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On 19/08/2019 at 03:30, Drewsky1211 said:

Former President of Mexico Luis Echeverria has died at 97.

If you read the section "Obituary" you can see that this is a parody. Apparently he was "happy and smiling" in a "life support machine". lol

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5 hours ago, Tower1 said:

If you read the section "Obituary" you can see that this is a parody. Apparently he was "happy and smiling" in a "life support machine". lol

I'll support that.

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Arun Jaitley's health has deteriorated... :pop:

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Kinda disappointed that two of my top picks for 2020 throughout all pools died within a few days of eachother. 

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In this "very interesting" piece of news Burmese government raised Tun Tin's pension in March. Need to cover medical expenses?

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1 hour ago, drol said:

In this "very interesting" piece of news Burmese government raised Tun Tin's pension in March. Need to cover medical expenses?

I can't translate that article unfortunately. But how do we know that it is about this Tun Tin and not someone else with the same name?

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2 minutes ago, Tower1 said:

I can't translate that article unfortunately. But how do we know that it is about this Tun Tin and not someone else with the same name?

Thura is a honorifical pre name he earned in 1948 repressing a Karen uprising. It's highly unlikely that there is a former politician named Tun Tin who also earned the distinction. That's definitely him.

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Lord Kerr speaking in the house of lords.His voice is very croaky and he looks a horrible colour.Former British Ambassador to the US and he helped write Article 50.Very obitable.

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On 21/08/2019 at 03:47, Etushispushingupdaisies said:

According to this his cancer is stage 4 and cannot be operated on.  Assuming it's true definitely DDP material and possibly Drop 40 if he makes it.

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On 17/04/2019 at 18:43, gcreptile said:

Strangely enough, ANOTHER former president of Peru is currently in intensive care for high blood pressure:

https://www.france24.com/en/20190417-former-peru-president-hospitalized-with-high-blood-pressure

 

Alberto Fujimori, of course, will outlive them all.

Kuczynski hospitalized again in ICU. He is a scumbag like Fujimori, will be a tough challenge between them. And Morales Bermudez of course.

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On 06/11/2017 at 07:51, gcreptile said:

Rand Paul had a lung operation last month because of fluid in the lungs:

https://m.amnews.com/2019/08/21/rand-paul-unable-to-attend-roundtable-in-danville-due-to-lung-issue/

 

He's had a couple of health issues now. The consequences of his devotion to the Aqua Buddha?

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Taiwan democracy activist Roger Hsieh has died at 85. Obviously this is ony an excuse to post a list of Taiwanese Democracy activists and elderly political figures. Taiwan is a rich China, so they are longeve as fuck.

 

1)Su Beng (1918). Su Beng tried to assassinate Chiang Kai-shek himself in the 1950s. He is known as a violent communist, "the Taiwanese Che Guevara". Very old, blind and wheelchair bound for years, he suffered a nasty fall last December and was hospitalized in critical conditions. Has since made a full recovery, it seems.

2)Hau Pei-tsun (1919). Former PM of Taiwan. He was a close aide of Chiang Kai-shek and then became one of the favourites henchmen of Lee Teng-hui. In 1996 he betrayed his puppetmaster running for veep with another party. Failing obviously. Suffered a severe stroke in April 2019 and has since been hospitalized in ICU, reportedly half-paralyzed. Yep, how the hell is he still going?

3)Lee Teng-hui (1923) De facto dictator of Taiwan from 1988 to 2000, is considered a major inspiration for current president Tsai Ing-wen, who frequently used him as a counsellor. A corrupted fraudster who embezzled millions, he has a complicated medical history. In 2000 he had bypass surgery, in 2011 he suffered from colon cancer, from which he fully recovered. In 2015 he suffered a minor stroke, in November 2018 a major fall and intracranial hemorrhage, which had him hospitalized for three months. Now better and scheduled to publicly appear at the end of September.

4)Peng Ming-min (1923). Democracy activist who wrote the pamphlet for which Roger Hsieh was arrested and tortured. He instead flew to Sweden. In 1996 he run against crook Lee Teng-hui and lost miserably. Still in good health and angry towards the government.

5)Chiu Chuang-huan (1925). Vicepremier in the 80s, a political dinosaur whose last public appearances date back to 2011. Shouldn't be in the best health nowadays.

6)Tseng Wen-hui (1926) Lee Teng-hui's wife, who is still sprightly and looks 20 years younger, so destined to be a widow, it seems. Embezzled millions and sent to jail those who protested.

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I was watching Jeremy Paxman's Why Are All Politicians Crap thing on Channel 5, to pass the time, and early on Paxman goes to speak to 2 old timers. One was Ken Clarke. The other frail old man was shaking with severe Parkinsons, couldn't focus on the conversation, and looked frail and like someone who had lost a lot of weight.


Then he spoke, or struggled to speak. It was Roy bloody Hattersley.

 

 

Overtakes Lawson for frailest British politico seen on TV this year, and one to keep an eye for your longlists and Deathlists.

 

PS Jonathan Aiken was also interviewed, and while not at deaths door, is already aging in voice and looks enough to suggest he wont far beyond 80.

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