drol 12,146 Posted November 29 On 25/05/2022 at 17:34, arghton said: Cesar Virata, Marcos economy tsar and former Prime Minister of the Philippines attended a meeting to "discuss the future of the country" yesterday: Probably one of the fattest nonagenarians I've seen judging on the recent pictures. Here's a list of Filipino politicians born in 1935 and before: Santanina Tillah Rasul (1930-) First muslim woman senator, frail Santanina Tillah Rasul dead at 94. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,876 Posted December 3 On 04/03/2023 at 17:46, drol said: Perennial Iran leading opposition figure Mir Hossein Mousavi hospitalised with flu complications. Mir Hossein Mousavi hospitalised. "Severe drug allergy following past outpatient and routine treatments", family says he is improving. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,470 Posted December 4 On 21/09/2022 at 18:56, Ulitzer95 said: Would be interested to see a list of the oldest U.S. ambassadors. Your list missed this one Sam Fox (Wiki), American businessman and the United States Ambassador to Belgium from April 11, 2007 until January 2, 2009, dead at 95 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,853 Posted December 4 51 minutes ago, Gisooo said: Your list missed this one Sam Fox (Wiki), American businessman and the United States Ambassador to Belgium from April 11, 2007 until January 2, 2009, dead at 95 I think that’s because I only checked ambassadors appointed prior to 2005. He was nearly 78 when he took on that job. Rare. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slackhurst Broadcasting 377 Posted December 4 l was startled to see "Sam Fox" dead on Wikipedia. Of course it'd be "Samantha" if it was that Sam Fox. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,876 Posted December 4 On 15/01/2023 at 15:20, arghton said: Ancient anti-NATO defence minister Taisto Tähkämaa is now the oldest former Finnish minister and member of parliament, 99 in December and has been in a care home for years (also one of my Electoral DP picks) Taisto interviewed ahead of his 100th birthday (behind paywall). He looks decrepit but I thought he'd been too ill for interviews for years now. Former Finnish Minister of Internal Affairs and former head of Alko, Heikki Koski, died today at 84. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,853 Posted December 6 On 13/06/2017 at 23:28, YoungWillz said: Part Two: *snip* Christopher Hawkins, 82 (26 Nov 1937), Conservative (High Peak 1983-92) *snip* Christopher Hawkins (wiki), Tory MP for High Peak from 1983 to 1992, died off radar on 11 November 2023, aged 85. Updated on his Who Was Who profile. I'll update his Wiki page in a bit. Unusual for an MP who served multiple terms to die off radar, but I suppose Ben Ford was also in that boat. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,146 Posted December 8 On 12/08/2022 at 22:38, arghton said: Updated list...up to 1932, and I've dug out a lot of new names. Trần Hanh (1932) Former Deputy Minister of Defence and central committee member. Đặng Văn Thân (1932-2023) Former Central Committee member. Suffered what seems to have been a severe stroke years ago. Trần Hanh dead at 92. EDIT: Co Kim Thanh of your list was already dead in 2022. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,876 Posted December 9 On 06/06/2023 at 21:26, arghton said: Vytautas Landsbergis (hospitalised atleast 5 times in recent years with infections) Vytautas Landsbergis was in ICU last week and says he has been suffering from heart failure for a long time. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,146 Posted December 9 14 minutes ago, arghton said: Vytautas Landsbergis was in ICU last week and says he has been suffering from heart failure for a long time. Also says he has a discharge date already set and was able to be interviewed by phone. I would be delighted to accept him as the fucking Immortal he is, but no one of the 30 I chose some month ago died, so no room for him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,146 Posted December 10 On 20/10/2024 at 21:29, arghton said: Lula cancels trip to Russia on doctors orders. He hit his head in a fall recently. Lula undergoes surgery for intracranial hemorrhage. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,146 Posted December 10 On 09/12/2024 at 09:12, arghton said: Vytautas Landsbergis was in ICU last week and says he has been suffering from heart failure for a long time. Landsbergis, who had to be resuscitated last week, now back on his duties as exactly nothing happened. And I have a free place in next year's Immortals list now. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,146 Posted December 10 On 23/11/2024 at 22:00, drol said: Mayor of Belo Horizonte Fuad Noman (wiki) hospitalised, just a month after announcing he beat non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Fuad Noman hospitalised again. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,078 Posted December 10 On 11/07/2021 at 22:52, arghton said: 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. Muhyiddin Yassin had a slight increase in his cancer markers but is still classified as being in remission: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/12/10/court-grants-muhyiddin-temporary-release-of-passport-for-uk-trip/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,146 Posted December 11 Controversial Sri Lankan MP and household name M. K. Shivajilingam (wiki) hospitalised in ICU. