Guest guest Posted November 1, 2015 Fred Thompson, former US senator and 2008 GOP candidate, 73. http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2015/11/01/former-us-sen-fred-thompson-dies-73/74752142/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,939 Posted November 2, 2015 Fred Thompson, former US senator and 2008 GOP candidate, 73. http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2015/11/01/former-us-sen-fred-thompson-dies-73/74752142/ More importantly, head of Dulles airport 25 years ago... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,293 Posted November 3, 2015 Ahmed Chalabi, who, for a second, was at the centre of world politics, trying to bring order to the Iraq clusterfuck after the Bush invasion (which he himself pushed for), has died of a heart attack at 70: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/03/us-iraq-chalabi-idUSKCN0SS0MW20151103 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,342 Posted November 5, 2015 Paul Rose, former MP for Manchester Blackley between 1964 and 1979 has died at 79. For some reason I found the entry under the Denis Healey thread first, apologies. http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=2457&p=240572 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,342 Posted November 5, 2015 Sir Gerry Neale, former Tory MP for North Cornwall from 1979 - 1992 has died at 74, cancer. Death Notice: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/196065/neale Edit: Subsequently struck off the Solicitors' Roll for fraud. Nice. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2310703.stm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,293 Posted November 6, 2015 Poland's former interior minister Czeslaw Kiszczak is dead at 90: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/05/us-poland-kiszczak-idUSKCN0SU2VQ20151105#grG4xFhc6xuOLOIG.97 He was involved in introducing martial law in Poland in the last decade of communism and cracked down on Solidarnosc. Just this year, he received a suspended 2-year prison sentence for that. At the end of the communist regime, he realized that his side had lost and was a transitional PM and negotiated with the opposition and Lech Walesa. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,025 Posted November 6, 2015 Poland's former interior minister Czeslaw Kiszczak is dead at 90: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/05/us-poland-kiszczak-idUSKCN0SU2VQ20151105#grG4xFhc6xuOLOIG.97 He was involved in introducing martial law in Poland in the last decade of communism and cracked down on Solidarnosc. Just this year, he received a suspended 2-year prison sentence for that. At the end of the communist regime, he realized that his side had lost and was a transitional PM and negotiated with the opposition and Lech Walesa. Might want to let Spade Cooley know http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8081&p=240618 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,342 Posted November 7, 2015 Yitzhak Navon, Israel's 5th President has died at 94. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Yitzhak-Navon-Israels-fifth-president-dies-at-the-age-of-94-432309 Edit: 3 DDP teams hit when the UK obit hits. Edit 2: Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3308259/Yitzhak-Navon-former-Israeli-president-dead-94.html Nice pic of him with Jimmy Carter there! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted November 7, 2015 Yitzhak Navon, Israel's 5th President has died at 94. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Yitzhak-Navon-Israels-fifth-president-dies-at-the-age-of-94-432309 Edit: 3 DDP teams hit when the UK obit hits. Edit 2: Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3308259/Yitzhak-Navon-former-Israeli-president-dead-94.html Nice pic of him with Jimmy Carter there! that leaves Shimon Peres as the oldest former Israeli PM and President..I'd put money on him making it to 100 though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuriedInCarolina 45 Posted November 11, 2015 Former NC Congressman Tim Valentine dies at age 89. http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/under-the-dome/article44180763.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,025 Posted November 11, 2015 Former NC Congressman Tim Valentine dies at age 89. http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/under-the-dome/article44180763.html I had no idea today was Valentine's Day! SC 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted November 13, 2015 The so called 'wise statesman of Yemen' , former PM Abd Alkrim ALIranyai has died http://www.yourmiddleeast.com/culture/the-wise-statesman-of-yemen-dies-abd-alkarim-aliryani_36566 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,939 Posted November 15, 2015 http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article4613859.ece Ian Greer at 82, he of the 'cash for queations' fame. