FinalChapter 59 Posted March 28 2004 is now the oldest US election with both candidates and their running mates still alive. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arrowsmith 334 Posted March 28 7 minutes ago, FinalChapter said: 2004 is now the oldest US election with both candidates and their running mates still alive. Not if you include their spouses. Then it’s 2012 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Comped 366 Posted March 28 2 hours ago, arrowsmith said: Not if you include their spouses. Then it’s 2012 How is this when I learned John Edwards' wife is dead? 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilham 650 Posted March 28 30 minutes ago, Comped said: How is this when I learned John Edwards' wife is dead? Elizabeth Edwards announced she had breast cancer a day after the 2004 election loss. She was very instrumental in his policy on universal healthcare in his 2008 election run, and actually any of his liberal policies. I remember having a real preference for her. John sabotaged his whole political career when he had a child with another woman and committed campaign finance fraud to cover it up. Elizabeth died in 2010. The whole thing was very salacious in a way that I guess we don't really like to talk about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards_extramarital_affair It did show that National Enquirer could be an actual legitimate source for political gossip. Whole aside, but the woman that John had the affair with is the subject of many Jay McInerney and Bret Easton Ellis stories throughout the 80s-00s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_of_My_Life_(novel) McInerney's novel also had references to the real life murders of the Brach candy heiress and show-jumping horses that the FBI didn't reveal to the public until several years later: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show_jumping_horse_killings I was always kind of fascinated that one of the worst crimes in sports and a political downfall were hidden in these fiction books. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThereWillBeDeaths7 597 Posted March 28 Recent article about former U.S. senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT): He's said to be in good health, having recovered from health issues he had in his final years in the senate, like skin cancer and breaking his hip. Leahy uses a cane when on long walks but: still goes on these "long walks" most days. His wife Marcelle Leahy is also said to be doing alright, having finished chemo for a curable form of leukemia. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dimreaper 501 Posted March 28 20 hours ago, Thatcher said: Joe Lieberman, former Senator for Connecticut (1989 - 2013), has died aged 82. He served as Gore’s running mate on the Democratic ticket at the 2000 Presidential election. He lost his Joementum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 1,861 Posted March 30 On 24/09/2022 at 23:57, arghton said: Willy Soemita, Surinamese politician who was the leader of the Party for National Unity and Solidarity from 1972 to 2019, Deputy VP of Suriname 1988-1990 (only person to ever have held this title) when Henck Arron (1936-2000) was the VP and Ramsewak Shankar (1937-) was the President and two-time Minister of Social Affairs and Housing dead at 86. Shankar Arron and Soemita were all ousted from their positions in 1990 during the Telephone Coup organized by Ivan Graanoogst who ruled the country for five days until the elderly Johan Kraag (1913-1996) was chosen as the new President by the National Military Council. Desi Bouterse dominated Surinamese politics, but in-between his time there, Jules Ajodhia was twice a vice-president, amongst other things. Because of Bouterse and an interest in Suriname, I had actually heard of Ajodhia. Ajodhia has died, aged 79. Link in Dutch. https://www.msn.com/nl-nl/nieuws/Buitenland/surinaamse-oud-vicepresident-jules-ajodhia-79-overleden/ar-BB1kLiJZ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,098 Posted March 31 William 'Bill' Delahunt, a former Massachusetts congressman and prosecutor, had died. He was 82. https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/william-delahunt-former-massachusetts-congressman-prosecutor-dies-82/HHUXTNC7O5BZBAHQIQIXFTO5BE/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 826 Posted March 31 Hans Joachim Meyer, who served as East Germany last Minister of Education from 12 April 1990 to the reunification on 3 October 1990, has died aged 87. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
