They used to be on the deathist together in 2015, and while only Schmidt died, Kohl also had some "close calls" that year. (And at 87, he was almost a noneganerian, frail and wheelchair-bound – and seemed like one step from the grave, like George Bush Sr. now.)
Kohl's death leaves Schröder as the only living ex-chancellor (Budeskanzler) – vs. 12 living ex-Prime ministers in Italy. Tells a lot about differences in political stability in the two countries.