Ulitzer95 12,596 Posted April 18, 2020 38 minutes ago, msc said: @Ulitzer95 I'm sure we confirmed Leigh Rayment's death (1st Feb 2019) last year but the search engine is failing me at 2am. Anyhow, the domain on his website expired last month so after 20 years Rayment's Peerage and MP info pages are no more. Correct. However, it's not all bad news. The records for peers, baronets, knights and dames have been saved here by someone who was kind enough to copy all of the info to their site. Leigh spent decades compiling this so thankfully it's not lost. What they haven't copied is the historical list of MPs. This is a bigger loss as no other site online has this data (loads of it is missing from Wiki). Watch this space though as I am going to retrieve it from the internet archive using the Wayback Machine and copy to a site of my own, along with the full UK singles chart once I finish compiling it (may take some time but 60% through the 50s and 60s so far – I'm going to upload that first then do all of the subsequent decades over the next year). I still have no idea what I'm going to call the site... 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arrowsmith 445 Posted April 18, 2020 Paul O’Neill, former Secretary of the Treasury under George W Bush, dead at 84 https://www.todayonline.com/world/former-us-treasury-secretary-paul-oneill-dies-84-wsj?cid=todayInsideTodaypage Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 18, 2020 17 minutes ago, arrowsmith said: Paul O’Neill, former Secretary of the Treasury under George W Bush, dead at 84 https://www.todayonline.com/world/former-us-treasury-secretary-paul-oneill-dies-84-wsj?cid=todayInsideTodaypage ‘Alcoa can’t wait’ - and neither can the Grim Reaper. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,170 Posted April 18, 2020 1 hour ago, arrowsmith said: Paul O’Neill, former Secretary of the Treasury under George W Bush, dead at 84 https://www.todayonline.com/world/former-us-treasury-secretary-paul-oneill-dies-84-wsj?cid=todayInsideTodaypage He struck up an unlikely friendship with Bono back in the day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted April 18, 2020 23 minutes ago, Deathrace said: He struck up an unlikely friendship with Bono back in the day. The image of it is imprinted on my memory forever... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,585 Posted April 20, 2020 On 14/04/2020 at 19:14, msc said: Norman Fowler b. 1938 (Transport minister 1979-81, Transport Sec 1981, Health Sec 1981-7, Employment Sec 1987-90) Says he has no underlying conditions bar being 82 when explaining why he is working solely from home. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted April 20, 2020 Aileen Carroll, a federal Canadian politician and former Minister for International Cooperation, has died. She was 75. https://globalnews.ca/news/6842156/barrie-politician-aileen-carroll-dies/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted April 20, 2020 Allan Gotlieb, a former Canadian ambassador to the United States, has died. He was 92. Gotlieb held the position throughout Ronald Reagan's tenure as President. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-former-ambassador-and-public-servant-allan-gotlieb-dies-at-92/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chilean way 1,898 Posted April 21, 2020 Laisenia Qarase, former Prime Minister of Fiji has died at 79 https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/414735/laisenia-qarase-former-fiji-pm-bookended-by-coups-dies-at-79 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted April 21, 2020 On 05/04/2020 at 14:38, CastAway said: Already mentioned in the coronavirus thread, but former interim Libyan PM Mahmoud Jibril dead of it at 67. http://en.alwasat.ly/news/libya/279080 Going through them. Former interim PM of Libya Abdurrahim El-Keib dead at 70 from a heart attack: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-21/former-libyan-premier-el-keib-dead-after-heart-attack 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted April 21, 2020 Just now, YoungWillz said: Going through them. Former interim PM of Libya Abdurrahim El-Keib dead at 70 from a heart attack: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-21/former-libyan-premier-el-keib-dead-after-heart-attack None of them is Mustafa Ben Halim though. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,556 Posted April 24, 2020 German politician and former minister of labor and social affairs Norbert Blüm has died: https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2020-04/frueherer-arbeitsminister-norbert-bluem-gestorben He was 84 and since 2019, he was paralyzed due to blood poisoning on the arms and legs and was in a wheelchair. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted April 24, 2020 Book, you're too fast! He had suffered from a sepsis last year which took a heavy toll. (bit of a missed opportunity maybe) An old school catholic leftie in the centrist CDU party of Helmut Kohl. An ambivalent legacy because his belief in the role of the state was either deceivingly simplistic or morally admirable. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,556 Posted April 24, 2020 Just now, gcreptile said: Book, you're too fast! An exception! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,596 Posted April 28, 2020 Dragutin Zelenović, Prime Minister of Serbia for 11 months in 1991, dead at 91. Also, whilst I'm here... Happy 90th birthday to James Baker, U.S. Treasury Secretary under Reagan, and Secretary of State under Bush Sr. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted April 28, 2020 Former Montana congressman Ron Marlenee dies at 84: https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/eight-term-montana-congressman-ron-marlenee-dies He lost his seat when Montana lost its second congressional district. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted April 29, 2020 Former TV presenter turned MP, David Mudd, Tory MP for Falmouth and Cambourne, dead: https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/18413160.tribute-death-cornish-mp-journalist-david-mudd/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,442 Posted April 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Former TV presenter turned MP, David Mudd, Tory MP for Falmouth and Cambourne, dead: https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/18413160.tribute-death-cornish-mp-journalist-david-mudd/ Mudd later left the Tory party and stood against them in Camborne, a chain of events that led to a Tory/Lib split and a Lib Dem MP off the back of the Iraq War, while David got 2% of the vote. I hear the head of the constituency Tory party turned to the guy and said "your name is Mudd to me now". 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chilean way 1,898 Posted May 1, 2020 Augustine Mahiga, tanzanian diplomat and politician dies at 74 https://www.pmldaily.com/news/2020/05/breaking-tanzania-minister-for-justice-augustine-mahiga-dies-mysteriously-as-coronavirus-bites.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted May 1, 2020 Turns out Peter Jackson, former Labour MP for High Peak is dead: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/may/01/peter-jackson-obituary 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,585 Posted May 1, 2020 1 minute ago, YoungWillz said: Turns out Peter Jackson, former Labour MP for High Peak is dead: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/may/01/peter-jackson-obituary Died on the 23d March while on a cruise in Panama. Covid -19? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,596 Posted May 1, 2020 10 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: Died on the 23d March while on a cruise in Panama. Covid -19? Hmm could've been several of these. Weren't there Brits stuck on the Coral Princess? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,585 Posted May 1, 2020 3 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Hmm could've been several of these. Weren't there Brits stuck on the Coral Princess? Yes through no mention of anyone being airlifted to Panama Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,596 Posted May 2, 2020 Édouard Balladur, French PM (1993–1995) is 91 today. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,596 Posted May 3, 2020 Tun Tin, former PM of Burma (1988) dead at 99. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
