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When I see a post from tracy in this thread I always think June Lockhart has died.

Satya Mohan Joshi hokey-pokeys back into critical condition. Sinusoid man.

The Joshi kicked out at two again.

Mulayam Singh Yadav (1939-2022) Yada yada yada Age at death: 82 Known health issues: Hospitalised at least seven times since 2019, COVID in 2021, stomach cancer. Cause of death: Everything. Alignment: Quite controversial. Dressed like Han Solo, loved to shoot protestors, justified rapes. Still a pillar of Indian socialism.

Valdas Adamkus hospitalised with COVID.

Confirmed .

Reports that Mulayam is dead, but it seems premature to me.

Not his time yet anyway.

That list also confirms miracle COVID survivor Ye Ming is still alive, 108 in December.

Notice big names of French sociology like Edgar Morin and Alain Touraine are still going strong at 101 and 97 respectively.

Often discussed sociologist Bruno Latour dead at 75.

What a pity.

Nope.

Regarding the supervillains in the "third front" of Indian politics Chautala was organizing in 2021 : 1)Om Prakash Chautala (1935): hospitalised in October 2022 with stomach infection and other ailments. 2)Mulayam Singh Yadav (1939): hospitalised multiple times in recent years, survived COVID in 2021, now critical in ICU. 3)HD Deve Gowda (1933): suffered from COVID twice, wheelchair bound, bloated legs, multiple falls. 4)Parkash Singh Badal (1927): hospitalised multiple times for heart/stomach issues, survived COVID. The bright idea to form a political faction made only of octogenarians and nonagenarians...

Yoko's first husband, composer Toshi Ichiyanagi, dead at 89.

Alma Adamkiene improving and soon out of ICU.

Noè Jitrik dead at 94.

84 today! Both he and my mother just survived COVID with only mild sypmtoms.

Ankica Tuđman dead at 96.

Zhang Deshan is from Taiwan, not mainland China. Surprised Yang is the last one standing as he seemed the frailest.

Om Prakash Chautala hospitalised.

Rumours swirling that his wife Sajida Talfah is dead...

Lucienne Schmidt-Couttet (wiki), French alpine skier, reportedly dead at 95.

Like many of them now he and his wife live in a hospital. That does not mean they are particularly ill, just they have some issues which require to be monitored continuosly. They will be kept alive no matter what. I think he'll actually make It to 100, maybe in dire condition, but still there. Bad Pick for 2023.

Notice three oldest and ailing Chinese cadres, Zhu Rongji, Song Ping and Jiang Zemin have all managed to show up in some form in recent months. The upcoming CCP Congress may bring up other zombies such as Hu Qili and Chi Haotian. It just seems it is not their time yet. IMHO three/four years will be needed before they even start to fall.