Mikhail Gorbachev  .

And a sadly mistaken choice by the Reaper. If he wanted a Muscovite premier....

 

A good age though

Quote from: FierceKitty on 31 August 2022, 06:30:27 AMAnd a sadly mistaken choice by the Reaper. If he wanted a Muscovite premier....

Totally agree

QuoteAnd a sadly mistaken choice by the Reaper. If he wanted a Muscovite premier....

Dying in the wrong order. (as they say in some popular culture references)

Not if you are a Russian, they wish the scythe had swung c1988.

But a decent man - though worth remembering he didn't want the end of the USSR or the separation of Belarus and Ukraine. Yeltsin, Kravchuk and Shushkevich did that in an opportunistic power grab against his wishes.

No state funeral for Misha I'm afraid.

QuoteAnd a sadly mistaken choice by the Reaper. If he wanted a Muscovite premier....

Give him time....

Quote from: DecemDave on 31 August 2022, 02:59:04 PMGive him time....

Yes but the reaper comes for us all eventually, we need him to come for Putin sooner rather than later.

Bill Turnbull, broadcaster, aged 66  . Hopefully many more men got tested for prostate cancer as a result of his diagnosis and being very open about it all.

Awww....

Sad. Nice bloke and he was younger than me! 

Paul

Quote from: Steve J on 01 September 2022, 08:15:34 AMHopefully many more men got tested for prostate cancer as a result of his diagnosis.

There is no routine testing for prostate cancer, as there is with breast cancer. Useful information here https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/prostate-cancer/#:~:text=PSA%20testing,as%20results%20can%20be%20unreliable.
If you get any of the symptoms see your GP.  It is probably something else but don't ignore them.   
 

Been there..had the probe, and the stabby pain...Five or more years ago..Fortuneately no problem...

Yes, all a bit undignified isn't it.