The world's longest-reigning monarch, from 1946, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, HS1A, passed away at Siriraj Hospital on Thursday, 13 October 2016.
He was born on 5 December 1927 in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA, and ascended to the Thai throne on 9 June 1946.
He received his advanced class amateur licence in 1989. Five years later, he became the Patron of the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST).
See RAST website, here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.qsl.net/rast/">http://www.qsl.net/rast/</a><!-- m -->
News on Southgate ARC, here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2016/october/king-bhumibol-adulyadej-hs1a-sk.htm#.WAAp2clp_1s">http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2016/o ... AAp2clp_1s</a><!-- m -->
World news obituary, here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-12002901">http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-12002901</a><!-- m -->