Spade_Cooley 9,001 Posted October 21, 2016 Obviously wanking yourself to death with an orange in your mouth and stockings on is the classic MP death, but does anyone know of any other interesting ways members of parliament have left this mortal coil? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,712 Posted October 21, 2016 Former Glasgow MP Tam McMillan died after falling off a bus in 1980 (though I feel there was a lot left out from the public there). His successor later died, while an MP, of a heart attack on a London tube after a jog, and his successor was jailed for wilful fire raising. Otherwise, Evan Durbin drowned trying to rescue his own daughter from drowning, and Walter Smiles died in a ferry sinking. Going considerably further back, we've got William Huskisson being run over by a train in 1830, and I'm pretty sure MPs died in duels in the 1800s, but that's stretching things considerably. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 7,939 Posted October 24, 2016 Tom Hayden, activist, one of the Chicago 7 (and Jane Fonda's ex) dies aged 76. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Weebl 216 Posted October 24, 2016 Beat me to it ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,948 Posted October 25, 2016 Former President of Uruguay, Jorge Batlle, dies at 88. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3869194/Former-Uruguayan-President-Jorge-Batlle-dies-88.html DDP hit for Sir Candy's All Stars. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guylevesque 18 Posted October 25, 2016 edit: beat me to it ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,948 Posted October 25, 2016 edit: beat me to it ! Sorry my friend! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted October 25, 2016 Former Alabama Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley has passed away at the age of 78. SC http://www.alabamanews.net/2016/10/14/former-alabama-lt-gov-lucy-baxley-dies-age-78/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 25, 2016 Former President of Uruguay, Jorge Batlle, dies at 88. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3869194/Former-Uruguayan-President-Jorge-Batlle-dies-88.html DDP hit for Sir Candy's All Stars. A day shy of the birthday bonus. Ouch... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 7,939 Posted October 26, 2016 MP Nick Boles reveals a cancerous tumour has been found in his head. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 584 Posted October 27, 2016 Won't make the nationals but has been mentioned on here before - Sarah Smith, Lib Dem candidate for Dover & Deal, has died of ovarian cancer aged 52 Really sad news. She was a lovely woman. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,028 Posted October 29, 2016 Former Cambodian prime Minister Pen Sovan is dead at 80. Gives us hope for Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan. http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/cambodian-former-pm-dies-at-80-116102900572_1.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,246 Posted October 29, 2016 The post invasion PM of Grenada Nicholas Braithwaite has died at 91 http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Former-Grenadian-PM-Nicholas-Brathwaite-dies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,211 Posted October 31, 2016 Former Massachusetts Speaker of the House Salvatore Di Masi on his way out: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/herald_bulldog/2016/10/hearing_tomorrow_on_dimasis_appeal_to_be_let_out_of Same fame level as Thomas Libous, who failed to obit for the DDP, so it's a gamble. (He's on OoO's farewell list, by the way.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,028 Posted November 1, 2016 Tina Anselmi, first Italian woman to become Minister, died today aged 89. Forgive me, but I could not stand her. http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2016/11/01/news/morta_tina_anselmi-151062213/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,948 Posted November 3, 2016 Clive Derby-Lewis dead. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-apartheid-idUSKBN12Y1RK?il=0 Tiny points for my Deathrace team... Edit: Daily Mail for the DDP: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3901640/Notorious-apartheid-killer-dies-Pretoria-hospital.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,712 Posted November 3, 2016 Good lord, he actually died? 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,948 Posted November 3, 2016 Good lord, he actually died? Surprised he lasted so long, I was pretty sure he was terminal, thought he was a definite for the first rather than the last quarter of this year. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,712 Posted November 3, 2016 Good lord, he actually died? Surprised he lasted so long, I was pretty sure he was terminal, thought he was a definite for the first rather than the last quarter of this year. He'd been doing his "I'm totally dying, take pity" thing for so long (at least six/seven years now) one's cynicism had been breached. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,001 Posted November 3, 2016 Lynne Stewart on alert? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,712 Posted November 3, 2016 And the chap with all the Ss and Js in his name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiroemonKimura 95 Posted November 3, 2016 Clive Derby-Lewis dead. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-apartheid-idUSKBN12Y1RK?il=0 Tiny points for my Deathrace team... Edit: Daily Mail for the DDP: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3901640/Notorious-apartheid-killer-dies-Pretoria-hospital.html Finally 2016 is being kinder to us. Never been so happy since Zsa Zsa croaked it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,118 Posted November 3, 2016 Clive Derby-Lewis dead. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-apartheid-idUSKBN12Y1RK?il=0 Tiny points for my Deathrace team... Edit: Daily Mail for the DDP: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3901640/Notorious-apartheid-killer-dies-Pretoria-hospital.html Finally 2016 is being kinder to us. Never been so happy since Zsa Zsa croaked it.Wait. Zsa Zsa is dead? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,933 Posted November 3, 2016 That's a massive score in the Hares pool, pretty sure somebody had him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,361 Posted November 3, 2016 Hard to believe that actually happened. Good riddance, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