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ObakeFilter 965 Posted December 11 Former South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun has attempted to end his own life while in custody, he was arrested as part of a widening investigation into President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived declaration of martial law. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/10/asia/south-korea-defense-minister-suicide-attempt-intl-hnk/index.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LWCZ 221 Posted December 11 Former Iowa Rep. Jim Leach, who after 45 years broke with Republicans to register as a Democrat in 2022, dead at 82. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Planetist 131 Posted December 13 On 17/06/2024 at 14:17, arghton said: Antero Laukkanen - 66, ALS, in a hospice late last year, back home now as his disease didn't progress as quickly as expected. Antero Laukkanen dies at 66. 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,078 Posted December 13 1 hour ago, Planetist said: Antero Laukkanen dies at 66. I expected two more hits for my AltObituaries team in Decembre. One was turkish singer/dancer Tanyeli - and one I also hoped for was Laukkanen. Finally an ALS pick that does not fail for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 1,156 Posted Sunday at 07:57 On 09/06/2022 at 21:23, arghton said: Well here's a list of nonagenarian/centenarian South American politicians. Born 1932 or before. Do not quote the whole post. MEXICO (Up to 1930) Julián Gascón Mercado (1925) Former Governor of Nayarit. Julián Gascón Mercado has died on 12 October aged 99. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,146 Posted Sunday at 10:47 On 02/11/2023 at 22:21, arghton said: I went through these again as I stumbled upon a mostly unrelated article about Cuban leadership. Seems that (excluding Raul) there's 5 major old guard military/political leaders left, and a few smaller names: 6) Julio Camacho Aguilera (1924) First Transport Minister of Castro's cuba, later a longtime Central Committee member. Oldest revolutionary commander living. Julio Camacho Aguilera dead at 100. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,213 Posted Sunday at 16:50 Andrew Bennett, former Labour MP for Stockport North (1974-83) and Denton And Reddish (1983-2005), reportedly dead: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/tributes-principled-dedicated-former-greater-30591245 Shadow Education spokesman for a time, rebellious sort when Labour gained power in 1997. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,078 Posted Sunday at 21:17 John Spratt, longtime Democratic representative for South Carolina dies at 82: https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article297137674.html 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,146 Posted Tuesday at 10:20 On 02/08/2022 at 22:10, arghton said: As it seems I've not covered these before... List of European politicians born before 1930 + honorary mentions. (By population, largest first and I've numbered them to make cropping the post easier. Excluding the UK, countries partially in Asia and countries with a population of under one million as those have already been covered elsewhere. The list is not ready. I'll slowly update this now and then.) 2. France (Including "less notable" names up to 1926) Jean Turco (1917) Former National Assembly member, alive? Edgar Morin (1921) Philosopher, politician André Chandernagor (1921) former Minister Philippe de Gaulle (1921-2024) Senator 1986-2004, frail and not seen on his 100th. Marcel Berthomé (1922-2023) Mayor of Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle for 49 years. Henri Bangou (1922-2023) Mayor of Guadeloupe's Pointe-à-Pitre 1965-2008, counts half Roland Dumas (1922-2024) Two-time Foreign Affairs Minister, President of the Constitutional Council 1995-2000. Henri Simon (1922) Cranky old Council Communism advocate. Christiane Papon (1924-2023) Former Constitutional Council member and MEP. Georges Berthoin (1925-2024) Jean Monnet's chief of staff 1952-1955. Jacques Delors (1925-2023) President of the European Commission 1985-1995, rumored to be in failing health. Christiane Scrivener (1925-2024) former Secretary of State of Trade for Consumers' protection. Pierre Pranchère (1927-2023) Former MEP Robert Badinter (1928-2024) Minister of Justice who abolished the death penalty. Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928) Far-right politician. Édouard Balladur (1929) Prime Minister 1993-1995 Pierre Mazeaud (1929) Former President of the Constitutional Council. André Lajoinie (1929) 1988 Presidential candidate of the Communist Party. Jean-Pierre Fourcade (1929) One of Giscard's Economy ministers. Yvette Roudy (1929) Former Women's Rights minister and mayor. Jean-Marie Rausch (1929-2024) Foreign Trade Minister 1988-1991 Henri Simon dead at 102. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,470 Posted Tuesday at 16:43 On 15/10/2022 at 12:04, Ulitzer95 said: Gordon Mydland (wiki), Attorney General of South Dakota (1969–1973), dead at 100. Oldest living former U.S. Attorney General is now Francis Bellotti (b. 1923) of Massachusetts (1975–1987). And now Francis Bellotti (Wiki) dead at 101 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
