Ulitzer95 11,001 Posted Sunday at 04:46 On 23/09/2022 at 10:33, arghton said: Some updates: Roedad Khan recently made an appearance on Pakistan's tv. Looks...well, his age Roedad Khan (wiki) dead at 100 according to his family on Facebook. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,043 Posted Sunday at 07:19 Syed Babar Ali and Elahi Bux Somroo are now the oldest Pakistani politicians. Both 98 and reportedly not in the best health. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,118 Posted Sunday at 10:17 Mohammad-Ali Amoui, Iranian pre-revolution communist politician and longtime dissident bedbound, seemingly unconscious and to me sounds like they expect him to die very soon. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 1,612 Posted Sunday at 12:40 2 hours ago, arghton said: Mohammad-Ali Amoui, Iranian pre-revolution communist politician and longtime dissident bedbound, seemingly unconscious and to me sounds like they expect him to die very soon. So he should be fit to work by Conservative standards, then. In fact, he's probably more cerebrally active than the lot of them. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,014 Posted Sunday at 23:13 Times Obit for Sir Peter Hordern, former Tory MP for Horsham (sometime Horsham and Crawley) aged 95 (if he made his birthday on 18th April that is): https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-peter-hordern-obituary-tory-mp-who-was-thatcherite-before-thatcher-70b7hswjs Last picked by @Gooseberry Crumble for his Apricot Crumble team in 2021, so he's one for the List of the Missed: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2021/celebs_H.html#horderpy19 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,170 Posted Sunday at 23:19 9 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Times Obit for Sir Peter Hordern, former Tory MP for Horsham (sometime Horsham and Crawley) aged 95 (if he made his birthday on 18th April that is): https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-peter-hordern-obituary-tory-mp-who-was-thatcherite-before-thatcher-70b7hswjs Last picked by @Gooseberry Crumble for his Apricot Crumble team in 2021, so he's one for the List of the Missed: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2021/celebs_H.html#horderpy19 The paywalled part of the Obit reveals he died on his birthday. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 2,937 Posted yesterday at 04:19 4 hours ago, The Old Crem said: The paywalled part of the Obit reveals he died on his birthday. Quoted for those that have you blocked, as, I had to sit down for this, that's actually helpful 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,014 Posted yesterday at 10:27 Tory MP Richard Drax will receive likely 3 million quid for the sale of his family's sugar plantation in Barbados: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13335431/tory-mp-richard-drax-receive-3-million-sale-family-plantation-barbados.html His family's history with the slave trade is well known. So despite that family receiving a bucketload of money when the slave trade was abolished, he and his family will receive even more money from the sale of the land. And he is quite, quite all right with that. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,014 Posted yesterday at 12:59 On 12/04/2020 at 17:34, ladyfiona said: Been going through current and past members of House of Lords still alive. I had to remove a lot of people in their 80's because list was getting too long: L = Left HOL/retired since 2014 when HOL reform act came into place and are still living since April 2019. Baronees Trixie Gardner - 92 Why are there people in their 90's making decisions on laws in HOL? Trixie Garner, Baroness Gardner of Parkes, Australian who was a local politician so squeezes in here, Telegraph Obit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/04/22/lady-gardner-of-parkes-tory-peer-womens-rights-obituary/ I think @arghton picked her for next year's Windy City, alas dead before the start. Got to be a DDP pick, surely? Edit: Aye, she was! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,001 Posted yesterday at 15:29 2 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Trixie Garner, Baroness Gardner of Parkes, Australian who was a local politician so squeezes in here, Telegraph Obit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/04/22/lady-gardner-of-parkes-tory-peer-womens-rights-obituary/ I think @arghton picked her for next year's Windy City, alas dead before the start. Got to be a DDP pick, surely? Edit: Aye, she was! We’ve lost Baroness Gardner but we still have Baroness Garden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Garden,_Baroness_Garden_of_Frognal On a serious note, Trixie was fantastic. Loved on all sides of the House and still working right to the end. She was a formidable battle axe but very lovely all the same, a bit like Baroness Trumpington and Baroness Sharples. