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Geingob says he is not ill as there has apparently been some rumors around. He has had two short hospitalisations recently including a heart procedure in SA.

Mikhail Marov, 90, one of Russia's most notable living astronomers, hospitalised, apparently after hearing about what happened with Luna-25, Russia's first moon mission in 47 years...

I think the only other "notables" with foreign wikis are: Yan Renmei - ROC socialite. Juliana Young Koo who lived to 111 was her aunt. Constantin Năstase - Romanian Major General and WWII vet. (He was promoted from Brig. Gen last year) I remember this was discussed some time ago when Carmen Herrera died. Back then there was Shitu, Clayton Flowers, Crook, Frances Hesselbein, Masao Horie and Jozef Caban. As mentioned there's only Shitu and Clayton Flowers left of them now. I think these four are the last even somewhat notable people born in 1915 with Ma fucking Shitu being much more famous as the other three combined.

John Warnock, the other co-founder of Adobe, dead at 82. He was also the leader of the team that created the PDF file format.

Armi Kuusela, Finnish-born American model and charity worker, the first ever Miss Universe (1952) and the only to ever have been crowned with the Romanov Imperial Nuptial Crown, 89 today She was born to merchant Aarne Kuusela (1902-1969) and Martta Kyrö (1903-1963) in Muhos in 1934. In May 1952, she won the Suomen Neito beauty pageant and for winning got a box of chocolate, a gold bracelet and two tickets to the US from Pan Am. A month later she left Finland to the US, at the age of 17, getting some more valuable prizes for winning: a cream colored convertible, a diamond watch and seven-year deal with Universal Studios (that she rejected, only appearing in two movies in her life, a Finnish movie "Maailman Kaunein Tyttö" in 1953 and an unmentioned Filipino movie later.) In 1953 she met and married a rich Filipino businessman Virgilio Hilario, with who she had five children, living with him in the Philippines until his death from a heart attack in 1975. Hilario died only some hours after returning to the Philippines from a quite rare visit to Finland. Three years later, in 1978, she married US diplomat Albert Williams, her current husband. They lived in Spain and Turkey before eventually settling in California. After Hilario's death Kuusela has very rarely visited Finland, most recently in 2014. Some mentions: *Kuusela has been picked in the DDP atleast once - by "Not Gone Yet, But Still Forgotten", in 2013. * No Finnish reporters were anywhere near California when Kuusela won. Max Jakobson who was the first Finn to report her win was a London correspondant for Uusi Suomi and he heard it from Daily Mail. *Later on there has been claims that CIA was involved somewhat, as Pan Am's contact person in Finland was Paul Suni who is known to have worked for the CIA. *Most recently she has been in local news after her son Jussi Hilario died in 2020 from cancer. *As seen in the image she was crowned by actress Piper Laurie, who's also still alive.

Naomi Polani not dead, but looking quite frail 4 days ago:

New Jayapataka Swami facebook posts say he's been hospitalised again (now discharged) but might be hospitalised very soon again as he suffers from pulmonary edema and 950 other health problems: I wonder if they can renew his kidneys and liver again. Last time it somehow worked. Edit: also, if and when he dies, it'll leave only Giriraja Swami (75, liver disease?), Indradyumna Swami (74, critical in 2013, malignant melanoma in 2015 and 2019, very ill in 2020/2021), Bhakti Caitanya Swami (72, severely ill with three blood clots in his leg in 2021), Jayadvaita Swami (73, healthiest of the group), Mukunda Goswami (81, triple bypass + heart surgery in 2015), Ravindra Svarupa Dasa (~74, possible cancer sufferer and thinner each year, 5 missed events recently due to "health issues"), Romapada Swami (75, slightly decaying), Satsvarupa dasa Goswami (83, ill for a while, says he suffers from "various health issues" and they're now giving weekly health updates) and Sacinandana Swami (69, suffering from some chronic disease that causes abscess for the last 10 years atleast, hospitalised and very ill in 2016) the last disciples of cult leader A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Half of them have had massive health problems. dasa Goswami and Jayapataka Swami however are the last standing of the 11 gurus who succeeded Prabhupaba when he died in the 70s. If you search around you'll find lots of interesting info about ISKCON and its gurus, for example one of the 11 gurus got his head hacked off while on LSD in the 80s. And in addition to Faustao, another Brazilian tv presenter, Carlos Alberto de Nóbrega, hospitalised...with covid. Previous health history includes a hospitalisation in 2021 and semi-intensive care with respiratory infection in 2022.

