drol 12,124 Posted March 9 On 07/03/2024 at 12:14, time said: Son Myung-soon not been mentioned much apart from here, now dead, per Korea Times. Kim Ok-suk (wiki), 89 in September, is now the oldest South Korean first lady. Looked already very frail when her husband died in 2021. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,462 Posted April 27 Marge Mixson (Wiki), widow of Wayne Mixson, dead last December at the age of 96 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,385 Posted June 28 Rhonda Massie, the wife of current Republican Kentucky congressman Thomas Massie, has died. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-thomas-massie-announces-passing-his-wife-rhonda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Comped 534 Posted June 28 7 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Rhonda Massie, the wife of current Republican Kentucky congressman Thomas Massie, has died. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-thomas-massie-announces-passing-his-wife-rhonda Only 50, and with no cause of death immediately available... Quite sad. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,865 Posted July 3 Ashi Tsering Yangzom (Tessla Dorji), widow of Jigme Palden Dorji, Bhutan's first Prime Minister who was assasinated in 1964, dead at 100. Also the daughter of General Tsarong and the sister-in-law of Royal Grandmother Kesang Choden (94) and Ashi Tashi Dorji (100) 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,462 Posted October 12 On 15/09/2020 at 17:52, arghton said: Former president of Mali, Moussa Traoré has died. He was 83. https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20200915-mali-l-ancien-président-moussa-traoré-est-décédé Now his wife Mariam Sissoko (Wiki), First Lady of Mali, dead at 79 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,843 Posted December 4 On 12/08/2022 at 16:05, arghton said: From what I understand from this Alma Adamkiene was recently hospitalised again with an "virus of unknown origin", seemingly after that fall + head injury in June: https://www.tv3.lt/m/naujiena/gyvenimas/adamkus-atvere-sirdi-apie-zmonos-bukle-ja-rupinasi-1-ypatingas-asmuo-n1183243 Mostly bedbound and there's a "long way to recovery" How many First Ladies/Gentlemen left are there born in the 1920s or before? Marita Camacho Quirós (10 Mar 1911) First Lady of Costs Rica 1962-1966. First and only supercentenarian first lady. Franca Pilla (19 Dec 1920) First Lady of Italy 1999-2006. Lin Jiamei (21 June 1924) First Lady of China 1983-1988. Frail. Josefina Villalobos (5 Aug 1924) First Lady of Ecuador 1992-1996. Reuma Weizman (18 Aug 1925) First Lady of Israel 1993-2000. Rarely seen, frail Yaroslava Plaviuk (25 Mar 1926 - ca. 4 Mar 2023) In-Exile First Lady of Ukraine 1989-1992. Tseng Wen-hui (31 Mar 1926) First Lady of Taiwan 1988-2000. Frail/ill health? Amelita Ramos (29 Dec 1926) First Lady of the Philippines 1992-1998. Alma Adamkienė (10 Feb 1927 - 21 May 2023) First Lady of Lithuania 1998-2003 and 2004-2009. In ill health Rosalynn Carter (18 Aug 1927 - 19 November 2023) First Lady of the US 1977-1981. Frail Wang Yeping (12 Feb 1928) First Lady of China 1993-2003. Frail Emlain Kabua (Feb 1928 - 11 Apr 2023) First Lady of the Marshall Islands 1976-1996. Very frail. Aura Rosario Rosal López (12 May 1928 - 2021 OTR) First Lady of Guatemala 1983-1986. Aída Judith León (23 June 1928) First Lady of Ecuador 1972-1976. Tellervo Koivisto (2 January 1929) First Lady of Finland 1982-1994. Frail. Son Myung-soon (29 Jan 1929 - 7 March 2024) First Lady of South Korea 1993-1998. Was already very frail in 2018. Imelda Marcos (2 July 1929) First Lady of the Philippines 1965-1986. Fanta Singhateh (13 July 1929 - 11 May 2023) Debatably the First Lady of Gambia 1966-1970. These are not all, but probably nearly all od those with English wikipedia pages. A bit suprised that Son Myung-moon has seemingly never been mentioned here before, she was already wheelchairbound in 2015. Aída Judith León (wiki) died on 20th November aged 96. Not picked up by any media, but all over X, YouTube, Threads and Facebook. Death notice here. Post confirms that her husband, Guillermo Rodríguez, was alive aged 101 on 20th November. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,843 Posted December 4 And here's a photo of Guillermo Rodríguez at a memorial for her on 25th. Your thoughts on his longevity prospects please @drol? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,124 Posted December 4 He is fucking overdue. This year has been incredibly bad in terms of elder state leaders deaths. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,865 Posted December 4 Are there really no other First Ladies born 1927-1929 left than Yeping, Koivisto and Marcos? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,560 Posted December 4 1 hour ago, Ulitzer95 said: Aída Judith León (wiki) died on 20th November aged 96. Not picked up by any media, but all over X, YouTube, Threads and Facebook. Death notice here. Post confirms that her husband, Guillermo Rodríguez, was alive aged 101 on 20th November. A pick in the Scavenger Pool, assuming some sort of an obit appears. Surely she will get something other than social media posts. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,843 Posted December 4 4 hours ago, An Fear Beag said: A pick in the Scavenger Pool, assuming some sort of an obit appears. Surely she will get something other than social media posts. Doubt it. Obscure First Lady. It's been 2 weeks already – her country seem to be pretty divorced from her and her husband. They don't seem to pay them any attention. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