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,001 Posted 23 hours ago A point of interest... Trixie Gardner was the most senior life peer in the House of Lords, having been elevated on 19 June 1981. That distinction now belongs to Caroline Cox (wiki), elevated on 2 March 1983. She'll be 87 in July and sits as a Crossbencher. She founded Christian Solidarity Worldwide, was the chancellor of two universities, and was a big backer of Section 28 back in the day. Also a supporter of Bashar al-Assad. In fact her wiki page is worth a read. It's all rather puzzling. Last spoke in the chamber on 25 March 2024 on the subject of the persecution of Christians. I don't think she'll be troubling the obit writers for a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,001 Posted 23 hours ago Baroness Doreen Massey (wiki), Labour Member of the House of Lords (since 1999), dead at 85. Not a good time to be a member of the Lords, particularly a Labour one (8 of their peers dead in 6 months). Luckily for Starmer, he's about to win an election so he'll be able to stuff the House full of more bootlickers seeing as Tony's cronies are really starting to drop like flies. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 2,532 Posted 20 hours ago On 02/08/2022 at 22:10, arghton said: 20. Denmark Tove Smidth (1923) Social Democrat Mayor of Gladsaxe 1974-1983, Lech Walesa's friend Eggert Petersen (1927) Former Member of Parliament and Member of the European Parliament. Carl-Einar Jørgensen (1928) Psychologist and politician Addi Andersen (1928) Former Member of Parliament recently famous for being a football fan Knud Enggaard (1929) Former President of the Nordic Council and Minister Knud Enggaard (Wiki), Danish politician dead at 94 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HDS 224 Posted 19 hours ago Update on Larry Pressler, the former US Senator/DDP pick. Pressler recently moved into an assisted living facility in his home state of South Dakota and admits he’s probably at his “last stop” as a result. However, he claims to be in good health despite his cancer treatments. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,205 Posted 9 hours ago On 22/04/2024 at 00:13, YoungWillz said: Times Obit for Sir Peter Hordern, former Tory MP for Horsham (sometime Horsham and Crawley) aged 95 (if he made his birthday on 18th April that is): https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-peter-hordern-obituary-tory-mp-who-was-thatcherite-before-thatcher-70b7hswjs Last picked by @Gooseberry Crumble for his Apricot Crumble team in 2021, so he's one for the List of the Missed: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2021/celebs_H.html#horderpy19 Oh God not another list of the misses caused by me! I think he might be in one of mybother teams so need to check a bit later. Cheers Will 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,096 Posted 7 hours ago On 22/04/2024 at 00:13, YoungWillz said: Times Obit for Sir Peter Hordern, former Tory MP for Horsham (sometime Horsham and Crawley) aged 95 (if he made his birthday on 18th April that is): https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-peter-hordern-obituary-tory-mp-who-was-thatcherite-before-thatcher-70b7hswjs Last picked by @Gooseberry Crumble for his Apricot Crumble team in 2021, so he's one for the List of the Missed: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2021/celebs_H.html#horderpy19 I loved his Paddington Bear narrations. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 2,532 Posted 5 hours ago On 21/09/2022 at 18:56, Ulitzer95 said: Ignacio E. Lozano Jr. (wiki) b. Jan 1927 – El Salvador Bruce Gelb (wiki) b. Feb 1927 – Belgium Frederick Vreeland (wiki) b. Jun 1927 – Morocco Glen Holden Sr. (wiki) b. Jul 1927 – Jamaica John R. Davis Jr. (wiki) b. Jul 1927 – Poland, Romania Allen C. Davis b. Aug 1927 – Guinea Francis Terry McNamara (wiki) b. Nov 1927 – Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe, Cape Verde Malcolm R. Barnebey (wiki) b. Nov 1927 – Belize Donald P. Gregg (wiki) b. Dec 1927 – South Korea James T. Laney (wiki) b. Dec 1927 – South Korea Glen Holden Sr. (Wiki), United States Ambassador to Jamaica dead at 96 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Comped 360 Posted 3 hours ago 1 hour ago, Gisooo said: Glen Holden Sr. (Wiki), United States Ambassador to Jamaica dead at 96 Probably a little more notable for his work in polo than his ambassadorship where he seems to have accomplished very little of note. At least I can find. But that seems to be how it is with most Caribbean countries... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
