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Wolfgang Petersen
director of Das Boot and Air Force One
dies aged 81

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/aug/16/wolfgang-petersen-dies-director-das-boot-air-force-one

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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@fmf said
Mikhail Gorbachev
Hugely unpopular and somewhat of a non-entity in his own country for the last 30 or so years, Gorbachev was instrumental in what many Russians, including the vastly more popular Putin, see as the geopolitical disaster and tragedy that was the breakup of the USSR.

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@fmf said
Hugely unpopular and somewhat of a non-entity in his own country for the last 30 or so years, Gorbachev was instrumental in what many Russians, including the vastly more popular Putin, see as the geopolitical disaster and tragedy that was the breakup of the USSR.
And the other 14 countries in the bloc see as regaining control of their own territories. It's all in the perspective.

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@Kewpie
Exactly.

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@fmf said
Mikhail Gorbachev
Truly, a man who needs no introduction.

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@suzianne said
Truly, a man who needs no introduction.
The same can be said about a lot of the people commemorated on this thread and yet we often say a few words or offer a perspective.

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Diana, Princess of Wales: 25 years ago today.

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@fmf said
Diana, Princess of Wales: 25 years ago today.
How time flies, eh?😲

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@fmf said
Mikhail Gorbachev

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Bill Turnbull, i think only those in UK who are early risers and maybe Wycombe fans will know

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@fmf said
[youtube]8P7xWNCbrQE[/youtube]
Yes, they also had a lot of nice things to say about him on the news last night which was very deserving.

-VR

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@sands-al said
Bill Turnbull, i think only those in UK who are early risers and maybe Wycombe fans will know
Always came across as a nice guy.

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Queen Elizabeth II

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Piet Schrijvers, Dutch goalkeeper for, amongst others, Ajax and the national team.

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