Ulitzer95 12,615 Posted July 8, 2021 On 26/06/2021 at 13:43, msc said: Died on Thursday, according to Michael Crick. Founder of the Young Fabian Society as well as a Labour MP. Guardian obit for Dick Leonard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted July 8, 2021 Earliest living female heads of state and government (monarchs not included): Living female heads of state/govt from before the 1990s: 1. Isabel Peron (b. 1931) President of Argentina 1974-1976, first female president. (Violeta Chamorro (b. 1929) was a member of the Reconstruction Junta 1979-1980, later President 1990-1997) 2. Vigdis Finnbogadottir (b. 1930) President of Iceland 1980-1996, first democratically elected female president. 3. Gro Harlem Brundtland (b. 1939) Prime Minister of Norway 1981, 1986-89 and 1990-96. (Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini (b. 1954) Captain Regent of San Marino 1981) Out of these, Peron and Chamorro don't seem to be in good health. Finnbogadottir and Brundtland seem to still be active in politics. I don't know about Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini, but she's much younger than the others. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted July 9, 2021 https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2021-07-09-joburg-mayor-geoff-makhubo-dies-of-covid-complications/ Geoff Makhubo, mayor of South Africa's largest city Johannesburg from 2019 until today dead at 53 from covid. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,171 Posted July 9, 2021 On 08/07/2021 at 18:50, arghton said: Earliest living female heads of state and government (monarchs not included): Living female heads of state/govt from before the 1990s: 1. Isabel Peron (b. 1931) President of Argentina 1974-1976, first female president. (Violeta Chamorro (b. 1929) was a member of the Reconstruction Junta 1979-1980, later President 1990-1997) 2. Vigdis Finnbogadottir (b. 1930) President of Iceland 1980-1996, first democratically elected female president. 3. Gro Harlem Brundtland (b. 1939) Prime Minister of Norway 1981, 1986-89 and 1990-96. (Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini (b. 1954) Captain Regent of San Marino 1981) Out of these, Peron and Chamorro don't seem to be in good health. Finnbogadottir and Brundtland seem to still be active in politics. I don't know about Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini, but she's much younger than the others. Often forget Peron is still alive. Should be a Deathlist 2022 candidate if she makes it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted July 10, 2021 Member of the Parliament of Iceland Þórunn Egilsdóttir dead aged 56 from breast cancer: https://kjarninn.is/frettir/thorunn-egilsdottir-er-latin/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted July 10, 2021 On 15/07/2020 at 10:31, gcreptile said: In the context of the death of Toke Talagi... there are three octogenarian ex-Premiers of pacific island nation Niue - Young Vivian, Frank Lui and Sani Lakatani. Frank Fakaotimanava Lui dies, aged 85. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,342 Posted July 11, 2021 https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/kind-and-dedicated-councillor-and-former-gurkha-dies-250259/ Tashi Bhutia, a councillor in Medway Kent and a former gurka has died it has been announced. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,342 Posted July 11, 2021 https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/19426890.middlesbrough-councillor-june-goodchild-dies-aged-79/ Middlesbrough Councillor June Goodchild has died from cancer aged 79. She was a Labour Councillor for years but last year left the Labour Party to become a member of the Middlesbrough independent group. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted July 11, 2021 Mahathir Mohammad, notorious former Malaysian nonagenarian Prime Minister turned 96 a day ago. In a really good shape apparently mentally and physically. Some Malaysian political figures who could be or are in worse shape: Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali (b. 1925) Mahathir's wife, looks around ten years older than her husband. Sirajuddin of Perlis (b. 1943) Malaysia's king 2001-2006. Looks a bit like the late King of Tonga George Tupou V, fat and walks with a cane. Abdullah Badawi (b. 1939) Malaysia Prime Minister 2003-2009, hasn't looked great for a while. Subject of a death hoax a while ago. Muhyiddin Yassin (b. 1947) The cherry on top of the cake. Malaysia's current Prime Minister since Mahathir's resignation in March 2020. Yassin was diagnosed with early-stage pancreatic cancer in 2018 and it was treated with chemo, hospitalized at the end of last month with diarrhea and was in hospital for atleast five days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted July 12, 2021 On 07/07/2021 at 02:26, Perhaps said: Edwin Edwards has entered hospice care, although he insists it's not because he's at death's door. https://www.wral.com/former-louisiana-gov-edwin-edwards-in-hospice-care/19759542/ DEAD 50th Governor of Louisiana for four terms who was in a Federal Prison from 2002 to 2011 following his conviction on racketeering charges, died at 93 years. 3 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustPassingThrough 148 Posted July 12, 2021 I've always found Edwards a strangely fascinating character, in good ways and bad. Despite it being common knowledge he was a crook long before he went away for it, he seemed to keep succeeding because he was somehow still able to convey (whether accurately or inaccurately) that he was a highly dedicated and driven leader who did good things for his state (though the main reason he was able to get re-elected as governor in 1991 was because his opponent was David Duke). Edwards was also famous for all of his one-liners, though like with many people famous for that, I'm guessing the further back in time you go with them the less you can actually prove which ones he actually said. