this is considered less relevant Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted February 27, 2011 Necmettin Erbakan "Turkey's first Islamist prime minister, Necmettin Erbakan, has died at the age of 85. Mr Erbakan served only a year as prime minister before he was forced to stand down in 1997 by Turkey's staunchly secular military." 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
