Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 7, 2016 Voters choosing who will represent them in the North Carolina House this week could choose a candidate who has died. The family of Dare County Commissioner Warren Judge said he died on Saturday. He was the Democratic candidate for House District 6 in the General Assembly. SC http://abc11.com/politics/candidate-for-legislative-seat-dies-name-stays-on-ballot/1592893/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted November 12, 2016 Turkish prince and former Deputy Minister of Defense Turki II bin Abd al-Aziz Al Sa'ud has died aged 82. He was only one year older than the current king Salman... http://www.shemsfm.net/fr/154010/arabie-saoudite-deces-du-prince-turki-ii-onzieme-fils-du-roi-abdelaziz.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted November 12, 2016 Voters choosing who will represent them in the North Carolina House this week could choose a candidate who has died. The family of Dare County Commissioner Warren Judge said he died on Saturday. He was the Democratic candidate for House District 6 in the General Assembly. SC http://abc11.com/politics/candidate-for-legislative-seat-dies-name-stays-on-ballot/1592893/ he'll still do a better job than Donald Trump probably Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted November 16, 2016 The former P\resident of Ecuador Sixto Duran Ballen has died at 95 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3940514/Former-Ecuador-President-Duran-Ballen-dies-age-95.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,227 Posted November 16, 2016 Former Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird dies aged 94: http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/11/16/nixon-s-secretary-of-defense-dead-at-94.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl EDIT: Do I see a few DDP teams have him. Good luck with the obits. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,620 Posted November 16, 2016 Former Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird dies aged 94: http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/11/16/nixon-s-secretary-of-defense-dead-at-94.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl EDIT: Do I see a few DDP teams have him. Good luck with the obits. He'll get an obit no problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,975 Posted November 16, 2016 A welcome boost to my Hare's prospects. And yes, Secretary of Defense is an 100% guaranteed obit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,975 Posted November 16, 2016 There's yer QO. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted November 16, 2016 There's yer QO. Blast, beaten to it while I dealt with Dwayne Andreas! He he. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 17, 2016 Hawaii Rep. Clift Tsuji, 74, passed away at the Queen’s Medical Center on Oahu today, according to a spokesman for the state House of Representatives. Tsuji represented House District 2 including Keaukaha, parts of Hilo, Panaewa and Waiakea. SC http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/local-news/rep-clift-tsuji-dies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted November 20, 2016 Right-wing Italian politician Gaetano Rasi is dead at 89. Very underrated during his life, and I guess forgotten after his death. http://www.secoloditalia.it/2016/11/addio-gaetano-rasi-maestro-pensiero-sociale-destra/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted November 20, 2016 Former Greek President Konstantinos Stephanopoulous has died at 90 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantinos_Stephanopoulos Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted November 21, 2016 A list of former living Greek presidents/Prime ministers: Presidents: *Christos Sartzetakis (1929), president from 1985 to 1990 *Karolous Papoulias (1929), president from 2005 to 2015 *Prokopis Pavlopoulos (1950), current president Prime ministers: *Ioannis Grivas (1923), served in 1989 *Freaking Konstantinos Mitsotakis (1918), Prime Minister from 1990 to 1993 and arguably the most famous Greek politician of the Third Hellenic Republic *Konstantinos Simitis (1936), served between 1996-2004 *Kostas Karamanlis (1956), served between 2004 and 2009 *Lucas Papademos (1947), served between 2011 and 2012 *Panagiotis Pikrammenos (1945) s. in 2012 *Antonis Samaras (1951), s. b. 2012 and 2015 *Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou (1950), served in 2015 *Alexis Tsipras (1974), current Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Switch 141 Posted November 21, 2016 You forgot Papandreou. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,472 Posted November 22, 2016 Colombian President and Nobel Prize 2016 winner Juan Manuel Santos requires "additional treatment" for his long term prostate cancer. "It's minimal" he says, flying to the USA for treatment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 22, 2016 Colombian President and Nobel Prize 2016 winner Juan Manuel Santos, when asked his chance of making the 2017 Drop 40: "It's minimal" he says. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,472 Posted November 22, 2016 You could say that about anyone, Sir Creep, given there's 3000 entries in the DDP every year, and only forty in the Drop 40. