gcreptile 10,979 Posted April 4, 2016 I would really like to start a tradition with my deadpooling hits. However, The Love Boat only had 4 hits in its first year which makes starting a tradition somewhat difficult. In fact, the only kind of picks I can think of, that gave me a hit in 2015 as well as in 2016, is people related to child abuse trials. First, Leon Brittan in 2015, then Ronald Mulkearns in 2016. So for 2017, I'm keeping an eye on Lord Patrick Mayhew, rumoured to be in ill health: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/exni-secretary-of-state-present-at-disciplinary-hearing-into-paedo-doctor-34595401.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted April 5, 2016 I would really like to start a tradition with my deadpooling hits. However, The Love Boat only had 4 hits in its first year which makes starting a tradition somewhat difficult. In fact, the only kind of picks I can think of, that gave me a hit in 2015 as well as in 2016, is people related to child abuse trials. First, Leon Brittan in 2015, then Ronald Mulkearns in 2016. So for 2017, I'm keeping an eye on Lord Patrick Mayhew, rumoured to be in ill health: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/exni-secretary-of-state-present-at-disciplinary-hearing-into-paedo-doctor-34595401.html theres quite a lot of ex tory cabinet ministers from the Thatcher-Major era in their 80s who should be shuffling off any time now. watch out for Patrick Jenkin, Norman Tebbit, Jim Prior etc etc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 6, 2016 I'm from the D, I got this. Former Detroit Mayor Roman Gribbs died Tuesday. He was 90 years old. SirC http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/117650382-story Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted April 6, 2016 I'm from the D, I got this. Former Detroit Mayor Roman Gribbs died Tuesday. He was 90 years old. SirC http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/117650382-story Ay, I was going to post it hours ago, but decided to let you rep your hometown. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,076 Posted April 6, 2016 John Edward "Jack" Brooks, Baron Brooks of Tremorfa, former Welsh politician and life peer, dies at 88. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/lord-jack-brooks-who-laid-10990580 Unique DDP hit when he gets the required obit. Huzzah, Telegraph Obit: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/04/06/lord-brooks-of-tremorfa---obituary/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 9, 2016 Evelyn Bowles, a former Illinois state senator from Edwardsville and longtime Madison County Clerk, has died. Bowles served in the Senate for eight and a half years, beginning in 1994. Before that, she served five consecutive terms as Madison County clerk. She died Friday at the Eden Village assisted-living center in Edwardsville. Bowles was appointed to the Senate in 1994 after the death of Sen. Sam Vadalabene and served through 2002. SC Read more here: http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article70905042.html#storylink=cpy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 9, 2016 Former state senator and Holland (Michigan) native Ed Fredricks has died at 73.SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 11, 2016 Alberto Fujimori, 69, the former President of Peru, has tongue cancer. How come no one informed me about this guy?SC Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, who is serving a 25-year prison term for corruption and human rights violations, has been hospitalized, officials said Monday, the latest in a string of health crises. Fujimori, 77, was transferred under heavy guard Sunday to a clinic in the capital Lima for a gastric problem and bleeding on his tongue, where he has had a recurring cancerous lesion. Peru's former president, Alberto Fujimori, was transferred from his prison cell to a hospital on Wednesday to undergo neurological tests after feeling dizzy and briefly losing the strength in his legs, his doctor said. Hmmm, medical issues coming in bunches now. Will he see 2017? His name is on the front of my 2017 tickler file, I cannot lie. SC https://www.yahoo.com/news/perus-jailed-ex-leader-fujimori-hospitalized-dizzy-spells-010459858.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,485 Posted April 12, 2016 According to Labour types in the know on social media, former Labour MP Mildred Gordon has died aged 92. A 2nd hit for The Honourable Member for DDP North when a qualifying obit (or indeed, any obit) shows up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted April 12, 2016 According to Labour types in the know on social media, former Labour MP Mildred Gordon has died aged 92. A 2nd hit for The Honourable Member for DDP North when a qualifying obit (or indeed, any obit) shows up. old woman politician I've never heard of RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted April 12, 2016 ps turned out she died over a year ago ! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Gordon_(Ganas) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,076 Posted April 14, 2016 According to Labour types in the know on social media, former Labour MP Mildred Gordon has died aged 92. A 2nd hit for The Honourable Member for DDP North when a qualifying obit (or indeed, any obit) shows up. old woman politician I've never heard of RIP Telegraph Obituary for MG: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/04/14/mildred-gordon-mp---obituary/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 15, 2016 Long time state representative and senator Carl Vogel died of cancer Thursday night at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He was 61. SC http://www.komu.com/news/former-jefferson-city-senator-carl-vogel-dies-of-cancer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,337 Posted April 15, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36043220:Is it just me or is Neil Kinnock looking suddenly older than his years? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,536 Posted April 15, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36043220:Is it just me or is Neil Kinnock looking suddenly older than his years? he looks ok for someone who is 74 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted April 19, 2016 the former President of Chile Patricio Aylwin is dead at 97 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/19/patricio-aylwin-president-chile-dies-democracy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,987 Posted April 19, 2016 the former President of Chile Patricio Aylwin is dead at 97 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/19/patricio-aylwin-president-chile-dies-democracy And he's my 8th hit after 32 days of silence! 32 DAYS! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted April 22, 2016 Former Utah Senator Bob Bennett, apart from fighting pancreatic cancer, now also had a stroke that left him partly paralyzed: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865652719/Former-Utah-Sen-Bob-Bennett-now-dealing-with-stroke.html?pg=all Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted April 22, 2016 Neurology expert and life peer Lord John Walton has died at 93 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/tributes-paid-pioneering-neurology-expert-11228714 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,076 Posted April 23, 2016 Former Thai PM Banharn Silpa-archa has died following an asthma attack aged 83. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/944729/former-pm-banharn-dies-at-siriraj Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted April 24, 2016 the ITV political editor Robert Peston wil be taking some time off this week. His dad, Lord Maurice Peston died today according to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Peston,_Baron_Peston Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scraggy Taters 290 Posted April 24, 2016 Has any American president ever died whilst still in office ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted April 24, 2016 Has any American president ever died whilst still in office ? Well, 6 or so got assassinated, and 2 or so died from health issues. The latest being JFK in 1963 (well, duh, did you have a brainfart, Scraggy? ) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,008 Posted April 24, 2016 Only 4 were assassinated, Lincoln and Kennedy of course, along with James Garfield and William McKinley. The other 4 who died in office were William Henry Harrison (only a month into his term!), Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, and FDR. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted April 24, 2016 Anyone reckon another UK PM'll ever die in office again? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
