YoungWillz 21,050 Posted April 30, 2019 Betty Lockwood, Baroness Lockwood, Labour Party activist and equal opportunities campaigner, died yesterday aged 95, according to the list of Retired Lords on the Parliament website. https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/lords/retired-lords/ Also this: Lords Hansard for today not up yet, but probably announced in the chamber today, or tomorrow. They are good at that sort of thing. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted April 30, 2019 Announcement of Betty Lockwood's death in the chamber: https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2019-04-30/debates/891B5947-3B07-4B2E-A7E7-B8A173E2CA98/DeathOfAFormerMemberBaronessLockwood Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted May 20, 2019 Make of this Twitter report of Milton Born With A Tooth's death what you will: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted June 14, 2019 Obituary of Rothwell Kentish, one of the Mangrove 9 along with amongst others Darcus Howe: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/14/roddy-kentish-obituary Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted June 22, 2019 So close..... She didn't die but it was a close one. A gun activist who runs a facebook site on gun sense faces a second-degree misdemeanor charge for not properly storing her (legally owned) gun. Her four-year old son got a hold of it on the back seat of her car and shot her by accident... Edit: Dammit, it was an old article. Sorry about that, but it she deserved some karma points. The reason for posting this was that this article was at the bottom of another sad story about domestic violence. A woman in an (ending) abusive relationship faces burglary charges. Her husband was in jail due to the fact he tried to run her over with a car. She feared for her life, and the lives of her children given his violence and abuse towards her. While he was in jail, a judge granted her a temporary restraining order against her hisband, and "as part of the pre-trial release conditions, Joseph Irby was ordered not to use, possess or carry any weapons or ammunition." So, knowing he owned these guns, while he was in jail, she took his guns and immediately brought them to the police for safekeeping, so that he wouldn't have access to them once he got out of jail. Read the rest of the story here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted June 24, 2019 Times Obit for Alan Stuart, one of the four Scottish students who attempted the repatriation of the Stone of Destiny to Scotland in 1950: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/alan-stuart-fp32zqct7 Incidentally, I saw a talking head with Ian Hamilton earlier this year, and although he's still upright, he's looking like a near possibility. He's the last survivor. Edit: Just checked the Scottish obits, Stuart died back in March. Those obits do eventually come... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,976 Posted June 28, 2019 Ah damn, Willie Frazer, founder of Families Acting for Innocent Relatives, dies: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-48705602 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,530 Posted June 28, 2019 Misses the chance to be the joker for both teams in next month's Cup Final. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted June 28, 2019 42 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Misses the chance to be the joker for both teams in next month's Cup Final. That’s strange I never heard of him Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted June 28, 2019 5 hours ago, gcreptile said: Ah damn, Willie Frazer, founder of Families Acting for Innocent Relatives, dies: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-48705602 That’s not FAIR! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 7, 2019 Toronto-based disability advocate and former CBC Radio producer Ing Wong-Ward has died of complications from colon cancer. Wong-Ward’s husband, Tim Wong-Ward, announced his wife’s death in a series of tweets from her verified account Saturday morning. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted July 11, 2019 Chinese rights activist and sometime pool pick Ji Sizun apparently dead from cancer: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-death-07102019113636.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 11, 2019 Jesus.... where was this carnage last month? Could have had Cup teams reboot their leftovers ffs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 10, 2019 Steve Sawyer, a former executive director of Greenpeace International who narrowly averted injury in 1985 when the environmental group’s ship Rainbow Warrior was sunk by sabotage in New Zealand, died July 31 at a hospital in Amsterdam. He was 63. The cause was lung cancer, Greenpeace said in a statement. The American-born Mr. Sawyer was an Amsterdam resident. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted November 6, 2019 James Stern, a black activist who took over a Neo-Nazi with the intent on destroying it, has died. He was 55. Stern died October 11th but his death was seemingly first reported on November 5th. https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/05/us/james-stern-neo-nazi-group-leader-dies/index.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 9, 2019 W. George Allen, a hugely influential figure in Broward history and its black community, has died, his family confirmed Thursday. He was 83. In 1962, Allen became the first African-American to graduate from the University of Florida. U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings was Allen’s law partner and worked with him on lawsuits dealing with segregation and other civil rights matters. Legal partners dying days apart! SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,728 Posted December 20, 2019 Activist and social worker Sir Fazle Abed, who was the founder of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) dead at 83 years: https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/sir-fazle-hasan-abed-passes-away-dhaka-1842982 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,435 Posted January 3, 2020 Greta Thunberg is 17 today! Presumably no confetti or party hats involved. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,726 Posted January 3, 2020 28 minutes ago, Clorox Bleachman said: Greta Thunberg is 17 today! Presumably no confetti or party hats involved. Oh she won’t be pickable next year either then. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Etushispushingupdaisies 136 Posted January 3, 2020 31 minutes ago, Clorox Bleachman said: Greta Thunberg is 17 today! Presumably no confetti or party hats involved. "How dare you?!" 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,329 Posted January 3, 2020 33 minutes ago, Clorox Bleachman said: Greta Thunberg is 17 today! Presumably no confetti or party hats involved. I bet her party will be as fun as a wake.I cannot stand her self righteous demeanour.She reminds me of a Jehovah's witness.Could suck the joy out of anything.Much in the same way as Mary Whitehouse. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,141 Posted January 3, 2020 It still baffles me that people are impressed that she persuaded lots of kids not to go to school. Surely most kids would jump at any excuse. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,728 Posted February 17, 2020 Activist Owen Bieber, who served as president of the United Auto Workers union during the 1980s and 1990s, dead at 90 years: https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/02/17/former-uaw-president-owen-bieber-dies-at-90/ 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 18, 2020 14 hours ago, TomTomTelekom said: Activist Owen Bieber, who served as president of the United Auto Workers union during the 1980s and 1990s, dead at 90 years: https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/02/17/former-uaw-president-owen-bieber-dies-at-90/ really belonged in Union people thread imho. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 25, 2020 Dulat Agadil, a Kazakh anti-government activist, has died in police detention. He was in his early 40s. https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/politics-news-pmn/kazakh-opposition-activist-dies-in-detentionDulat Agadil 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
