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Sir Ivan Menezes, Indian-born British CEO of Diageo, being reported dead at 63 from stomach ulcer surgery complications. Can't find anything except Indian sources reporting it though.

As Lu Yuanjiu died today, the oldest 1st of July Medal recipients are now: 1. Guo Ruixiang (郭瑞祥) 102-year-old minor cadre who fought in WWII and the second phase of the Chinese Civil War and during the Korean War held some higher position in the army. Has lived at a cadre care home since 1982. 2. Zhou Yongkai (周永开) 95-year-old minor cadre who is most known for his large donations. 3. Wang Zhanshan (王占山) 93-year-old Korean War hero who suffered 38 bullet wounds in the Battle of Kumsong. Very frail. Also fought in the second phase of the Chinese Civil War and the Sino-Vietnamese War. None of the younger ones are Korean War vets as far as I know.

I could split the list into a few categories: Ultra-frails, mystery how they're still alive, coffinteases and those currently dying: Khamtai Siphandone (massive stroke in 2016, other health problems), Jimmy Carter, Guillermo Rodriguez Lara (looked decaying last year), Giorgio Napolitano, Arnaldo Forlani (bedbound some time ago), Kim Yong-nam, Zhu Rongji (parkinson's and other illnesses, looked like a corpse years ago), Orville Turnquest (looked very frail ages ago), Jamshid bin Abdullah ("spending his last days" in 2020 or something similar?), Violeta Chamorro (osteoporosis, brain tumors, endstage dementia, massive stroke a few years ago), Selim Hoss, Isabel Peron, Jean-Jacques Honorat, Chavalit Yongchaiyudh (massive health history), Queen Sirikit, Manmohan Singh, Bill Hayden, HD Deve Gowda, Than Shwe Frail, but not ultrafrail: Thanin Kraivichien (it's been a while since his last public appearance. Seems to pop up sometimes to attend an event), Péter Boross, Édouard Balladur, Alfred Moisiu, Milan Panic, Ahmed Osman, Jose Sarney (pleural effusion or something similar a few years ago, recovered somewhat), Ivy Dumont, Choe Yong-rim, Cesar Virata (stroke, covid and pneumonia a few years ago), Lamberto Dini, George Vassiliou (looked quite frail in February), Raul Castro, Javier Valle Riestra, Anand Panyarachun, Vytautas Landsbergis (hospitalised atleast 5 times in recent years with infections), Fouad Mebazaa, Suchinda Kraprayoon, Arnold Koller, Jean Chrétien, Édith Cresson, Monica Dacon (described as very tired in 2014), Albert II, Abdul Rauf al-Kasm Have been very ill in the past... Fully recovered: Tomiichi Murayama, Mahathir Mohamad, Nikolai Ryzhkov (massive heart attack ca. 1990), Cleopa Msuya (very ill in 2013), Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar (stroke in 2019, seems to have made a full recovery), A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, Ugo Mifsud Bonnici, Mohamed Ennaceur ("in poor health" in 2019, bounced back), Pedro Pires (massive internal bleeding ca. 2014) Not sure how they're doing now: Abdoulaye Wade (goes to France for medical treatment once in a while), Raif Dizdarević (last time I heard, he was doing fine), Ion Iliescu, Dries Van Agt, Fernando Henrique Cardoso (broken hip or something similar a year or two ago?), Hüsamettin Cindoruk (kidney failure a few months ago), Akihito (ill now and then, but overall seems to be doing fine), Eddie Fenech Adami Doing fine: Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Valdas Adamkus, Arnold Rüütel, Arthur Foulkes, Gombojavyn Ochirbat, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Marguerite Pindling, Mark Eyskens (described as "mastering the art of aging well" in April), Basdeo Panday, Dumaagiin Sodnom, Rubén Darío Paredes (obese but seems to be doing fine), Mátyás Szűrös, Rudolf Schuster, J. Y. Pillay, Henri Konan Bédié, Heng Samrin Arguable (rumored ill but seems to be doing fine OR simply makes public appearances very rarely): Sam Nujoma, Kesang Choden, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, Mabandla Dlamini, William Deane, Philip Greaves, Elliott Belgrave, Khieu Samphan (wants to get out of jail), Michael Hardie Boys (not seen in ages), Edmund Lawrence, Gavril Dejeu, Colville Young, Rachid Sfar, Michel Aoun (allegedly suffers from dementia, other ailments), Abel Pacheco, Édouard Frank, John Malecela, Nicola Mancino, Ali Haroun Boring, no images in the last 5 years: Lee Hyun-jae, Efraín Goldenberg, Pié Masumbuko, Tang Fei, Kim Suk-soo, Lee Hong-koo, Could even be dead: Mohammad Hasan Sharq, Cesar Yanes Urias, Severino Tura and the two other red names

