RIP Malcolm

[Neferti]

Malcolm Fraser has passed on.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-20/m ... ss/6334620

[Rorschach]

Good riddance to the man who gave us Multiculti, whose senility in later years turned him into a puppet of the Greens and the Progressive Left.

[Black Orchid]

I am not sure why all the news channels yesterday were referring to it as a "shock death". He was turning 85 in a few weeks. That's a good long life. Not to be callous but that's what old people do. They pass on.

[Neferti]

I saw it listed (in several threads) over at OzPol yesterday and was waiting for someone to post it here. Nobody did, so I figured the poor old bloke should be remembered at PA, he was one of our Prime Ministers, after all, whether you liked him or not.

Yes, 84 is a fine age and apparently he hadn't been sick, so it was just his "time".

Canberra Times has several bits about him.

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal ... m46kd.html

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal ... m401r.html

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal ... m43o0.html

Even something about the Fraser's former Canberra home being on the market.

http://news.domain.com.au/domain/real-e ... m3tq8.html

[Redneck]

I am not sure why all the news channels yesterday were referring to it as a "shock death". He was turning 85 in a few weeks. That's a good long life. Not to be callous but that's what old people do. They pass on.

I think the shock bit was it wasnt expected, anyway as you thats a good long life.

I disliked the man intesely for years after the Whitlam /Kerr affair but recognised his humanitarism in later life.

[Black Orchid]

I am not sure why all the news channels yesterday were referring to it as a "shock death". He was turning 85 in a few weeks. That's a good long life. Not to be callous but that's what old people do. They pass on.

I think the shock bit was it wasnt expected, anyway as you thats a good long life.

I disliked the man intesely for years after the Whitlam /Kerr affair but recognised his humanitarism in later life.

"Sudden death" would be more apt maybe? Passing on at almost 85 isn't really a shock.

[skippy]

I am not sure why all the news channels yesterday were referring to it as a "shock death". He was turning 85 in a few weeks. That's a good long life. Not to be callous but that's what old people do. They pass on.

I think the shock bit was it wasnt expected, anyway as you thats a good long life.

I disliked the man intesely for years after the Whitlam /Kerr affair but recognised his humanitarism in later life.

Ditto.
My sentiments exactly.
RIP Malcolm.

[IQS.RLOW]

Malcolm's best years were dragging killing Gough before he destroyed the country.

He should have died around 1981. He offered nothing since then.

[Super Nova]

R.I.P Malcolm,

I don't remember what he did after the double disillusion that led to Whitlam's dismissal.

[AiA in Atlanta]

To die suddenly at an advanced age without illness? If only we all should be so fortunate. Recently here in the States there was a 49 year old female news reporter who dropped dead suddenly while on the job. Everyone called it tragic. I didn't see anything tragic at all about it. She died without pain doing what she loved. Had she suffered with breast cancer for 8 years before dying from the effects of chemo and radiation ...yeah, I'd call that tragic.