CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted October 7, 2020 On 26/05/2020 at 05:10, CoffinLodger said: Statistically the likelihood of 3 MPs being 100 or over (inc Ronald Atkins) at any one time or for any single MP to reach 100 is so low that one of them must surely die before October 9. Therefore either Michael Shaw or Patrick Duffy will almost certainly die before their 100th birthday.Obviously as there is a lot longer before Shaws birthday he is most likely to die before he reaches 100. I predict Michael Shaw will die before the end of summer. Ronald Atkins and Patrick Duffy will probably follow not long after! Once again it seems my prediction was wrong and Michael Shaw will become one of 3 living British MPs to become a centenarian on friday .Does anyone know if this has ever happened before ? PS the next oldest is Jill Knight who is due to turn 100 in July 2023 so I doubt there'll be 4 alive at the same time, surely ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,165 Posted October 8, 2020 18 hours ago, CoffinLodger said: Once again it seems my prediction was wrong and Michael Shaw will become one of 3 living British MPs to become a centenarian on friday .Does anyone know if this has ever happened before ? PS the next oldest is Jill Knight who is due to turn 100 in July 2023 so I doubt there'll be 4 alive at the same time, surely ! Still time left. Don't tempt fate. Dame Jill (one of the authors of section 28) is a considerably more controversial figure than Messrs Atkins, Duffy and Shaw. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,696 Posted October 9, 2020 Former Somali prime minister Ali Galaydh dies at 78. Second somali PM to die this year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khalif_Galaydh Also here's some other Somali politicians who could kick the bucket soon: Umar Ghalib (b. 1930) former prime minister Ahmed Mohamoud (b. 1936) former president of Somaliland Ali Mahdi Muhammad (b. 1939) former president of Somalia Osman Jama Ali (b. 1941) former prime minister of Somalia, successor of Galaydh Mohammad Abdi Yusuf (b. 1941) former prime minister of Somalia Abdiqasim Salad (b. 1941) former president of Somalia, president during Galaydh, Jama Ali and Abdi Yusuf. Salim Aliyov Ibrow (b. 1942) acting prime minister during a transitional government 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted October 9, 2020 On 14/10/2017 at 15:53, Sir Creep said: PLO Ambassador to the U.S., Saeb Erekat, undergoes lung transplant surgery due to pulmonary fibrosis. 3-6 month recovery time....and always the threat of rejection. Right about time for 2018 rosters! SC Saeb Erekat now has the Coronavirus (with a transplanted lung): https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-plo-official-saeb-erekat-diagnosed-with-coronavirus/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,696 Posted October 12, 2020 Only living Counselor of State of Finland (If we don't count another corpse Paavo Lipponen) Riitta Uosukainen (b. 1942) appeared on the Arto Nyberg tv talk show a couple of days ago. Talked about her husband, Topi, and his Alzheimer's disease and how she can "notice bad people from their facial features" or something like that. She talked a lot but most of it didn't make much sense. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riitta_Uosukainen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,731 Posted October 14, 2020 Former President of Palau Kuniwo Nakamura has died, aged 76. Nakamura served as president from 1993 to 2001, as well as vice president from 1989 to 1993. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,576 Posted October 14, 2020 On 22/07/2020 at 23:15, alt obits guy said: Tom Mitchell has died a week shy of his 89th birthday. No obit yet, but an acknowledgement of his death by Sinn Fein: https://www.sinnfein.ie/contents/57489 Telegraph obit. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,923 Posted October 15, 2020 On 06/10/2020 at 05:54, Ulitzer95 said: That’s a different person, also called Mulayam Singh Yadav. The real Mulayam Singh Yadav now hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19. They say he has no symptoms, but he is not surely the picture of health... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted October 15, 2020 2 hours ago, drol said: The real Mulayam Singh Yadav now hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19. They say he has no symptoms, but he is not surely the picture of health... Hospitalised with no symptoms? Ummm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,582 Posted October 15, 2020 Jole Santelli, president of Calabria dies from cancer. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,582 Posted October 15, 2020 On 15/06/2020 at 13:18, YoungWillz said: SNP MP Amy Callaghan, who got rid of Jo Swinson in East Dunbartonshire, suffers brain haemorrhage, but is recovering: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-53049438 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,337 Posted October 16, 2020 On 15/06/2020 at 13:18, YoungWillz said: SNP MP Amy Callaghan, who got rid of Jo Swinson in East Dunbartonshire, suffers brain haemorrhage, but is recovering: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-53049438 SNP mp Amy Callaghan was discharged from hospital today 4 months after her haemorrhage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,923 Posted October 16, 2020 1 minute ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: SNP mp Amy Callaghan was discharged from hospital today 4 months after her haemorrhage. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dying Probably 578 Posted October 17, 2020 I can't find a thread for general MPs, so I made one, with the 99% chance that one already exists. This is for those people not big enough to have their own thread, like Bill Cash. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,923 Posted October 17, 2020 17 minutes ago, Dying Probably said: I can't find a thread for general MPs, so I made one, with the 99% chance that one already exists. This is for those people not big enough to have their own thread, like Bill Cash. Political Frailty? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,101 Posted October 17, 2020 Threads merged. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dying Probably 578 Posted October 17, 2020 *facepalm* as always. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted October 17, 2020 Former Zambian President Rupiah Banda has been diagnosed with colon cancer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 18, 2020 Stanley Schumacher, a former Speaker of the Alberta Legislature, has died. He was 87. Schumacher was a federal Canadian politician as a member of the Progressive Conservative party from 1968 to 1979. He stepped aside in '79 to allow party leader Joe Clark to run. Clark won his seat and became Prime Minister. Schumache ran provincially in 1986, winning his seat and serving as an MLA until 1997. He was a deputy Speaker before being elected as Speaker in 1993. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/stan-schumacher-death-1.5766918?cmp=rss 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,923 Posted October 18, 2020 On 06/10/2020 at 05:54, Ulitzer95 said: That’s a different person, also called Mulayam Singh Yadav. Now Darshan Singh Yadav dead at 90. The Reaper is doing like the Terminator in the first movie. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,696 Posted October 18, 2020 https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11600817 Marjatta Väänänen, a politician in Finland during dictator/president Kekkonen's presidency (served as minister of culture and minister of education in the 70s/80s) has died from a long term illness. A name probably everyone finn over the age of 50 recognizes. She was 97. One of the last members of the 70s-80s centrist group "Black dozen" in the parliament that opposed changes to Finland's foreign policy and were on "Kekkonen's side" who, however, already had advanced alzheimer's disease back then. This means there are only two members of the Black dozen (Musta tusina) alive, Taisto Tähkämaa (b. 1924, former defence minister and minister of agriculture and forestry) Heimo Linna (b. 1925, another former minister of agriculture and forestry) The liberal K-line has more living members: Seppo Sarlund (b. 1942, lobbyist) Paavo Väyrynen (b. 1946, perennial candidate for president and veteran politician) Mauri Pekkarinen (b. 1947, has held multiple positions in governments during the 2000s, now a MEP) Seppo Kääriäinen (b. 1948, former defence minister) Matti Vanhanen (b. 1955, current minister of finance. Has had some heart problems.) edit: Got them wrong, the K-line was on Kekkonen's side and the Black dozen opposed Kekkonen. Decaying brain Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,882 Posted October 18, 2020 On 09/10/2020 at 19:27, gcreptile said: Saeb Erekat now has the Coronavirus (with a transplanted lung): https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-plo-official-saeb-erekat-diagnosed-with-coronavirus/ Hospitalised Not surprising and not good given his circumstances Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CastAway 488 Posted October 18, 2020 René Felber, president of Switzerland in 1992, dead at 87: https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/lancien-conseiller-federal-rene-felber-decede 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JQW 281 Posted October 19, 2020 14 hours ago, CastAway said: René Felber, president of Switzerland in 1992, dead at 87: https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/lancien-conseiller-federal-rene-felber-decede He was not strictly the president in the usual sense. The effective head of state of Switzerland is a 7-person cross-party Federal Council, comprising of the heads of the seven Federal Departments (Finance, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs etc.). The President is selected from one of these members for a year - but has little power beyond chairing meetings and representing Switzerland abroad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted October 19, 2020 Lawyer and business executive Alan Stephenson Boyd. who served as president of Amtrak and was appointed by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson to the position of United States Secretary of Transportation died at 98 years: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/us/alan-boyd-dead.html 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
