R&P R.I.P. The thread of death

[Isgrimnur]

Silvio Berlusconi: former Italian prime minister has died at 86

Berlusconi, Italy's longest-serving premier who counted Russian President Vladimir Putin as a friend and gained notoriety for his "bunga bunga" sex parties, had suffered from leukaemia and recently developed a lung infection.

He died at Milan's San Raffaele hospital, where he was admitted on Friday. Four of his five children and his brother Paolo were at his bedside, ANSA reported shortly before his death was announced.

A state funeral will be held in Milan on Wednesday.

[Holman]

Goddammit don't start a thread like this without putting "NOT Jimmy Carter" in the title.

[Isgrimnur]

Like he doesn’t get his own thread.

[Jaymann]

Like he doesn’t get his own thread.

Holman wants to keep the threads tight.

[Isgrimnur]

History-making whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg has died at 92

In March, Ellsberg posted on his Facebook page that doctors diagnosed him with inoperable pancreatic cancer on Feb. 17 following a CT scan and MRI.

In the statement, Ellsberg family said that in the months since the diagnosis, "he continued to speak out urgently to the media about nuclear dangers, especially the danger of nuclear war posed by the Ukraine war and Taiwan."

[Isgrimnur]

Former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, Black Democratic trailblazer, dies at 88

A towering Dallas political figure — once a nurse, state legislator and congresswoman — Johnson was the dean of the Texas Congressional delegation before retiring from office in 2022. She proved effective at her work due to her long tenure serving in the U.S. House — nearly 30 years at the time of her passing — and a pragmatist streak that made her open to working with Republicans.

[Isgrimnur]

Rep. Sylvester Turner, a Texas Democrat, dies at 70

First-term Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, died Tuesday night after suffering a medical emergency, according to two House Democratic lawmakers who were informed of his death. He was 70 years old and had just taken the oath of office in January.
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Turner was elected to Congress in November and served as mayor of Houston from 2016 to 2024. Before that he served more than a quarter century as a state lawmaker.

When longtime Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, died of pancreatic cancer in July of last year, Turner, an ally of the congresswoman, announced he would run for her seat