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Thread for Sonia Gandhi, born Edvige Antonia Albina "Sonia" Maino, 71 years old as of March 2018.

 

Born in Italy, she studied in Cambridge where she met Rajiv Gandhi, son of Indira Gandhi.  He had an early death via suicide bomber, so Sonia then became the de facto head of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty while her two children grew up.

She led the Congess Party for almost 20 years and then gave the chairmanship to her son.

 

She had a couple of health problems in the past years, most critically, surgery for cervical cancer in 2011.

The Political Frailty thread also counts her multiple hospitalizations since then:

March 2018: https://scroll.in/latest/873033/sonia-gandhi-flown-to-delhi-after-falling-ill-during-visit-to-shimla

Octobre 2017: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sonia-gandhi-moved-to-delhi-hospital-from-shimla-1768018

May 2017: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/sonia-gandhi-in-hospital-for-food-poisoning-4648609/

November 2016: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/congress-chief-sonia-gandhi-hospitalised-in-delhi-1631641

August 2016: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Sonia-Gandhi-back-in-hospital/article14576189.ece

December 2014: http://www.firstpost.com/politics/congress-chief-sonia-gandhi-admitted-to-hospital-for-respiratory-tract-infection-1856355.html

August 2013: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/10267187/Sonia-Gandhi-hospitalised.html

 

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Good thread. B) As one of the leading politicians in the 7th largest country in the world, and someone with a long history of ailments, she's certainly one to keep a closer eye on.

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1 hour ago, gcreptile said:

Typical Spade Cooley trivia:

 

Did you know that one member of the Nehru-Gandhi family was a guitarist and songwriter for "Mmm Bop" Hanson?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Hutheesing

 

Did you know the actor Cliff Robertson was a keen private pilot and was actually flying above the World Trade Center when the 9/11 attacks happened? 

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Also, in the 1990 football season, the only white player in Zimbabwe's top-flight was Elizabeth Shue's brother.

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31 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

 

Did you know the actor Cliff Robertson was a keen private pilot and was actually flying above the World Trade Center when the 9/11 attacks happened? 

No, tell me more!

 

Edit: I see you just did!

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4 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said:

 

Did you know the actor Cliff Robertson was a keen private pilot and was actually flying above the World Trade Center when the 9/11 attacks happened? 

Had he died 1 day later, that would have been the 10th anniversary of this event. Had he died 1 day earlier, that would have been on his birthday.

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25 minutes ago, time said:

Had he died 1 day later, that would have been the 10th anniversary of this event. Had he died 1 day earlier, that would have been on his birthday.

Hadn't he married his first wife, then he wouldn't have been the stepfather of Jack Lemmon's son. Hadn't he married his second wife, then he wouldn't have lived in Donald Trump's future house Mar-a-Lago. 

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What a fascinating person!

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One of two Batman 66 villains to have won Best Actor at the Oscars (the other is Art Carney, who won in 1974. Of course, the following year Best Actor was won by another man who'd go on to play a Batman villain, Jack Nicholson).

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Anagram trivia:

Sonia Ghandi = Shag on India

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2 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

Anagram trivia:

Sonia Ghandi = Shag On India

 

 Andi is no hag

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Already discharged.

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Hospitalised with COVID complications.

 

Apparently nothing serious.

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A lucky and quite suspicious time to be hospitalised.

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