There's a recent interview of Geoff Capes, the initial Britain's Strongest Man (who was also the World's Strongest Man twice and has been mentioned on the DL Forum multiple times before) here. He'll be 74 in a few days and isn't really the picture of health.

Fausto Silva aka. Faustão, Brazilian tv presenter known from Domingão do Faustão, stable in ICU with heart failure.

Interesting article on Serbian gator Muja. His age is estimated 98 at highest, 86 at lowest but likely around 88-90 now. He survived WWII abandonment, both Nazi and Allied bombings, the bombings of Belgrade in 1999 and an amputation due to gangrene in 2012. "Grandpa, is this alligator alive?" the girl asked. "I don’t know, sweetie. I asked my grandpa the same thing 60 years ago," the man responded.

Shave MacGowan

Laakso dead at 67.

Chai Yitzchok Isaac Twersky, the Rachmastrivke Rebbe, finally dead at 92 after a year of treatment at a "home mini-hospital". His condition had turned critical yesterday.

I love the Sheikh but around 20 years of dying is enough.

San Kim Sean, Cambodian who revived ancient martial art Bokator, hospitalised and "deteriorating daily". Edit: He's said to have died.

I'd add Hu Qili there. He was said (however not confirmed by any reliable source) to be seriously ill early this year shortly after his wife died and I think at this point he might be in a "permanent hospitalisation" state like Rongji and Yang You. How long has it been since his last public appearance? Thich Thanh Tu was ill a month or two ago but wasn't hospitalised and has now recovered to his usual state.

Buthelezi apparently on life support, then out of ICU and back in ICU on friday. This article seems a bit outdated but mentions he is/was suffering from pneumonia on top of his other ailments. The most recent official update I've seen however said that he was improving. Thimmakka was still in ICU and on IV meds three days ago but it's been radio silence since. I think the spinal injury she suffered was more severe than they originally said. Anyways I think the drought won't last much longer. Most of the listers are already in 24/7 care and could die any day. Interesting how here the longest droughts and silent periods always seem to happen between the end of June and the start of September. For the DL May or June seems to be the usual quiet month from what I've seen and heard

One I regularly keep an eye on is "Uncle Jack", that TikTok "celebrity" I mentioned in March. Currently at 1.6 million followers so I assume he's an acceptable pick on many pools. He recently reached 100 and has been in and out of hospital for some time now, hernia, sepsis, UTI, kidney problems, skin cancer, two ER visits in the last year the most recent one having been last month, but he always seems to recover quite well.

Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi greatly improving and to be moved to a rehab hospital soon. It's also revealed in the article he (age 94) had a tracheotomy last month and that tracheotomy is connected to a ventilator. However because nothing makes sense anymore, he's able to write and doctors are optimistic about his recovery. Interestingly he's a protégé of the late Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik who also underwent a tracheotomy...some weeks before dying at 99.

Kuwait News Agency denies reports of head of state Emir Nawaf being in "emergency health condition". No smoke without fire?

Milia Paidiou, Cypriot supercentenarian and possibly the oldest ever from Cyprus, dead at 110. (Yes, the article mentions another Cypriot who might've lived to atleast 113, but seems nothing much is known about that woman)

Fully recovered, both he and his wife (who's only 97) have gone voting and both walk without aid: Edit: I'd make a joke about him becoming the Prime Minister again in four years, but I think the old bigot might just die any day from sudden heart problems.

Jayanta Mahapatra admitted to SCBMCH for further treatment. (hospitalised)

Russian clown Andrei Nikolayev reportedly suffers from "acute obstructive jaundice", whatever that is and refuses surgery. Currently at home unable to talk if I read that article correctly.

Some old NK leadership at Kim's concert to impress Shoigu a week or two ago: I think that might be atleast Kim Yong-nam and Choe Yong-rim in the second image but I'm not completely sure. Not sure about any of the others. If you want to check the whole thing here's a link to the hour-long video. Lots of people there but the old elite is shown for only a few seconds at some parts. Looking at the front row seems to me that there's former Premier Pak Pong-ju (84) and former propaganda dept head Kim Ki-nam (88 OR 93 OR 94) next to Yong-nam. Could be former minister of defence Kim Il-Chol (89/90) in the back row. Judging on the few four-second clips of them, Yong-nam is definitely in the worst health, clearly confused (doesn't clap at one point, looks like a zombie in many of the parts that row is shown in) and very thin. I don't think he'll see 2024.