YoungWillz 21,044 Posted September 16, 2021 On 19/07/2017 at 22:48, gcreptile said: Booking photo of Dennis Hastert after 13 months of prison: http://wgntv.com/2017/07/19/wgn-obtains-booking-photo-of-former-house-speaker-dennis-hastert/ Must have lost half of his weight... Interesting that AP have decided to do a timeline on Dennis Hastert now: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-9995545/Timeline-events-Dennis-Hastert-s-life-career.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted September 16, 2021 Also, Gabon's third Prime Minister 1990-1994 and earliest one living, Casimir Oyé-Mba dead aged 79 from covid: http://www.news.cn/english/2021-09/16/c_1310191823.htm Prime Minister during President Omar Bongo's long tenure. Earliest one living is now Paulin Obame-Nguema, Oyé-Mba's successor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted September 16, 2021 51 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Interesting that AP have decided to do a timeline on Dennis Hastert now: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-9995545/Timeline-events-Dennis-Hastert-s-life-career.html Apparently there was an out-of-court settlement yesterday regarding the assault allegations. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,615 Posted September 16, 2021 Ok, said I'd take a look at this and it's not a perfect list by any means but here are the surviving heads of state and government from the Cold War (12 March 1947 – 26 December 1991). I've stuck to the main participants of the Cold War as defined on this Wiki page (i.e. the Eastern and Western Blocs), as opposed to spreading this too thinly and covering every single country who played a role in an event(s) of the period. Western Bloc Australia Elizabeth II (b. 1926) Paul Keating (b. 1944) Belgium Mark Eyskens (b. 1933) Canada Elizabeth II (b. 1926) Joe Clark (b. 1939) Brian Mulroney (b. 1939) Denmark Margrethe II (b. 1940) France Laurent Fabius (b. 1946) Édith Cresson (b. 1934) Greece Constantine II (b. 1940) Christos Sartzetakis (b. 1929) Iceland Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (b. 1930) Porsteinn Palsson (b. 1947) Davíd Oddsson (b. 1948) Iran Ali Khamenei (b. 1939) Abolhassan Banisadr (b. 1933) Mir-Hossein Mousavi (b. 1942) Iraq NONE Italy Arnaldo Forlani (b. 1925) Ciriaco De Mita (b. 1928) Luxembourg Jacques Santer (b. 1937) The Netherlands Beatrix (b. 1938) Dries van Agt (b. 1931) New Zealand Elizabeth II (b. 1926) Geoffrey Palmer (b. 1942) Jim Bolger (b. 1935) Norway Harald V (b. 1937) Gro Harlem Brundtland (b. 1939) Kåre Willoch (b. 1928) Pakistan Elizabeth II (b. 1926) Nawaz Sharif (b. 1949) Philippines NONE Portugal António Ramalho Eanes (b. 1935) Francisco Pinto Balsemão (b. 1937) Aníbal Cavaco Silva (b. 1939) Spain Juan Carlos I (b. 1938) Felipe González (b. 1942) Thailand Thanin Kraivichien (b. 1927) Anand Panyarachun (b. 1932) Turkey NONE United Kingdom Elizabeth II (b. 1926) John Major (b. 1943) United States Jimmy Carter (b. 1924) West Germany NONE Eastern Bloc Albania Fatos Nano (b. 1952) Ylli Bufi (b. 1948) Vilson Ahmeti (b. 1951) Bulgaria Georgi Atanasov (b. 1933) Philip Dimitrov (b. 1955) Byelorussia Nikolay Slyunkov (b. 1929) Yefrem Sokolov (b. 1926) Stanislav Shushkevich (b. 1934) Czechoslovakia Karel Urbánek (b. 1941) Lubomír Štrougal (b. 1924) Marián Čalfa (b. 1946) East Germany Egon Krenz (b. 1937) Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (b. 1946) Hans Modrow (b. 1928) Lothar de Maizière (b. 1940) Hungary Mátyás Szurös (b. 1933) Poland Lech Wałesa (b. 1943) Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (b. 1951) Romania Ion Iliescu (b. 1930) Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev (b. 1931) Nikolai Ryzhkov (b. 1929) Ivan Silayev (b. 1930) Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk (b. 1934) Vitold Fokin (b. 1932) ------------------- It seems like a long list, but it's really not when you consider that 95% of Cold War leaders are dead. Romania, West Germany, Turkey, the Philippines and Iraq are the only countries with no survivors. The USA to be the next? 41 names remaining. 1 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,327 Posted September 16, 2021 Great list. Didn't realise John Major was 97 though ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,615 Posted September 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, Sean said: Great list. Didn't realise John Major was 97 though ! Good spot! Fixed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlotte's Controller 195 Posted September 16, 2021 Excellent list, Elizabeth II still cool. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted September 16, 2021 https://www.naijatalkzone.com/breaking-former-deputy-minister-hlengiwe-mkhize-dies-at-69/ Hlengiwe Mkhize, two-time minister in Jacob Zuma's second cabinet (2014-2018) dead aged 69. Third minister of Zuma's second cabinet to die (42 in total including Zuma and former Deputy Pres Ramaphosa), the other dead ones being public service and administration minister Collins Chabane (1960-2015, traffic accident) and environmental affairs minister Edna Molewa (1957-2018, unknown virus) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted September 18, 2021 On 16/12/2005 at 21:39, Guest Goldeneye-69 said: Thursday, September 15th: PARIS (AFP) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has been hospitalised in Paris for over a fortnight, "likely" has stomach cancer, a leading French doctor said based on a description of his symptons. "It is very hard to make a diagnosis. If it is true that he first suffered gastrointestinal blood loss, then it is likely to be stomach cancer," Bernard Debre, head of the urology department at Paris's Cochin hospital, siad Thursday. "I say likely, because I cannot see what else it could be," the doctor, who did not personally examine Bouteflika, told France Inter radio. The 68-year-old Algerian leader was operated for a "bleeding stomach ulcer", according to a medical statement issued on December 5 -- the only official information about his condition since he was hospitalised on November 26. Algerian officials have since said Bouteflika was recovering normally in hospital, but there has been worried speculation that his condition may be more serious than publicly admitted. It's over. It's finally over. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted September 18, 2021 Bouteflika was both the earliest UN General Assembly President (1974) and the earliest Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria (1963-1979) The earliest UN General Assembly President is now Tanzania's Salim Ahmed Salim (1942-, in 1979) with the second-earliest being Guyana's Rudy Insanally (1936-, 1993) Diplomat Rudy Insanally and the trouble spots on his head Earliest Algerian Foreign Affairs Minister is now Dr. Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi (1932-, 1982-1988) and the second-earliest being Sid Ahmed Ghozali (1937-, 1989-1991) Other news that I'll just edit here: Two-time Paraguay-USA ambassador (2005-2012 and 2015-2020) Carlos Giannelli dead at 73 from heart attack... Polish longtime politician and trade unionist Alfred Miodowicz dead at 92... Japanese house of representatives member Wataru Takeshita is no more due to esophageal cancer. He was 74... Howard Quayle, 54-year old Isle of Man Chief Minister has had a stroke... New pictures of 93-year old Estonian politician Arnold Ruutel. He looks great, can still stand. Jussi Halla-aho, 50-year old Finnish populist politician known from a racist blog and always looking unwell has been on a sick leave from the parliament for a month. Also, Amrullah Saleh's (Panjshir resistance President) uncle has been executed by Taliban. Out of North America's heads of state in 2010, only three out of the seven (three out of eight if you count the Sahrawi ADR) are still alive. These are Morocco's king who sometimes has heart surgeries, Sudan's Omar al-Bashir who will soon be sent to the Hague and Mauritania's corruption-charged Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz who was wounded in an assasination attempt in 2012. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted September 19, 2021 On 20/10/2020 at 13:02, arghton said: There are multiple Finnish parliament members who served/born before 1928: Pentti Poutanen (b. 1922) Parliament member 1970-1987 Pekka Haarla (b. 1923) Consul, Parliament member 1966-1972 Artturi Niemelä (1923-2021) Parliament member 1970-1975 Sinikka Luja-Penttilä (b. 1924) Mentioned above, parliament member 1966-1983. Didn't serve Taisto Tähkämaa (b. 1924) Mentioned above, parliament member 1970-1991 Ele Alenius (b. 1925) Mentioned above, parliament member 1966-1972 Jutta Zilliacus (b. 1925) Parliament member 1975-1987. Didn't serve. Väinö Vilponiemi (b. 1925) Parliament member 1962-1975. Heimo Linna (b. 1925) Mentioned above, parliament member 1966-1987. Heikki Hasu (b. 1926) Olympic gold medalist, parliament member 1962-1966 and 1967-1970. Anna-Liisa Hyvönen (b. 1926) Parliament member 1972-1980. Didn't serve. Carl Olof Tallgren (b. 1927) Mentioned above, parliament member 1961-1975. Irma Rosnell (b. 1927) Parliament member 1954-1987. Didn't serve. Sauli Hautala (b. 1927) Parliament member 1975-1983 and 1987-1991. Pirkko Ikonen (b. 1927) Parliament member 1983-1991. Didn't serve. Elsi Hetemäki-Olander (b. 1927) Parliament member 1970-1991. Didn't serve. Ensio Laine (1927-2021) Parliament member 1968-1995. Oili Suomi (b. 1927) Parliament member 1970-1972 and 1977-1979. Didn't serve. Pekka Haarla dead aged 98: https://www.aamulehti.fi/ihmiset/art-2000008272600.html Earliest living parliament member Rosnell seems to be very frail. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted September 19, 2021 Steve Davisson, an Indiana State Representative, has died. He was 63. He missed the last part of the most recent session while battling cancer. https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/indiana-state-rep-steve-davisson-dies-at-63 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted September 19, 2021 Madison Cawthorne, the young Republican congressman of Generation Trump in a wheelchair, has been battling significant health issues lately: https://eu.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2021/09/18/rep-madison-cawthorn-tweeted-battling-significant-medical-problems/8399156002/ It's not Covid, but directly related to the accident that put him in a wheelchair. