Sir Creep 7,070 Posted June 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Tower1 said: Rezso Nyers, last Communist leader of Hungary, has died aged 95. https://merce.hu/2018/06/23/elhunyt-nyers-rezso/ He must have recovered and died again 16 hours later Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted June 27, 2018 As reported elsewhere, Norman Godman, former Labour MP for Greenock and Port Glasgow, thereafter Greenock and Inverclyde, has died: http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/announcements/deaths/deaths/16316053.NORMAN__BOWIE__GODMAN/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,951 Posted June 29, 2018 On 06/04/2018 at 11:51, drol said: No source for this one, but there are rumours Mao Zedong's secretary Li Rui is in critical condition following a stroke. He was profiled by BBC last year when he turned 100. Not expected to recover. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 1, 2018 Brad Dye, Mississippi's longest ever serving lieutenant governor, has died. He was 84. https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article214166314.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted July 2, 2018 So it's a Happy Birthday to two Spitting Image legends. Ken Clarke is 78 today. David Owen is 80 today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted July 2, 2018 3 hours ago, YoungWillz said: So it's a Happy Birthday to two Spitting Image legends. Ken Clarke is 78 today. David Owen is 80 today. Can't find it online but one of my favourite Spitting Image sketches is where David Owen forms The David Owen Party, and then splits from it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 2, 2018 Former Aberdeen Lord Provost James Wyness has died. He was 85. https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/former-aberdeen-lord-provost-james-wyness-dies-aged-85/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted July 2, 2018 18 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Former Aberdeen Lord Provost James Wyness has died. He was 85. https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/former-aberdeen-lord-provost-james-wyness-dies-aged-85/ Now just need a former Provost of Dundee to fall down and we'll have a set. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 4, 2018 Former state legislator and president of the Whitney Benefits board Tom Kinnison died Sunday at Sheridan Memorial Hospital after a battle with cancer. He was 70 years old. Kinnison, a longtime Sheridan businessman, served on the Whitney Benefits board since 2000. Kinnison served briefly on the Sheridan City Council before earning a seat in the Wyoming House of Representatives, where he served from 1979-1982. He was then elected to a seat in the Senate, where he served from 1983-1986 and 1989-2002. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 6, 2018 Caretaker Minister Ali Qanso passed away early Wednesday morning after battling cancer. Qanso, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs (in Lebanon?) in the caretaker Cabinet, was 70 years old. An early "Q" pick if someone had him in ABC DP. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,434 Posted July 6, 2018 Former Pakistani PM, Nawaz Sharif (Kulsoom Nawaz's husband), sentenced to 10 years in prison for corruption. Their daughter Maryam has also been jailed for 7 years. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/nawaz-sharif-jailed-pakistan-prime-minister-indicted-corruption-charges-panama-papers-london-flats-a8434591.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 6, 2018 Somehow this got by us June 10 (so far as I can tell) Several hundred mourners from the world of local politics and business have said farewell to former Norfolk County Council leader Cliff Jordan, who died last month. Mr Jordan, who was a self-proclaimed "plain-talking Norfolk boy", stepped down as leader in May after his diagnosis of lung cancer. He died on 10 June, aged 73. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted July 6, 2018 11 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: Somehow this got by us June 10 (so far as I can tell) Several hundred mourners from the world of local politics and business have said farewell to former Norfolk County Council leader Cliff Jordan, who died last month. Mr Jordan, who was a self-proclaimed "plain-talking Norfolk boy", stepped down as leader in May after his diagnosis of lung cancer. He died on 10 June, aged 73. SC Probably because most of us don’t go looking for dead people in local US politics... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,434 Posted July 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: Probably because most of us don’t go looking for dead people in local US politics... *UK politics LFN's neck of the woods, to be precise. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 6, 2018 13 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: Probably because most of us don’t go looking for dead people in local US politics... You may want to read it first next time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 7, 2018 Levko Lukyanenko, a former Ukrainian political prisoner, dissident and ex-deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, has died. He was 89 . https://112.international/society/ukrainian-dissident-levko-lukyanenko-passed-away-30025.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,329 Posted July 7, 2018 I live in Norfolk so heard it but a week after he died so I assumed someone posted it already. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 8, 2018 Lt. Gen. Henri Namphy, a one-time coup leader and short-lived president of Haiti, died June 27th. He was 85. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article213897519.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 8, 2018 On 23/06/2018 at 12:44, alt obits guy said: Katie Arrington, who recently won the South Carolina GOP nomination, defeating anti-Trump candidate Rep. Mark Sanford, has been seriously injured in a car accident. https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/23/politics/south-carolina-candidate-katie-arrington-car-accident/index.html Discharged. http://video.foxnews.com/v/5806563728001/?#sp=show-clips Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 8, 2018 Robert D. Ray, a former five-term Iowa governor, has died. He was 89. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2018/07/08/bob-ray-obituary-iowa-governor-robert-ray-dies/998099001/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 10, 2018 On 20/04/2018 at 17:13, Joey Russ said: Current Zimbabwean Vice President Kembo Mohadi could be the Morgan Tsvangirai of 2019. (Though not in political beliefs obviously)... His brother just died. https://www.newsday.co.zw/2018/07/mohadis-brother-dies/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 10, 2018 On 25/09/2017 at 14:07, gcreptile said: Lord Laird not in the best of health, has heart problems, or so he says: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-41349379 Dead https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/northern-irish-peer-lord-laird-passes-away-37103167.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 11, 2018 Queen Worlu, the Nigerian ambassador to Sao Tome and Principe, has died. http://dailypost.ng/2018/07/11/nigerian-ambassador-sao-tome-worlu-dies-duty/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tower1 93 Posted July 11, 2018 Former Prime Minister of Niger, Boukary Adji, has died aged 79. http://fr.africanews.com/2018/07/06/niger-mort-de-l-ancien-premier-ministre-boukary-adji/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tower1 93 Posted July 11, 2018 Former Azerbaijani PM, Firuz Mustafayev, has died aged 84. http://qaynarinfo.az/az/azerbaycanin-sabiq-bas-naziri-vefat-etdi/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