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,939 Posted November 19, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-34865441 Peter Robinson stepping down . Heart attack earlier this year and subsequently more related problems. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,342 Posted November 21, 2015 Former President of South Korea, Kim Young-sam has died. He was 87 (would have been 88 in December). https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikitree.co.kr%2Fmain%2Fnews_view.php%3Fid%3D240376%26fb%3D1&edit-text= Edit: Here's a better English report: http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2015/11/22/0200000000AEN20151122000500315.html DDP entry so awaiting a QO. Daily Mail are first: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3328525/Hospital-official-Ex-SKorean-President-Kim-Young-sam-dies.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,294 Posted November 21, 2015 Scandal mired Nigerian politician Diezani Alison-Madueke, the current president of OPEC, is apparently suffering from cancer. She was arrested in the UK by the National Crime Agency earlier this year, who wanted to speak to her about bribery and money laundering, leading to rumours that she may be exaggerating her illness to avoid further legal action. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempus Fugit 212 Posted November 21, 2015 Scandal mired Nigerian politician Diezani Alison-Madueke, the current president of OPEC, is apparently suffering from cancer. She was arrested in the UK by the National Crime Agency earlier this year, who wanted to speak to her about bribery and money laundering, leading to rumours that she may be exaggerating her illness to avoid further legal action. The arrest was pure window dressing, this lady will never be put before a UK court. Too many people of power & influence would suffer embarrassment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,025 Posted November 24, 2015 Kenn Pearson, former Isle of Wight Labour parliamentary candidate, councillor and backbone of the local party, has died at the age of 75.SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,025 Posted November 24, 2015 Former Iloilo Gov. Niel Tupas Sr., 82, died early Tuesday morning due to lingering illness. Tupas Sr., who would have celebrated his birthday on Friday, had been confined at the hospital for about a month. He died at the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City around 1:35 a.m. Tuesday. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,293 Posted November 25, 2015 Henry S. Rowen, economist, policymaker and president of the RAND think tank when they produced the Pentagon Papers detailing the lies of the Johnson administration regarding the Vietnam War, has died at 90: http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_29138953/think-tank-leader-at-time-pentagon-papers-dies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,025 Posted November 25, 2015 Sam Mardian, former Mayor of Phoenix (AZ), 96. SC http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2015/11/25/former-phoenix-mayor-sam-mardian-dies-96/76319792/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,293 Posted November 26, 2015 Edwin Edwards, 88, lovably corrupt former governor of Louisiana hospitalised with pneunomia. But they expect him to recover: http://news.yahoo.com/ex-louisiana-governor-edwin-edwards-hospitalized-pneumonia-060527223.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,025 Posted November 28, 2015 Speaker of the House of the state of Virginia. Thomas Moss Jr., died Thursday after suffering a heart attack while visiting family in South Carolina. He was 87. Moss, a Democrat from Norfolk, entered Virginia's House of Delegates in 1966 and was a member for 36 years. He served as speaker from 1991 to 2000. He later became Norfolk city treasurer, a position he held for more than a decade. SC http://m.valdostadailytimes.com/news/national_international/former-virginia-house-speaker-norfolk-treasurer-dies-at/article_995585f7-dca6-5d64-9dcf-eeed246aca9c.html?mode=jqm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadsox 891 Posted November 28, 2015 Edwin Edwards, 88, lovably corrupt former governor of Louisiana hospitalised with pneunomia. But they expect him to recover: http://news.yahoo.com/ex-louisiana-governor-edwin-edwards-hospitalized-pneumonia-060527223.html Quite a phrase "lovably corrupt". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,025 Posted November 28, 2015 Edwin Edwards, 88, lovably corrupt former governor of Louisiana hospitalised with pneunomia. But they expect him to recover: http://news.yahoo.com/ex-louisiana-governor-edwin-edwards-hospitalized-pneumonia-060527223.htmlQuite a phrase "lovably corrupt". They do love him here in da bayou. He no sooner got out of federal prison than he was welcomed back with open arms and he wrote an autobiography that was an instant best seller, around these parts at least. SC http://www.edwinedwardsbooks.com And comments therein.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
