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Chinese media is reporting that four new Medals of the Republic have been awarded for the first time since 2020, making the total amount of inductees 13. These four are: Wang Yongzhi (1932-2024) General architect and designer of China's Shenzhou program (China Manned Space Program) Li Zhensheng (1931-) Geneticist who specializes in wheat. Wang Zhenyi (1924-) Pathophysiologist who discovered the cure for acute promyelocytic leukemia. Huang Zhongde (1931-) Korean War hero

The top ten newcomer is Laurina Sangenito, who underwent six months of chemo last year. Never heard of a supercentenarian undergoing chemo before.

General Moses Ali annoyed at death rumors, asks for prayers as he'll travel to Munich for a "medical review".

MK Rasgotra, former Foreign Secretary of India has turned 100, looks great: As far as I know he's the oldest living Indian member of government by more than six years. Here's a two-hour interview from last month.

Seems that LK Advani has already been discharged: https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-chief-jp-nadda-visits-lk-advani-murli-manohar-joshi-renews-their-membership/articleshow/113102276.cms Jorge Lanata's improving more and seems he might somehow make it. They want to discharge him to a rehab center with 24/7 monitoring and ventilator support at night through tracheotomy. His worst problem currently is multifactorial encephalopathy. Sitaram Yechury "critical but stable" which atleast previously has been Indian for "he's fucked, but hanging on"

Nritya Gopal Das discharged.

Mustafa Monwar improving, but the article mentions he has suffered from prostate cancer "for a long time". Jorge Lanata improving again, somehow. South African former Finance, Public Enterprises Minister and anti-apartheid activist Pravin Gordhan hospitalised. He was in ill health a couple of times last year and retired from politics a couple of months ago due to failing health.

Kitanofuji Katsuaki absent from commentary again, which has previously meant he's in very poor health...Probably a goner this time.

Mizoram Governor Kambhampati Hari Babu "in severe ill health".

Yuriko Mikasa out of ICU after three weeks. Two strokes and pneumonia apparently aren't enough to kill a 101-year-old who has suffered from heart failure for atleast four years.

I can't remember if I have participated before. A - Anita Bryant B - Benjamin Netanyahu C - Charles Taylor (Liberian politician) D - Alexander Dugin E - Eugene de Kock F - Louis Farrakhan G - Gérard Depardieu H - Hal Lindsey I - David Irving J - Ahmad Jannati K - Ramzan Kadyrov L - Jean Marie Le Pen M - Mahathir Mohamad N - Sam Nujoma O - Daniel Ortega P - Alexander Prokhanov Q - Chen Quanguo R - Ratko Mladic S - Sidney Cooke T - Than Shwe U - Ron Unz V - Jagadish Vasudev ("Sadhguru") W - Rose West X - Mao Xinyu Y - Peter Yarrow Z - Zvi Thau

I can't find any mention of this, but Osamu Nishimura who was Funk's partner in the match has stage 4 esophageal cancer.

Critical in ICU. Doesn't sound too serious. Edit: "Doing fine", but according to his vice-mahant. The CM will reportedly visit him tomorrow.

My pick Alfredo Karam has died at 99. Here's an obituary in Portuguese that says he died on the 6th of September.

Not the death I expected when I saw the notification. He had been in quite good health in recent years.

Some more miscellaneous possibilities. Greg Bell (wiki) 93 - US olympic long jump champion, history of heart problems, decrepit and on oxygen. Gustavo Gorriti (wiki) 76 - Major Peruvian journalist who helped put Fujimori and Vladimiro Montesinos behind bars, agressive lymphatic cancer. Ingvar Carlsson (wiki) 89 - Swedish Prime Minister following the assasination of Olof Palme. Heart problems. Ivan Mišković Brk, 104 - Yugoslavian general and head of Tito's Counterintelligence Service. Multiple strokes, multiple heart attacks, abdominal cancer. George C. Coulam (wiki) 86 - Ren Faire, US founder of the Texas Renaissance Festival, decrepit pervert, claims to have reversed his Alzheimer's disease with traditional medicine. Daniel Bisogno, 51 - Mexican tv presenter and my former DL Cup pick, multiple organ problems and liver transplant. And last, but definitely not least: Carlos Colon (wiki) 76, Puerto Rican wrestler. Advanced Parkinson's. Adding more here: Jamaloddin Khanjani, 91, of the Baháʼí 7. Alleged pancreatic cancer.