morrisey 31 Posted March 31 On 27/03/2024 at 21:30, Thatcher said: Joe Lieberman, former Senator for Connecticut (1989 - 2013), has died aged 82. He served as Gore’s running mate on the Democratic ticket at the 2000 Presidential election. He was a sub on my deathlist for this year, big rest in peace to him. Those stairs are deadly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,180 Posted April 2 Liz Kendall is having a hip replacement. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,119 Posted April 2 Progressive US congressman Raul Grijalva announces that he’s been diagnosed with cancer 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,057 Posted April 2 Who's the oldest living former member of a Parliament now that Zhang Lixiong supuestamente morto? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted April 2 Wiki says Tomiichi Murayama was a representative. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,085 Posted April 2 34 minutes ago, drol said: Who's the oldest living former member of a Parliament now that Zhang Lixiong supuestamente morto? According to my list it's France's Jean Turco (b. 19 December 1917), though oldest politician is surely China's Song Ping (b. 30 April 1917). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
polar duck 481 Posted April 2 39 minutes ago, drol said: Who's the oldest living former member of a Parliament now that Zhang Lixiong supuestamente morto? 1 minute ago, Ulitzer95 said: According to my list it's France's Jean Turco (b. 19 December 1917), though oldest politician is surely China's Song Ping (b. 30 April 1917). AFAIK both of these titles belong to the ROC's Hou Beiren (b. 18 March 1917). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 826 Posted April 2 11 minutes ago, polar duck said: AFAIK both of these titles belong to the ROC's Hou Beiren (b. 18 March 1917). Who is he ? The only Hou Beiren born 18/03/1917 I can find on Google is a painter ?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
polar duck 481 Posted April 2 11 minutes ago, Sinbabad said: Who is he ? The only Hou Beiren born 18/03/1917 I can find on Google is a painter ?? Yes. Hou Beiren was a member of the Fourth Legislative Yuan from 1946 to 1947. After he resigned, he became a painter and moved to the United States. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,085 Posted April 2 1 hour ago, polar duck said: AFAIK both of these titles belong to the ROC's Hou Beiren (b. 18 March 1917). Interesting, thanks! Wasn't aware of him before now. Chinese Wiki page here. 2022 article about him here. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,098 Posted April 3 Robert I. Marshall, a Delaware State Senator for four decades, has died. He was 77. https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2024/04/02/former-delaware-state-sen-robert-i-marshall-dies-march-31/73173682007/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,098 Posted April 3 Ray Lewis, former Deputy Mayor of London under Boris Johnson who Boris rewarded with a CBE in his resignation honours, reportedly dead: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/boris-johnson-academy-bbc-city-hall-newham-b1149034.html Not only were there allegations of inappropriate behaviour against him (he resigned), old Boris squashed any inquiry into those allegations - the things Wiki doesn't tell you. Dear god, that and Boris' lusting after that American woman and misusing public funds allegedly to fund her, it's a wonder he hasn't been strung up by his bollocks by the hoi polloi. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 2,542 Posted April 3 On 01/05/2022 at 18:44, arghton said: KAZAKHSTAN Vera Sidorova (1934) Former leader of the Kazakh SSR 1988-1989 Olzhas Suleimenov (1936) Former Chairman of the People's Congress. Vladislav Kosarev (1937) Communist politician, former parliament member. Omirbek Baigeldi (1939) Chair of the Senate 1996-1999 Siyazbek Mukashev (1939) Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940) President/dictator 1991-2019/2022 Kazakh politician Omirbek Baigeldi (Wiki) dead at 84 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,098 Posted April 3 C.J. Prentiss, a former Ohio State Senator and State House of Representatives member, has died. She was 82. https://clevelandurbannews.com/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/3621-former-ohio-state-senator-cj-prentiss-dies-by-clevelandurbannewscom-ohios-black-digital-news-leader.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,022 Posted April 4 The daughter of Chuwit Kamolvisit denies claims on social media that he has died, posts what is meant to be a fresh selfie with him: However, he's looking a lot better here than he did in those photos from the end of last year: I'm skeptical. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,098 Posted April 5 Len Skowronski, a former leader of the Social Credit party in Alberta, has died. He was 83. Skowronski held the position between 2007 and 2016. https://www.evanjstrong.com/obituary/LeonardLen-Skowronski Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
