gcreptile 10,967 Posted February 19, 2022 Former US representative for Nebraska, Brad Ashford, has "a little brain cancer": https://www.wowt.com/2022/02/19/former-nebraska-congressman-brad-ashford-confirms-he-has-cancer/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,715 Posted February 20, 2022 On 04/06/2020 at 11:00, drol said: His son and political heir Lugi (????) Gizenga follows him at 54. Incredible longevity drop from generation to generation. Dilip Kumar wisely chose not to have any children or they would have died as teens. Dorothée Gizenga, Congolese political activist, Secretary-General of PALU, Antoine Gizenga's daughter and Lugi Gizenga's sister dead at 60: https://congoprofond.net/rdc-dorothee-gizenga-haut-cadre-du-palu-decedee-a-kinshasa/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,406 Posted February 20, 2022 Christopher Stalford, DUP MLA for South Belfast, has died aged 39. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted February 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Thatcher said: Christopher Stalford, DUP MLA for South Belfast, has died aged 39. Beauchamp and now Stalford, I wish they’d go back to “topped himself” and not all this touchy feely “died suddenly” bollocks. When I commit suicide I’d be, er, mortified if they said I “died suddenly”. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,715 Posted February 20, 2022 On 23/01/2022 at 17:26, arghton said: A list I've been working on for a while, health/health history of the top 100 oldest state leaders... Part 1/2, up to place 50: 23. Luigi Ciriaco De Mita (2 February 1928-) Met with pope in 2022, looked great. https://www.unionesarda.it/en/italy/ciriaco-de-mita-falls-down-the-stairs-and-breaks-his-femur-hospitalized-p5w9bmev Ciriaco De Mita, Prime Minister of Italy 1988-1989 has fallen down the stairs in his home and broken his femur. He has been operated and the situation doesn't seem to be very serious according to the doctors. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eesti 151 Posted February 21, 2022 On 19/02/2022 at 13:22, Ulitzer95 said: Numerous news sources online (eg this one) reporting that Karl Vaino has died aged 98. They state that his death date is unknown. All they know is he died earlier in 2022 and was already buried by 16 February. Great riddance. Rot in hell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted February 21, 2022 Maastricht rebel Sir Richard Shepherd, former MP for Aldridge-Brownhills (36 years), has died aged 79. He stood down in 2015. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted February 21, 2022 39 minutes ago, time said: Maastricht rebel Sir Richard Shepherd, former MP for Aldridge-Brownhills (36 years), has died aged 79. He stood down in 2015. On the one hand, Shepherd was against the most authoritarian measures of the Thatcher era. On the other, Maastricht rebel Eurosceptic. On another hand, a Scottish Tory. On yet another hand, couldn't get elected to save himself in a Scottish seat. A dichotomy wrapped in an enigma juggled by an Indian goddess' many hands. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,586 Posted February 21, 2022 11 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: On the one hand, Shepherd was against the most authoritarian measures of the Thatcher era. On the other, Maastricht rebel Eurosceptic. On another hand, a Scottish Tory. On yet another hand, couldn't get elected to save himself in a Scottish seat. A dichotomy wrapped in an enigma juggled by an Indian goddess' many hands. I think he was born in Aberdeen but grew up and was schooled in London so not sure that's a relevant point in the same way it is for types who did move south as part of their career, e.g. Ben Wallace, Liam Fox, Michael Gove, IDS, Sir Teddy Taylor, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Dame Eleanor Laing, Iain Stewart etc. etc. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted February 21, 2022 Just now, Ulitzer95 said: I think he was born in Aberdeen but grew up and was schooled in London so not sure that's a relevant point in the same way that is for types like Ben Wallace, Michael Gove, IDS, Sir Teddy Taylor, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Eleanor Laing, Ian Stewart etc. etc. It was more a general point that a Tory getting elected in a Scottish seat was a rare bird, almost mythological, back in the 80s. And as a contrary to that, Labour sent up their English counterparts to Scotland to get guaranteed seats. (A chorus of Those Were The Days is due I think, for the main Westminster parties!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted February 21, 2022 16 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: It was more a general point that a Tory getting elected in a Scottish seat was a rare bird, almost mythological, back in the 80s. And as a contrary to that, Labour sent up their English counterparts to Scotland to get guaranteed seats. (A chorus of Those Were The Days is due I think, for the main Westminster parties!) Curious to think that 40 years ago we had a fairly safe Tory seat in Glasgow, with Tam Galbraith. Hard to imagine that today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,341 Posted February 21, 2022 1 hour ago, msc said: Curious to think that 40 years ago we had a fairly safe Tory seat in Glasgow, with Tam Galbraith. Hard to imagine that today. Yup and Malcolm Rifkind held the Edinburgh Pentlands seat until 1997. Some of the seats in the wealthier parts of Edinburgh should in theory be fertile ground for the tories. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted February 21, 2022 7 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Yup and Malcolm Rifkind held the Edinburgh Pentlands seat until 1997. Some of the seats in the wealthier parts of Edinburgh should in theory be fertile ground for the tories. Pentlands is mostly Edinburgh SW now held by Joanna Cherry. Was solid Labour under Alastair Darling but their vote has evaporated since he retired. Cherry had twice the vote of the Tories in 2nd place last time. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,583 Posted February 21, 2022 Edinburgh was drifting Tory again under Davidson and May but that seems to have reached its peak now with not much more to grow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grande Pablo 109 Posted February 22, 2022 19 hours ago, time said: Maastricht rebel Sir Richard Shepherd, former MP for Aldridge-Brownhills (36 years), has died aged 79. He stood down in 2015. First hit of the year - sadly my local MP for eons. Always looked at deaths door. True blue who pandered to the Aldridge middle classes, & had no idea where Brownhills was. His replacement Wendy Morton isn’t an improvement. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,715 Posted February 25, 2022 On 03/05/2021 at 16:21, arghton said: Some elderly/frail Vice Presidents: ... Roberto Carpio Nicolle (b. 1930) Guatemala VP 1986-1991. Rifaat al-Assad (b. 1937) Syrian VP 1984-1998 https://d1softballnews.com/former-vice-president-of-guatemala-roberto-carpio-nicolle-dies-at-92-prensa-libre/ Roberto Carpio dead at 91 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalCaso 1,625 Posted February 25, 2022 (Wiki) Jim Inhofe, U.S Republican Senator from Oklahoma, plans to retire . He still had roughly 4 years left on his term as he was just re-elected in 2020. The exact date of him leaving Congress is not clear, it will at least be by the end of the Congressional year (Jan. 2023). Not clear why he is retiring, but I would guess health issues are in play (either for him or his family). The fact he is 87 impacts this I'm sure. Infoe is currently the 4th oldest senator in Congress and the 28th oldest living senator. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philip 121 Posted February 25, 2022 10 minutes ago, MortalCaso said: (Wiki) Jim Infoe, a U.S Republican Senator from Oklahoma, plans to retire . He still had roughly 4 years left on his term as he was just re-elected in 2020. The exact date of him leaving Congress is not clear, it will at least be by the end of the Congressional year (Jan. 2023). Not clear why he is retiring, but I would guess health issues are in play (either for him or his family). The fact he is 87 impacts this I'm sure. Infoe is currently the 4th oldest senator in Congress and the 28th oldest living senator. Apparently his wife has been sick since December. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThereWillBeDeaths7 722 Posted February 25, 2022 1 hour ago, MortalCaso said: (Wiki) Jim Infoe Jim Inhofe, Senator from Oklahoma (Corrected spelling to aid the search engine) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 27, 2022 George Kinley, a former Iowa Senate Majority Leader, has died. He was 84. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/obituaries/dmr120828 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CastAway 488 Posted February 27, 2022 Moss Cass, former Australian Minister for Environment and Conservation, Minister for the Environment, and Minister for the Media, dead at 95: https://whitlamdismissal.com/government/deceased-whitlam-ministers 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,715 Posted February 27, 2022 Means that from Gough Whitlam's (1916-2014) controversial government 1972-1975 only three ministers are alive as mentioned by that site: Doug McClelland (1926-) Minister for the Media 1972-1975, Special Minister of State 1975. Bill Hayden (1933-2023) Minister for Social Security 1972-1975. Survived stroke and fall in 2014. Paul Keating (1944-) Minister for Northern Australia 1975. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,715 Posted February 27, 2022 On 08/05/2021 at 20:39, arghton said: Paavo Väyrynen (b. 1946) https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000008646284.html Paavo Väyrynen, Finnish perennial presidential candidate, longtime political heavyweight hospitalised with high BP "caused by Russia's attack on Ukraine" (Yeah, totally not a trick to get into the news. He's one of the most interesting political personalities in Finland) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,715 Posted February 27, 2022 Marietta Giannakou, Greek politician, MEP 2009-2014, Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs of Greece 2004-2007 finally dead at 70: https://www.titusvilleherald.com/news/article_6b49a539-45e7-5435-b98b-69a14b73fb7f.html Leg amputated due to diabetes complications in 2008, picked in Maryport's Midsummer Dead Pool in 2016 when she was in ICU after a heart attack. Recently suffered a fall and seems to have been a pick somewhere this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheCemetaryMan 53 Posted February 28, 2022 Abuzed Omar Dorda Libyan Pol dead at 77 Bhichai Rattakul Thai Pol dead at 95 Yadiapati Venkato Rao indian Pol dead at 102 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