Alexandre do Nascimento rumored dead late last month. Instead he was "spending a peaceful Sunday with his family" Edit - 29th of June - Alexandre do Nascimento again dead on facebook. Post is from 26 hours ago, probably another hoax but let's see...

Over To You Joe Lartey is 96 today.

Argentine footballer and manager Miguel Ángel López (Zurdo) who once coached Maradona, reportedly hospitalised. Health history includes "acute heart attack" a few years ago.

Ukrainian-Belgian GM Vadim Malakhatko reportedly dead at 46.

Crossposting

People are saying he's still quite active but he doesn't really look amazing in this image from April: I think it's very possible this could be another from that Italian celebrity death rumor guy.

Emlain Kabua who died in April would've been a hit for me, but seems she never got an obituary of any kind despite having designed her country's flag, being the widow of the founding president and the mother of the incumbent president. Damn you, Marshall Islands Journal! Albert Ndele (picked by When The) is also dead, died already on April 1st. Can't find if his death was mentioned here but he did get some death mentions.

Raul Gil discharged. Munawwar Rana still not dead but critical on life support and deteriorating further. Serajul Alam Khan critical and "at the brink of life and death"

Found this article, about Finnish ice hockey player Pauli Levokari. Only 45 but apparently he has a brain injury, major memory loss, epilepsy and god knows what else. His wife is currently his caregiver.

Congrats An Fear Beag!

Shmuel Kamenetsky discharged and back to the rehab facility.

Not sure if mentioned here before (search feature gives nothing), but John Larkin's (Scatman John) widow Judy Larkin died in January at 83. Scatman John impersonator Shofukutei Shobin also died recently - in February at 66.

And his successor Gershon Edelstein, hours before his death at 100 on 30 May 2023:

Triannual Kim rumor: Allegedly "suffers from severe insomnia and his weight has ballooned".

Updated and added 2022 and a full list below survivors.

Congrats diego 1923: Roedad Khan / Tunku Ampuan Najihah 1924: Oscar Wyatt / Magdalena Gamayo 1925: Ronnie de Mel / Reuma Weizman 1926: Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah / Irene Camber 1927: Luigi Manocchio / Rasammah Bhupalan 1928: Archbishop Demetrios of America / Nguyễn Thị Bình 1929: Tahar Zbiri / Farida Khanum 1930: Emmanuel Milingo / Biljana Plavšić 1931: Michael Hardie Boys / Carroll Baker 1932: Tep Vong / Naina Yeltsina

On IV meds with kidney failure now, but doesn't sound too serious.

Kisu Jernström was going to have a surgery earlier this year, but instead he had sepsis and a peptic ulcer. Now his cancer has spread and he'll apparently have a massive surgery today but hopes he'll be alive next month.

Major Chinese mathematician and CAS member Wan Zhexian dead at 95. Last major student of Hua Luogeng.

Jayapataka Swami has been battling skin cancer recently but has been well enough to travel to Dallas, Texas where he has been participating in some events:

Hu Qili

Kabosu / Doge has been unwell recently again with blood test results worsening from what they were in February.