Who are the immortals?

[drol 11,951]

Vassos Lyssarides (1920-2021)

 

You were all waiting for that fucking Gowri Amma, weren't you?

 

 

Age at death: 100

Known health issues: Survived acute respiratory failure at least twice in old age, the last time being in ICU for weeks as a 99 years-old.

Cause of death: Natural causes.

Alignment: EDEK founder. An adamant admirer of Gaddafi, Saddam and Nasser. Yes, in very short Cyprus would have been like Iraq today had he taken power in the 70s.

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[drol 11,951]

On 25/04/2021 at 10:14, drol said:

Now in a critical condition.

Gowri Amma improving. You ain't on that damn list for nothing! 

[Kenny 283]

Marsha Hunt, 103 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsha_Hunt_(actress,_born_1917)

 

Not this one - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsha_Hunt_(actress,_born_1946)

 

 

[drol 11,951]

On 27/04/2021 at 19:50, drol said:

Gowri Amma improving. You ain't on that damn list for nothing! 

Gowri Amma out of ICU and on the mend. 

[drol 11,951]

Philipose Mar Chrysostom (1918-2021)

 

I told you I should not have been discharged!

 

 

Age at death: 103

Known health issues: Frail and wheelchair bound for years. Last hospitalization with respiratory isssues.

Cause of death: Everything.

Alignment: Longest serving Indian bishop known for his sense of humour. His best joke was when he survived his direct successor.

[drol 11,951]

On 01/05/2021 at 09:35, drol said:

Gowri Amma out of ICU and on the mend. 

Gowri Amma completely recovered; to be discharged in days.

[arghton 6,745]

On 28/12/2020 at 12:45, drol said:

Syed Ali Shah Geelani (1929). Has suffered from heart failure and lung disease for years. He has been on the brink on death at least four times in the last five years. In February 2020 his death seemed imminent.

Geelani...

's successor as the Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (since 2018), Ashraf Sehrai dead at 76 or 77 from covid:

https://thekashmirwalla.com/2021/05/jailed-hurriyat-leader-ashraf-sehrai-dies-in-jammu-hospital/

 

He was elected chairman through a first-ever election conducted in the history of Hurriyat when Syed Ali Shah Geelani relinquished office due to his deteriorating health.

[drol 11,951]

10 hours ago, drol said:

Gowri Amma completely recovered; to be discharged in days.

Back to ICU and critical again after respiratory failure. 

[drol 11,951]

On 05/05/2021 at 18:49, drol said:

Back to ICU and critical again after respiratory failure. 

Improving again and out of ICU. 

[Putin 423]

Could I suggest Kåre Willoch(B.1928)

He was the prime minister in Norway from 1981-1986. He was diagnosed woth cancer back in april 2016, and a stroke in december 2019. He lost his speech after the stroke, but seems to recover from it slowly, he also said in march 2019 that his cancer was gone. And even after this health issues and also looking frail, he still takes daily walks. Anyway just a suggestion

 

[WEP 893]

1 hour ago, Putin said:

Could I suggest Kåre Willoch(B.1928)

He was the prime minister in Norway from 1981-1986. He was diagnosed woth cancer back in april 2016, and a stroke in december 2019. He lost his speech after the stroke, but seems to recover from it slowly, he also said in march 2019 that his cancer was gone. And even after this health issues and also looking frail, he still takes daily walks. Anyway just a suggestion

 

Let's give him a voice here!

[drol 11,951]

On 07/05/2021 at 20:36, Putin said:

Could I suggest Kåre Willoch(B.1928)

He was the prime minister in Norway from 1981-1986. He was diagnosed woth cancer back in april 2016, and a stroke in december 2019. He lost his speech after the stroke, but seems to recover from it slowly, he also said in march 2019 that his cancer was gone. And even after this health issues and also looking frail, he still takes daily walks. Anyway just a suggestion

 

If he is alive in one year from now he will join the list.

[Perhaps 1,423]

On 05/05/2021 at 07:47, drol said:

Gowri Amma completely recovered; to be discharged in days.

 

Gouri Amma discharged from life.

[arghton 6,745]

Talking about outliving your successors, R. L. Bhatia (1920 or 1921-2021), the governor of Kerala 2004-2008 (Gowri amma was the Minister of Agriculture, Soil Conservation, Soil Survey, Warehousing Corporation, Diary Development, Milk Co-operatives, Agricultural University, Animal Husbandry and Coir during his tenure) has outlived four of his successors (three of his immediate successors), all younger than him (R. S. Gavai 1929-2015, M. O. H. Farook 1937-2012, H. R. Bhardwaj 1937-2020 and Sheila Dikshit 1938-2019, however Nikhil Kumar, P Sathasivam and Arif Mohammad Khan are alive)

They celebrated his 100th in July 2020, but wikipedia says he was born in 1921.

 

Even more interestingly, Kenneth Kaunda, already an immortal, has outlived 14 of his successors as the Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement, 8 of which were his immediate successors (Houari Boumédiène 1932-1978, William Gopallawa 1896-1981, Junius Richard Jayewardene 1906-1996, Fidel Castro 1926-2016, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 1913-1996, Zail Singh 1916-1994, Robert Mugabe 1924-2019, Janez Drnovšek 1950-2008 and later ones: Branko Kostic 1939-2020, Dobrica Ćosić 1921-2014, Suharto 1921-2008, Nelson Mandela 1918-2013, Hosni Mubarak 1928-2020 and Mohamed Morsi 1951-2019)

If he lives long enough to see Borisav Jović (1928-2021) and Stjepan Mesić (b. 1934) die, he'll have outlived 13 of his immediate successors.