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted September 19, 2021 James Bilbray, a Nevada Democrat who served four terms in Congress, has died. He was 83. https://foxreno.com/news/local/former-nevada-congressman-james-bilbray-has-died-at-age-83 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,615 Posted September 20, 2021 12 hours ago, gcreptile said: Madison Cawthorne, the young Republican congressman of Generation Trump in a wheelchair, has been battling significant health issues lately: https://eu.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2021/09/18/rep-madison-cawthorn-tweeted-battling-significant-medical-problems/8399156002/ It's not Covid, but directly related to the accident that put him in a wheelchair. Trumper or not, I'm still praying for a full recovery on this one. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted September 20, 2021 Accused of sexual assault by multiple of his classmates and people who were in the same college. I'm not praying for the guy. In other news, Filipino politician Dinky Soliman has died: https://www.rappler.com/nation/former-dswd-secretary-dinky-soliman-dies Cause of death was heart failure and renal failure complications, had covid last month and already looked frail and slim in June in Benigno Aquino III's funeral. She was 68. Lots of deaths from the Philippines lately...nonagenarians Imelda Marcos (frail and in a wheelchair for years, "atleast seven ailments" in 2019), Cesar Virata (last living prime minister whose tenure was during the Marcos dictatorship, stroke+covid+pneumonia in April 2020), Fidel Ramos (has lost weight recently and sometimes does not attend events due to poor health, however in good health compared to the two above) and of course Juan Ponce Enrile (will never die, 98 next year and hopes that he will reach 110) are all still living but for how long? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted September 20, 2021 5 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Trumper or not, I'm still praying for a full recovery on this one. I'm not he fucking sucks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,615 Posted September 20, 2021 Seems to be an epic humour fail going on here amongst some of our more pedantic users. I'm not bothered about another tiresome debate about politics or harassment allegations folks. I was just making a jestful and shallow comment on the aesthetics of the man. For the love of god, lighten up some of you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,466 Posted September 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Ulitzer95 said: Seems to be an epic humour fail going on here amongst some of our more pedantic users. I'm not bothered about another tiresome debate about politics or harassment allegations folks. I was just making a jestful and shallow comment on the aesthetics of the man. For the love of god, lighten up some of you. This makes me feel a bit better about the intended audience for my intended joke reply: 9 minutes ago, Banana said: I'm not he fucking sucks Yes, I think that's what the original post was hoping! 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted September 20, 2021 Seems to be an epic humour fail going on here amongst some of our more pedantic users. I'm not bothered about another tiresome debate about politics or harassment allegations folks. I was just making a jestful and shallow comment on the aesthetics of the man. For the love of god, lighten up some of you. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted September 20, 2021 President of European Parliament David Sassoli hospitalised with non-COVID pneumonia. Rumours around he is suffering from some serious illness lately. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted September 20, 2021 If Sassoli died now, he would be outlived by 10 of his predecessors all older than him. Sassoli is 65, not exactly young either but there are three octogenarian former European Parliament Presidents (Jerzy Buzek aged 81, Klaus Hänsch aged 82 and José María Gil-Robles aged 86) and one nonagenarian (Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb aged 96. Only Briton to ever hold this post) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,887 Posted September 20, 2021 Oh God I really shouldn't have searched his name on Twitter. Covid deniers having a field day despite it not being Covid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted September 21, 2021 On 02/08/2021 at 20:14, drol said: Tantawi not dead, but "in a stable condition" after an Egyptian MP asked to "pray for him" on Twitter. Now he is dead: https://www.arabnews.com/node/1932671/middle-east Morsi died in 2019, Mubarak in 2020, Tantawi in 2021. Adly Mansour and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi 2022 and 2023? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,737 Posted September 21, 2021 On 04/08/2021 at 00:54, arghton said: Paulias Matane will be 90 later this year, looked very frail on his 89th: Paulias Matane (Governor-General of Papua New Guinea 2004-2010) is 90 today. Picture is from the 2nd of September. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