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 22, 2016 You could say that about anyone, Sir Creep, given there's 3000 entries in the DDP every year, and only forty in the Drop 40. Oooooo the Fun Police have arrived. OCD much? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,472 Posted November 22, 2016 OCD much? On this forum? Surely not! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted November 23, 2016 The former Prime Minister of Pakistan Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi has died at 86 http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/362189-Former-caretaker-PM-Moeen-Qureshi-passes-away Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 25, 2016 Dr. David Wright of Clarion passed away on Friday. In November, 1976 David Wright was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and served until November 30, 1996. No Representative from Clarion County had ever served as long as Wright’s twenty-year tenure. SC http://www.c93radio.com/2016/11/21/dr-david-wright-former-state-rep-dies/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,472 Posted November 25, 2016 Thomas Taylor, Lord Taylor of Blackburn dies aged 87 after crashing his mobility scooter into a van. He was previously suspended from the Lords for the cash for influence scandal in 2009. Background details by the Lancashire Telegraph in January: Lord Taylor, who claimed £29,100 in tax-free attendance allowances over six months last year, is one of 117 peers who did not speak in 2015, and one of 50 who claimed the £300 a day fee for turning up. Between January 1 2014 and March 25 2015 he voted 73 times but has not sat on a Lords committee for more than a decade. The former leader of Blackburn Council, made a Life Peer in May 1978, was suspended from the Lords for six months in 2009 after allegedly offering to help a business secure favourable changes in legislation for a fee in a newspaper 'sting' operation. Lord Taylor said: "I only speak on matters on which I have some knowledge and experience. "My voting record is pretty good. "I was asked to join the Lords by Jim Callaghan because of my expertise in education but thing have moved in in that field. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted November 25, 2016 Thomas Taylor, Lord Taylor of Blackburn dies aged 87 after crashing his mobility scooter into a van. He was previously suspended from the Lords for the cash for influence scandal in 2009. Background details by the Lancashire Telegraph in January: Lord Taylor, who claimed £29,100 in tax-free attendance allowances over six months last year, is one of 117 peers who did not speak in 2015, and one of 50 who claimed the £300 a day fee for turning up. Between January 1 2014 and March 25 2015 he voted 73 times but has not sat on a Lords committee for more than a decade. The former leader of Blackburn Council, made a Life Peer in May 1978, was suspended from the Lords for six months in 2009 after allegedly offering to help a business secure favourable changes in legislation for a fee in a newspaper 'sting' operation. Lord Taylor said: "I only speak on matters on which I have some knowledge and experience. "My voting record is pretty good. "I was asked to join the Lords by Jim Callaghan because of my expertise in education but thing have moved in in that field. One less Lord a Leaping this Xmas. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebless 203 Posted November 28, 2016 A list of former living Greek presidents/Prime ministers: Presidents: *Christos Sartzetakis (1929), president from 1985 to 1990 *Karolous Papoulias (1929), president from 2005 to 2015 *Prokopis Pavlopoulos (1950), current president Prime ministers: *Ioannis Grivas (1923), served in 1989 *Freaking Konstantinos Mitsotakis (1918), Prime Minister from 1990 to 1993 and arguably the most famous Greek politician of the Third Hellenic Republic *Konstantinos Simitis (1936), served between 1996-2004 *Kostas Karamanlis (1956), served between 2004 and 2009 *Lucas Papademos (1947), served between 2011 and 2012 *Panagiotis Pikrammenos (1945) s. in 2012 *Antonis Samaras (1951), s. b. 2012 and 2015 *Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou (1950), served in 2015 *Alexis Tsipras (1974), current Grivas now dead. http://www.newsbeast.gr/greece/arthro/2476491/pethane-o-ioannis-grivas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted November 28, 2016 A list of former living Greek presidents/Prime ministers: Presidents: *Christos Sartzetakis (1929), president from 1985 to 1990 *Karolous Papoulias (1929), president from 2005 to 2015 *Prokopis Pavlopoulos (1950), current president Prime ministers: *Ioannis Grivas (1923), served in 1989 *Freaking Konstantinos Mitsotakis (1918), Prime Minister from 1990 to 1993 and arguably the most famous Greek politician of the Third Hellenic Republic *Konstantinos Simitis (1936), served between 1996-2004 *Kostas Karamanlis (1956), served between 2004 and 2009 *Lucas Papademos (1947), served between 2011 and 2012 *Panagiotis Pikrammenos (1945) s. in 2012 *Antonis Samaras (1951), s. b. 2012 and 2015 *Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou (1950), served in 2015 *Alexis Tsipras (1974), current Grivas now dead. http://www.newsbeast.gr/greece/arthro/2476491/pethane-o-ioannis-grivas crikey former world leaders are dropping like flies in winter these days ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