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted July 14, 2021 On 17/06/2021 at 01:34, arghton said: Another Jyrki Kasvi update: https://puheenvuoro.uusisuomi.fi/jyrkikasvi/nena-maha-letkun-arvoinen-uutinen/ Apparently a part of his small intestine slipped outside through a hernia or something (???) His liver metastasis has shrinked, meaning that the experimental medicines are working. He has passed his life expectancy by atleast a month and it's nearly six months since he entered hospice care. Seems like he wants to spend one last summer on his summer cottage. https://puheenvuoro.uusisuomi.fi/jyrkikasvi/mokkielamaa-muistojen-aarella/ Jyrki Kasvi update, from blog post four days ago: Says that his cancer is being monitored "all the time". He's on his summer cottage but there's a hospital 7.5 kilometres (4.6 miles) from the cottage. Mentions that the experimental meds he now uses won't likely be any use in fighting the tumor spread in the future and he'll switch to new experimental meds hoping to live longer. Writing an autobiography. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ali 20 Posted July 14, 2021 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamnoon_Hussain Former president of pakistan dies Mamnoon Hussain 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted July 14, 2021 Of course it isn't Tarar or Musharraf. Yawn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,342 Posted July 15, 2021 https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/19442476.shock-death-former-councillor/ Shock in the Labour Party in Warrington after former Councillor Billy Lines Rowlands has died suddenly aged just 37. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,342 Posted July 15, 2021 https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/hammersmith--fulhams-longest-serving-21061735 A by election has been triggered in Hammersmith and Fulham after it's longest serving councillor Labours Colin Aherne died aged 77 from a heart attack. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 16, 2021 Jerry Lewis, a Republican member of the House of Representatives who was first elected to Congress in 1978 and served through 2013, representing various California districts, has died. He was 86. https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-california-jerry-lewis-b6a7f01083785033ae49470907c77210 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel-San 69 Posted July 16, 2021 10 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Jerry Lewis, a Republican member of the House of Representatives who was first elected to Congress in 1978 and served through 2013, representing various California districts, has died. He was 86. Was he funny? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted July 16, 2021 16 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/19442476.shock-death-former-councillor/ Shock in the Labour Party in Warrington after former Councillor Billy Lines Rowlands has died suddenly aged just 37. 16 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/hammersmith--fulhams-longest-serving-21061735 A by election has been triggered in Hammersmith and Fulham after it's longest serving councillor Labours Colin Aherne died aged 77 from a heart attack. Yes, technically they are/were politicians, but will these mean anything to anybody outside of their immediate political circles? Can we stick to more Caroline Aherne, rather than Colin Aherne? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 17, 2021 14 hours ago, Daniel-San said: Was he funny? A laff riot 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 17, 2021 Judith Keating, a Canadian Senator from New Brunswick and a leading legal & constitutional expert, has died. She was 64. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/senator-judith-keating-new-brunswick-1.6105371 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted July 17, 2021 On 18/06/2021 at 13:28, arghton said: Badruddoza Chowdhury (b. 1932)Chowdhury looks corpse-like in most new photos https://unb.com.bd/category/bangladesh/ex-mp-khurram-khan-dies-of-covid-19/75739 Chowdhury dead, but it isn't Badruddoza, it's longtime parliament member Khurram Khan. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted July 17, 2021 8 minutes ago, arghton said: https://unb.com.bd/category/bangladesh/ex-mp-khurram-khan-dies-of-covid-19/75739 Chowdhury dead, but it isn't Badruddoza, it's longtime parliament member Khurram Khan. You know "Chowdhury" is like "Smith" in Bangladesh... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 17, 2021 40 minutes ago, drol said: You know "Chowdhury" is like "Smith" in Bangladesh... I had no idea Smith was popular in Bangladesh.. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted July 17, 2021 https://www.wionews.com/world/slain-haiti-leaders-funeral-set-for-july-23-ex-president-aristide-back-home-398690 Article about Jovenel Moise's funeral that's going to be held on 23th of July. Moise's badly wounded widow is still being treated but is expected to show up at the funeral. Article also mentions that Jean-Bertrand Aristide (b. 1953), Haiti's first democratically elected president (served 1991, 1993-1994, 1994-1996 and 2001-2004) is finally back home after over 20 days of covid treatment in Cuba. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
