YoungWillz 21,251 Posted September 23, 2016 Telegraph Obituary for former Tory MP for Slough from 1983-1997 and total Thatcherite, John Watts. He was 69. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/09/23/john-watts-robustly-right-wing-mp--obituary/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted September 24, 2016 Just wanted to say now that I work in the Louisiana state capital for the House of Representatives, I get internal emails re: the health (or deaths) of former congresspersons from The Pelican State. Now that's inside info! SirC 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiroemonKimura 95 Posted September 26, 2016 Former Bolivian president David Padilla Arancibia dead: http://paginasiete.bo/nacional/2016/9/25/muere-expresidente-david-padilla-arancibia-anos-111087.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted September 27, 2016 Former Bolivian president David Padilla Arancibia dead: http://paginasiete.bo/nacional/2016/9/25/muere-expresidente-david-padilla-arancibia-anos-111087.html and a couple of days later his vice president has also died http://www.eldeber.com.bo/bolivia/muere-exvicepresidente-luis-ossio-sanjines.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted September 28, 2016 Former Bolivian president David Padilla Arancibia dead:http://paginasiete.bo/nacional/2016/9/25/muere-expresidente-david-padilla-arancibia-anos-111087.html and a couple of days later his vice president has also died http://www.eldeber.com.bo/bolivia/muere-exvicepresidente-luis-ossio-sanjines.html Then here is a list of caballeros what might want to watch their backs.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_David_Padilla_Arancibia,_197879 SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiroemonKimura 95 Posted September 29, 2016 Former Iranian PM Jamshid Amouzegar dies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiroemonKimura 95 Posted September 29, 2016 Miriam Defensor Santiago dead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,053 Posted September 29, 2016 Miriam Defensor Santiago dead BBC obit for the two DDP teams that picked her Given her multiple hospital stays in recent months, definitely one stricken from a fair few 2017 longlists. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,558 Posted September 29, 2016 Miriam Defensor Santiago dead BBC obit for the two DDP teams that picked her Given her multiple hospital stays in recent months, definitely one stricken from a fair few 2017 longlists. Aye, sure we wont be the only ones to have assumed "2017 or later". Still, fortune favours the brave Poochie, as someone once said. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,638 Posted September 29, 2016 It was more the fact that she wasn't doing big public speeches at a time when there's media attention of Filipino politics clued me in to her probably not seeing the next six months out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,558 Posted September 29, 2016 Aye, that's the vagaries of life (and death) for you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted September 29, 2016 Former Iranian PM Jamshid Amouzegar dies What the fahkin hell kinda link is that, some Persian mumbo jumbo? Can YOU read that Shiite? SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempus Fugit 214 Posted September 29, 2016 Former Iranian PM Jamshid Amouzegar dies What the fahkin hell kinda link is that, some Persian mumbo jumbo? Can YOU read that Shiite? SC Calm down Sunni Jim. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted September 30, 2016 Former Iranian PM Jamshid Amouzegar dies What the fahkin hell kinda link is that, some Persian mumbo jumbo? Can YOU read that Shiite? SC download google chrome and it gives you an automatic translate. it say's he's dead trust me ! of course I can't say how reliable it is Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted October 3, 2016 Gordon Borrie, Baron Borrie, Labour peer died on 30 September 2016 according to the Parliamentary website, though I can't find any other news. http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-borrie/3501 Was a lawyer and unsuccessful Labour candidate. Former head of the OFT. Not picked for the Scavenger Hunt DP afaik. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted October 5, 2016 Could have popped this in Law And Order, but what the heck... Former Lord Advocate and former Labour MP for Edinburgh Leith Ronald Murray died on 27 September 2016 aged 94. http://announce.jpress.co.uk/edinburgh-evening-news-and-scotsman-publications/obituary/ronald-j-k-lord-murray/48145000 Might be msc I think awaiting a DDP Obit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,268 Posted October 5, 2016 The very first president of Slovakia, Michal Kovac, has died reportedly: http://news.trust.org/item/20161005190559-0qsen/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,251 Posted October 5, 2016 Could have popped this in Law And Order, but what the heck... Former Lord Advocate and former Labour MP for Edinburgh Leith Ronald Murray died on 27 September 2016 aged 94. http://announce.jpress.co.uk/edinburgh-evening-news-and-scotsman-publications/obituary/ronald-j-k-lord-murray/48145000 Might be msc I think awaiting a DDP Obit. Telegraph Obit: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/10/05/lord-murray-scottish-mp-and-lord-advocate--obituary/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted October 6, 2016 Somehow this got by us. Lowell Thomas Jr., a former Alaska lieutenant governor, author, adventurer, glacier pilot and son of the legendary broadcaster, has died. daughter, Anne Donaghy, confirmed his death Monday to The Associated Press. She said her father died Saturday at his home in Anchorage, Alaska, days shy of his 93rd birthday. SC http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/10/03/ex-alaska-official-son-legendary-broadcaster-dies-92/91513750/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,653 Posted October 6, 2016 UKIP leadership contender Stephen Wolfe collapses at EU parliament. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,638 Posted October 6, 2016 So the story going round is that he was punched during a meeting of Ukip MEPs, fell into a window and is now suffering bleeding from the brain. Farage reports his condition is "serious". Ukip just know how to do leadership elections. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,366 Posted October 6, 2016 So the story going round is that he was punched during a meeting of Ukip MEPs, fell into a window and is now suffering bleeding from the brain. Farage reports his condition is "serious". Ukip just know how to do leadership elections. Guido Fawkes blog suggests someone punched Woolfe....and then goes on to say that UKIP's defence spokesman Mike Hookem MEP is currently unavailable for comment Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,638 Posted October 6, 2016 Photo of his collapse here for the rubberneckers 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,653 Posted October 6, 2016 So the story going round is that he was punched during a meeting of Ukip MEPs, fell into a window and is now suffering bleeding from the brain. Farage reports his condition is "serious". Ukip just know how to do leadership elections.Guido Fawkes blog suggests someone punched Woolfe....and then goes on to say that UKIP's defence spokesman Mike Hookem MEP is currently unavailable for comment I put a post in DDP name reject thread this morning which could be a headline tomorrow if he dies: The Kipper and the Corpse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