I think there's been a bit of discussion on these before, but I can't find it at the moment. Definitely still alive: Salman (1935) Abdul Elah (1939) Former governor who didn't have the most succesful career but has maintained good relations with Salman and crown prince bonesaw. Seems to be in frail health. Mashour (1942) Minor businessman, father-in-law of crown prince bonesaw Ahmed bin Abdulaziz (1942) Former Minister, purged in 2020 and under house arrest. With Salman, one of the two remaining of the Sudairi Seven. Seemed in relatively good health before being purged. Muqrin (1945) Most prominent after Salman. Purged a few years ago and under house arrest. Might be alive, most of these probably aren't: Mishari (before 1940-?) son with Bazza. No further information on him on the Arabic or English wikipedias. Noura (1930) Daughter with Haya Mashal and "Zubri" (before 1953-?) Daughters(?) with Haya. No birth dates given. Shaikha or Sheikha (1922) Daughter with a Bani Khalid woman named Mudhi. Al Anoud (before 1919-?) Daughter with Al Jawhara. Date of birth and death unknown, but her mother died from the Spanish flu in 1919. In other news, major Emirati royal Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III seems to be in good health for 93: I wonder if there are any older prominent Sheikhs now that Salem Al-Ali is dead.

Eddie Miró stable and improving, but he was also "stable" a couple of days ago when in reality he was intubated on ventilator. Major Mexican politician Olga Sánchez Cordero hospitalised with heart problems and has recently undergone open heart surgery. Lanata and Faustao are medical miracles at this point. Lanata had a kidney transplant back in 2015 after kidney failure, seemingly has suffered from heart failure the last year or more (that has lead to his transplant kidney or kidneys failing). Faustao on the other hand had heart and kidney failure during the last year or two, followed first by a heart and then a kidney transplant and now his transplant kidneys are apparently failing and he might need another kidney transplant. Both remind me a bit of Jayapataka, but Jaya has had a suprisingly small amount of heart problems considering he has suffered from kidney, liver and intestinal failure, gastric varices, strokes, cancer etc. I think that might be what's kept him alive for this long.

My beloved Sheikh Salem should be one for the LotM, right?

From the other SA military chiefs, I wonder if Air Force commanders Michal Muller, Jan van Loggerenberg and former Surgeon General Eugene Raymond are alive. van Loggerenberg is marked dead on Wikipedia without a source, Muller and Raymond would be 94 and 101 respectively.

Mauritanian dictator Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla discharged. Another waste of oxygen that seems to live forever. Edit, 21st of Sept: Son asking prayers for Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, with talk on Facebook implying he's very ill. Come on!

ISKCON guru Satsvarupa dasa Goswami suffering from oedema and "probably mild congestive heart failure".

Interestingly he was found dead in the sea by a passerby. Not the usual "died after weeks in ICU"

Olivia Grange discharged after nearly a month and to return to her duties soon. Faustao "doing well" but the transplant kidneys are failing and he might need a second/third kidney transplant. Bedros Kirkorov has been urgently hospitalised again and is either critical on life support/ICU or cheerful, happy and to be discharged soon.

Allegedly has been in prison hospital since April. His son claims he fainted in prison, "wasn't treated well" and his kidneys failed apparently due to dehydration. Described as conscious but bedridden and unable to talk. It'd be wonderful if that was true, but keep in mind, he's been faking illnesses for longer than Fujimori.