guylevesque 18 Posted June 15, 2015 Former mayor of Montreal Jean Doré has died at 70 from pancreatic cancer. http://tvanouvelles.ca/lcn/infos/regional/montreal/archives/2015/06/20150615-150610.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted June 15, 2015 Former mayor of Montreal Jean Doré has died at 70 from pancreatic cancer. http://tvanouvelles.ca/lcn/infos/regional/montreal/archives/2015/06/20150615-150610.html 1. Dammitall I had him short listed as my joker for next year I knew he'd not make it. 2. Merci pour la Obit Francais. I mean, I get it. But c'mon. SC (French voice impersonated) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,983 Posted June 16, 2015 Former mayor of Montreal Jean Doré has died at 70 from pancreatic cancer. http://tvanouvelles.ca/lcn/infos/regional/montreal/archives/2015/06/20150615-150610.html Hoping some Obits start to pop up outside of Canada soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted June 17, 2015 the former President of Turkey Suleyman Demirel has died at 90 http://www.itv.com/news/update/2015-06-17/former-turkish-president-suleyman-demirel-dies/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted June 17, 2015 The former President of Turkey Kenan Evren has died at 97 http://www.dailysabah.com/nation/2015/05/09/mastermind-of-1980-turkish-coup-kenan-evren-dies Another former President, Suleyman Demirel dies at 90. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3127460/Former-Turkish-President-Demiral-died-hospital--Turkish-media.html One DDP team gets the points. Edit: Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/11680058/Suleyman-Demirel-former-Turkish-president-dies-at-90.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted June 17, 2015 just got in before you ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted June 17, 2015 just got in before you ! Yep you did, he he! I was too busy checking the DDP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted June 18, 2015 The former President of Argentina Roberto Levingston has died at 95 http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1802793-murio-roberto-marcelo-levingston Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted June 19, 2015 theres a rumour on twitter that BBC political editor Nick Robinson has died of cancer. Anyone else hearing anything? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted June 19, 2015 theres a rumour on twitter that BBC political editor Nick Robinson has died of cancer. Anyone else hearing anything? Looking at Nick's twitter feed, he was at the theatre a few hours ago, and not the hospital theatre. So I'm guessing he's alive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted June 20, 2015 BJP MLA and former Madhya Pradesh minister Tukojirao Puar passed away today at a private hospital where he was undergoing treatment. He was 51. He was a descendant of erstwhile Puar dynasty of Marathas that ruled Dewas state. SC http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/mp-former-bjp-mla-tukojirao-paur-dead/902769 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted June 20, 2015 François Delapierre, French former leader of the Parti de Gauche, 44, brain cancer. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Frue89.nouvelobs.com%2F2015%2F06%2F20%2Fmort-francois-delapierre-proche-melenchon-259868&edit-text= Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted June 22, 2015 Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski, one of the most powerful men during the last months of communist East Germany has died at 82: http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/alexander-schalck-golodkowski-ist-tot-a-1040014.html(link in german) The East Germany theme team didn't have him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted June 22, 2015 The MP for Bristol West, Thangam Debonnaire has been diagnosed with breast cancer. http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Bristol-West-MP-Thangam-Debbonaire-diagnosed/story-26743106-detail/story.html She's expected to make a full recovery, but I still bet many By-Election Bingo players will regret sending their teams in so early. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted June 22, 2015 Skin cancer-survivor Senator Angus King of Maine, now has prostate cancer, which was discovered at an early stage: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/22/angus-king-prostate-cancer_n_7636742.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted June 22, 2015 Maryland Governor Larry Hogan diagnosed with aggressive cancer of the lymph nodes. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3135140/Maryland-Gov-Hogan-says-diagnosed-cancer.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted June 22, 2015 Former mayor of Montreal Jean Doré has died at 70 from pancreatic cancer. http://tvanouvelles.ca/lcn/infos/regional/montreal/archives/2015/06/20150615-150610.html Hoping some Obits start to pop up outside of Canada soon. Possible Obit for DDP, but not sure: https://uk.screen.ya...-230239204.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted June 22, 2015 Former mayor of Montreal Jean Doré has died at 70 from pancreatic cancer. http://tvanouvelles.ca/lcn/infos/regional/montreal/archives/2015/06/20150615-150610.html Hoping some Obits start to pop up outside of Canada soon. Possible Obit for DDP, but not sure: https://uk.screen.ya...-230239204.html Yes....just! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted June 22, 2015 Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has advanced cancer of the lymph nodes. 2016 possibility obviously. SC http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/22/larry-hogan-has-cancer-lymph-nodes/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted June 23, 2015 Red Mascara, who lobbied for his song "I'm From New Jersey" to be the state's official song for 55 years, 92. http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/06/red_mascara_who_lobbied_tirelessly_for_nj_state_so.html Hmmm. https://youtu.be/iQFMom1C3_k Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted June 25, 2015 Mario Biaggi, former New York congressman, 97. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/26/nyregion/mario-biaggi-10-term-new-york-congressman-who-went-to-prison-dies-at-97.html?_r=0 1 DDP team awaiting qualifier, should be shortly. Here's one: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/mario-biaggi-former-congressman-nyc-dies-97-145907244--politics.html#Ru5oZ5A Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted June 25, 2015 he was the 4th oldest member of the US congress. why don't we start a sweepstake on when the top 3 will go? also when the oldest cabinet members etc will die? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted June 26, 2015 Former Russian Prime Minister and foreign minister Yevgeny Prtimakov has died at 85 http://ria.ru/society/20150626/1090013481.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted June 26, 2015 what do you guys think the odds of Yanis Varoufakis and Alexis Tsipras being killed ? Either in terrible plane crash or by 'far right terrorists ' wink wink . We saw how the EU used the Far right to overthrow an anti EU democratically elected Ukrainian Leader , now that they aren't playing ball with the EU and want to leave the euro will we something similar or worse? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted June 27, 2015 what do you guys think the odds of Yanis Varoufakis and Alexis Tsipras being killed ? Either in terrible plane crash or by 'far right terrorists ' wink wink . We saw how the EU used the Far right to overthrow an anti EU democratically elected Ukrainian Leader , now that they aren't playing ball with the EU and want to leave the euro will we something similar or worse? Well, I have Tsipras in my team as a possible unique hit, for exactly that reason. Either someone from the outside might do "an Allende" or maybe an angry Greek does it. I successfully guessed that Syriza would win the elections so the first step has already been made. But I'm a little annoyed that Varoufakis has drawn a lot of the attention away from Tsipras onto himself. Now that Syriza is more than a one-man show, you cannot collapse the movement by simply killing one of them. Edit: I should add that I wouldn't pick him again. When I picked him, I was a victim of the "plausability fallacy", i.e. I thought it was more likely to happen than it actually is, simply because I could make up a fitting story. (I have this theory from Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking, Fast and Slow".) But actually, political assassinations are very, very unlikely. Edit: Looks like step two is happening right now, the Grexit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
