Guest Guest Posted January 11, 2012 some top Pakistani politcian has died http://tribune.com.p...le-goes-silent/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted January 11, 2012 Bill Janklow is now in a hospice in the final stages of brain cancer 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted January 12, 2012 Bill Janklow is now in a hospice in the final stages of brain cancer Dead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angryGreatness 96 Posted January 13, 2012 Rauf Denktas, the first and founding president of the unrecognized Turkish Republic of North Cyprus from 1983 to 2005, has died at age 87. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,200 Posted January 13, 2012 Beat me to it - but here's the link; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16557283 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted January 13, 2012 damn it you both beat me to it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 13, 2012 Beat me to it - but here's the link; http://www.bbc.co.uk...europe-16557283 First "miss" of 2012... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted January 14, 2012 Rauf Denktash and any one of seven munchkins. (cross ref: Ideas and possibilities for 2006) Dead. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted January 14, 2012 Since no-one else has bothered mentioning the death of former US ambassador to the UK Henry Catto last week I may as well ..http://www.telegraph...enry-Catto.html And now his predecessor as UK ambassador Charles Price has also died http://www.cbsnews.c...gan-dies-at-80/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 14, 2012 Since no-one else has bothered mentioning the death of former US ambassador to the UK Henry Catto last week I may as well ..http://www.telegraph...enry-Catto.html And now his predecessor as UK ambassador Charles Price has also died http://www.cbsnews.c...gan-dies-at-80/ Actually. he's the first miss of 2012... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted January 15, 2012 The founder of Spains ruling conservative party Manuel Fraga has died http://www.google.co...43dd989479a625e Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted January 16, 2012 Bill Janklow is now in a hospice in the final stages of brain cancer Dead Talking of former US governors, the former governor of West Virginia ,Hewlett C Smith, has died at 93 http://www.wowktv.co...tt-c-smith-dies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted January 19, 2012 The first ever US veteran affairs secretary Ed Derwinski has died at 85 http://www.washingto...lL9P_story.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angryGreatness 96 Posted January 23, 2012 American Senator Mark Kirk has suffered a stroke, and has undergone a successful surgery. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted January 24, 2012 David Atkinson former MP for Bournemouth East has died at the age of 71 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted January 26, 2012 Former first lady of Germany Veronica Carstens (widow of former president Karl Carstens) has died at 88 http://www.tagesscha...arstens104.html tried to post this in the 'former first ladies' thread but wouldnt let me for some reason Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angryGreatness 96 Posted January 29, 2012 Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, former President of Italy (1992-1999) has died age 93. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted January 29, 2012 Here is a link to the sad news http://thestar.com.m...ec=Worldupdates Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted January 29, 2012 even better still, here is (hopefully) a link that actually works! http://www.google.co...34c17790df05e5d Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,536 Posted February 14, 2012 Me and Triple O both took a punt on former mayor of Swindon Rex Barnett this year, who was diagnosed with epithelioid mesothelioma last April. Apparently his tumour has "reduced slightly in size" after around four months of intensive chemo which, in my book, means that he's utterly fucked. He seems positive though. We'll probably never have use again to link to the Swindon Advertiser on this site, but there you go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,200 Posted February 14, 2012 Interesting, Mr Cooley. I have no doubt Rex Barnett is in a pretty bad way, but I have less doubt about an obit. The news of his cancer whilst Mayor of Swinedon made BBC News, but now he's an ex-mayor, it's a bit of a gamble. Worth a try though. The only other chap I would've put in in place of Barnett was John Skelton, paedophile and terminally ill chappie, but as the Northampton Chronicle was the only media outlet to report on Skelton, I don't hold out much hope he'll get a full-page broadsheet obituary, or anything else for that matter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,536 Posted February 14, 2012 The only other chap I would've put in in place of Barnett was John Skelton, paedophile and terminally ill chappie, but as the Northampton Chronicle was the only media outlet to report on Skelton, I don't hold out much hope he'll get a full-page broadsheet obituary, or anything else for that matter. Strangely enough, Skelton was on my long-list as well, being as I was born and grew up in the N-Town and saw his story spread across the front of the Chronicle and Echo when I went back to see my grandmother a few months ago, but being a low-end paedo who never made the national press didn't fill me with obit hope. Plus you know how these types from Northampton's eastern districts are like... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jeremiah P Thomson Posted February 17, 2012 A very fine man has passed away today I thought you folks might like to know about. Harry McPherson was chief speechwriter and advisor to President Lyndon Johnson from 1966 to 1969 and he passed today at age 82.He also happened to play a great game of golf, as I know to my cost.I got to know him quite well in his latter years. May he rest in peace. http://www.washingto...QDKR_story.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,617 Posted February 18, 2012 Akihito's heart bypass 'a success'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angryGreatness 96 Posted February 19, 2012 Baron Carr, a key member of Edward Heath's government, has died aged 95. A hit for Bxboy422 and Dead Commons, who had him as a Joker. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