[Perhaps 1,423]

On 11/05/2021 at 15:50, arghton said:

Talking about outliving your successors, R. L. Bhatia (b. 1920 or 1921), the governor of Kerala 2004-2008 (Gowri amma was the Minister of Agriculture, Soil Conservation, Soil Survey, Warehousing Corporation, Diary Development, Milk Co-operatives, Agricultural University, Animal Husbandry and Coir during his tenure) has outlived four of his successors (three of his immediate successors), all younger than him (R. S. Gavai 1929-2015, M. O. H. Farook 1937-2012, H. R. Bhardwaj 1937-2020 and Sheila Dikshit 1938-2019, however Nikhil Kumar, P Sathasivam and Arif Mohammad Khan are alive)

They celebrated his 100th in July 2020, but wikipedia says he was born in 1921.

 

R. L. Bhatia dead.

[drol 11,951]

K. R. Gouri Amma (1919-2021)

 

Rusty Iron Lady of Kerala

 

 

Age at death: 101

Known health issues: Years of generical failing health. Suffered a severe fall in the summer of 2020. Yoyoed in and out of ICU during her last hospitalization.

Cause of death: Respiratory failure

Alignment: Commie who was destined to be CM of Kerala, but got a kick in the ass instead. Could never stand those CPI guys.

[arghton 6,745]

Kerala has some other politicians with immortal-potential:

 

C. Rangarajan (b. 1932) Additional charge Kerala Governornor 2000-2002, only alive Bhatia's predecessor but probably not Keralan, as he's been everywhere during the last 25 years. Growing stronger politically, chaired a covid response committee. Looks 20 years younger, probably undestructible.

[drol 11,951]

Achuthanandan is already on the list. 

[arghton 6,745]

My immortal-candidate Vesa-Matti Loiri, picture apparently from two days ago with a colleague (or possibly older as they aren't wearing masks)

I'm very suprised that he has "bounced back" from his period of bad health in the 2000s/2010s. He's had half a century of alcohol and tobacco use and a book about him from a couple of years ago reveals that he still smokes like a chimney. He has diabetes, sleep apnea and blood pressure diseases. Here in the late 2000s:

The guy was unable to walk without help and often in a wheelchair, was 150kg/330 pounds and hospitalized frequently. His parents did live to 85 and 97, but he has had multiple near-death experiences during the last 50 years. One was a suicide attempt by sleeping pills, two were accidents and many were because of his health. I'd say that he's had one foot in the grave for centuries.

Nowadays a grumpy old man, once assaulted two of his colleagues. Otherwise a great guy

[drol 11,951]

Four new entries:

 

Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, aka Baghadad Bob, or Comical Ali (1940): cancer sufferer from 2014, though now in remission. Falsely announced to have died at least three times.

Yu Miu-lin (1937): Hong Kong actress who spent months on life support due to pulmonary fibrosis and blood cancer. Now on the mend, unexplicably.

Violeta Chamorro (1929): suffering from brain tumours for decades, she was gravely ill in 2018 after a stroke. Still clings on.

Juan Ponce Enrile (1924): if 108 millions people think he is immortal, why should they be wrong?

[arghton 6,745]

On 29/05/2021 at 15:38, drol said:

Four new entries:

 

Violeta Chamorro (1929): suffering from brain tumours for decades, she was gravely ill in 2018 after a stroke. Still clings on.

Interesting how all of the five original members of the Junta of National Reconstruction that governed Nicaragua from July 1979 to January 1985 are still alive (at the writing of this):

Daniel Ortega (b. 1945), Sergio Ramírez (b. 1942), Moisés Hassan (b. 1942), Alfonso Robelo (b. 1939) and Violeta Chamorro (b. 1929).

 

Chamerro and Robelo resigned in 1980 and were replaced by Arturo Cruz (1923-2013) and Rafael Córdova Rivas (1923-2009).

 

From the Liberal-Conservative Junta "triumvirate" that governed the country 1972-1974, all members are dead: Roberto Martínez Lacayo (1899-1984), Alfonso Lovo Cordero (1927-2018) and Fernando Agüero (1917-2011).

[Spade_Cooley 9,530]

Adele Springsteen has had dementia and Alzheimer's seemingly since Bruce released "Born to Run" and yet she's still with us and makes public appearances every now and then.

[arghton 6,745]

I've already mentioned Margarita Terekhova but here's some other dementia/alzheimer's miracles:

 

Joyce Fairbairn (1939-2022) Canadian senator and the first woman to serve as Leader of the Government in the Senate. Declared legally incompetent in 2012 after her alzheimer's became worse.

Pasqual Maragall, Former President of the Government of Catalonia and Mayor of Barcelona 1982-1997. Diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2007. In an interview from January his daughters said that he is still "full of life"

[drol 11,951]

Kenneth Kaunda (1924-2021)

 

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

(R.E.M)

 

 

Age at death: 97

Known health issues: Overweight, hospitalised with fever in 2014, falsely reported dead in 2016, hospitalised again with pneumonia at least twice. Died suddenly while "steadily recovering" from another bout of pneumonia. Yeah, that's what Xinhua said.

Cause of death: Pneumonia.

Alignment: Freedom fighter who became a tyrant who became a deposed tyrant pretending to be a freedom fighter. Your time is up, comrade!

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[drol 11,951]

On 10/04/2021 at 19:33, drol said:

So right now it's 2 from Murica, 1 from Europe and 3 from Africa. None from Asia. Who's there from each country?

 

India

Fauja Singh (1911)

 

Love to see Fauja Singh is getting the protagonist role in "Thinner" remake.