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Norwegian aging political heavyweight Carl I. Hagen hospitalised with pneumonia.

1992 volleybal gold medallist André Ferreira (wiki) on life support after complications from chemotherapy, as he is suffering from lymphoma.

Moved to house arrest due to heat wave in the country.

But with a good make-up he managed to conceal it until now.

Hmmm Holtzman definitely the intruder in terms of decrepitude.

Runner and huge age fraudster Fauja Singh turns 112 today. First mentioned on these forums back in 2011, he still haunts the threads twelve years later, becoming sort of a DL legend, or demigod. The problem of being 100 when you are 83 is you will be 117 when you are 100. Happy Birthday Fauja, and may it be your fucking last.

English astrophysicist Ian Morison (wiki) reportedly dead at 80.

K. G. Jayan dead at 89.

This has been a hell of a day!

Good luck with that and Holt's obits.

Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast Pavel Balakshin dead at 87. Some time ago I went through the living Russian governors and their longevity was depressingly bad. Balakshin was the oldest by a big margin, IIRC. Don't know who 's the oldest now.

Colombian cardinal Pedro Rubiano Saenz dead at 91.

Clarence Thomas misses session without explanation. Might be nothing, might be something.

Rafiqul Islam Miah hospitalised again.

Martin Aliker dead at 95.

The real challenge is Tun Tin vs. Le Duc Anh vs. Kim Yong-ju. The others are here only to make them look better.

John Cruickshank wins by fatality.

Josip "Joza" Manolic was the last one of the original state leaders, and that means the game has now ended. It's been almost seven years and we saw them falling one by one: Bush snr, General Anh, Mugabe, Tun Tin, Kim Yong-ju, Echeverria, The Queen, Comrade Jiang, Benedict XVI, Napolitano and finally Manolic. Scoring with the likes of legendary Burmese PM Tun Tin, @TQR has won the game with 8 hits!!! Congrats, well done ! I'll evaluate if a new game should be started, but I won't likely live to see the end of it!

Josip Manolic has died and @Bibliogryphon wins the round.

Josip Manolic (1920-2024) "He is in very good health but can't currently be interviewed because he is in a coma" (Josip's family updates his status) "Joža Manolić je nadživio Joža Manolić" Age at death: 104 Known health issues: Severe COVID pneumonia in 2021, bedridden and received last rites in 2023. Cause of death: So sudden and unexpected he may have been murdered. Alignment: Resistance fighter during WWII, he was a controversial communist agent after the war, and took part in imprisoning archbishop Stepinac and putting him on a communist show trial. In the 90s he was seen as a moderate opposing ultranationalists. He was perceived by Croatians as the Ultimate Immortal, a bit like JP Enrile in the Philippines and Jimmy Carter in the Milky Way.

Tony Jones, featured in Beyond the Mat, dead at 53.

He's so despicable he will easily live to 100...

When an obit shows up...

Polish chess player Joanna Dworakowska (wiki) reportedly dead at 45.

Discharged.