Who are the immortals?

[arghton 6,735]

On 14/06/2023 at 01:28, arghton said:

1. Mirtha Legrand: 96, has survived cancer twice, gallbladder operation in 2005, acute gastroenteritis and intestinal obstruction in 2019, emergency heart surgery in 2021 and pacemaker implantation earlier this year, looks better than the average 65-year-old. 

2. Louis Farrakhan: 90, was on his last legs, "close to dying" with cancer, anemia, infections, "bleeding" and emergency surgery in 1998-1999 and then again "dying" in 2006 with terminal cancer. Later hospitalisations atleast in 2014 and 2015. As Ulitzer said, how is he still alive? 

3. Wanda Półtawska (1921-2023): 101, survived concentration camps, terminal intestinal cancer in 1962 and critical conditions after a housefire in 2014 that left her badly disfigured. Again said to be in failing health early this year but seemingly bounced back. 

4. Dennis Skinner: 91, has survived advanced bladder cancer, getting shot, heart and hip surgeries and a serious infection at 87. And of course atleast one death rumor. He's had a thread on this site for nearly 20 years and it was even originally made due to him having major health issues. One of the immortal potentials of British politics with Winnie Ewing who's been in failing health for around 15 years now.

5. Peter MacDonald (Hashkasilt Begay): 94, crook Navajo Nation leader who was "dying physically and mentally" in 1996 after heart attacks, suffering from diabetes, arthritis, high BP, Albertofujimorism and severe back problems. Still alive and wheeled around, has outlived five of his immediate successors who were all born after him.

6. Solihin G. P.: 97 next month with a health history of...severe stroke at 90 (2017) and atleast two or three hospitalisations since, seemed on his deathbed in 2018 and had rough covid and a death rumor in 2021. 

 

few more I've seemingly forgotten about - I'll add those who won't be on my July list here...:

7. Gherardo Hercolani Fava Simonetti: This guy has been in failing health for the last 12 years.

8. Ryan O'Neal (1941-2023): Leukemia survivor, stage IV prostate cancer over a decade ago. He looked like a jaundiced ballsack some years ago.

9. Akintola Williams (1919-2023): 103 and has been clinging on to life by a thread forever.

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Updated.

 

Solihin GP (very old Indonesian politician and Governor, advisor of Suharto, lieutenant general) made a quite rare appearance on this video from yesterday. I mean, atleast better than what Ryan O'Neal must look like currently..

[polar duck 871]

I could have sworn Grand Cunt Khorasani was on the list

[drol 11,945]

The 30 new immortals for 2024 have been decided!

 

A brief recap of immortal folks who survived illnesses and hospitalizations this past year.

 

Performance of the year: Jimmy Carter

 

 

Entered hospice care in February and everyone thought the end would come within a few hours. It's been almost a year. Survived his wife Rosalynn in November, appeared to be very frail at her funeral and everyone thought the end would come within a few hours. He has been beating the odds for almost nine years, has been the King of Immortals for more than two, remains the unparalled immortal.

 

Runner-up: Saalumarada Thimmakka

 

 

Hospitalised in critical condition with respiratory failure, had heart attack while in hospital, underwent heart surgery, went "extremely critical"... none of this could ultimately finish her off, defying every existing physical law.

 

Third-place: Kabosu the Original Doge

 

The Doge was on the brink of death seven canine years ago, she recovered from leukemia and CKD, has looked like a zombie dog for years, but currently only suffers from minor ailments apparently. Out of Ratzinger, Pelé and Kabosu only Kabosu survives from those who were critical in December 2022.

 

Zhang Lixiong

 

 

Turned 110 and survived six months in ICU. Permanently on oxygen, last three years in hospital, advanced dementia. Another one who has defined the law of physics for some time.

 

Joanne Woodward

 

 

 

This underrated perfomer was said to be in hospice care and in her final days back in February. Although everyone who knows a bit about immortals could have smelt a rat instantly, her performance as a perennial late-stage Alzheimer's sufferer is remarkable, especially now that she has buried Vitti and  Sevilla.

 

Ma Shitu

 

 

He bounced back from a severe illness which affected his memory, probably a stroke. At 108. What else do I need to say?

 

David Musuguri

 

 

Survived a month-long diabetes hospitalization at almost 104. Still looks younger than his age.

 

Hu Qili

 

 

Survived a nine-month long hospitalization which included a bout with COVID that instead killed his wife.

 

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

 

Survived hospitalizations in critical condition and being on life support despite late-stage COPD.

 

Mario Zagallo

 

 

Survived UTI despite decrepitude and extreme respiratory failure.

 

 

 

[drol 11,945]

This article from early this month seems to imply Ma Shitu's cancer is back.

[drol 11,945]

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the Class of 2024!

 

1)Chavalit Yongchaiyduh (1932): Thai PM who survived a massive stroke and being on life support for weeks in 2023 in addition to double pneumonia. On IV meds and hospitalised for most of 2023.

2)Tinto Brass (1933): Italian obese, chain-smoking porn filmmaker who survived brain hemorrhage in 2010 and extremely critical conditions in 2017.

3)Silvia Pinal (1931): Mexican actress suffering from dementia and extensive heart disease, hospitalised in critical condition in December 2021, December 2022, December 2023.

4)Kim Yong-nam (1928): most senior NK politician, needs assistance walking and suffers from dementia. Has looked progressively frailer in the last five years and survived almost all other NK senior cadres.

5)Sonomyn Luvsangombo (1924): decrepit Mongolian general who looked like a zombie in 2020.

6)Tep Vong (1932-2024): Cambodian supreme patriarch/regime bootlicker who suffered a severe stroke in 2020. Hospitalised multiple times in 2023.

7)Joseph Lagu (1929): South Sudan perennial warlord, survived severe COVID which killed his wife in 2021, hospitalised in 2023, but bounced back from deathbed in a week.

8)Shmuel Kamenetsky (1924): American Haredi rabbi, survived a severe stroke in May 2023, hospitalised multiple times with pneumonia, recently underwent life saving surgery.

9)Jean Marie Le Pen (1928): French bigot who was on his deathbed in 2020, heart attack in 2023, but still unsinkable.

10)Shi Ping (1911-2024): Chinese academic administrator and good-natured apparatchik. Hospitalised, wheelchair bound and suffering from dementia for years, survived severe COVID in 2023, now permanently on oxygen.

11)Juan Vicente Perez Mora (1909-2024): wheelchair bound for year, oldest living man for an incredible long time, able to survive Tanaka, Randon and Tatsumi.

12)Willie Nelson (1933): chain-smoker, collapsed lung in 1981, COPD since at least 2012, hospitalised in 2015, most recently survived severe COVID.

13)Khieu Samphan (1931): last surviving Khmer rouge leader, survived serious heart attack in 2007.

14)Selim Hoss (1929-2024): Lebanese PM, on his deathbed for three years and counting. Continuous death hoaxes and looked like a cadaver in 2021.

15)Surat Singh Khalsa (1933): Indian hunger striker for nine years, always near death but never dying. 

16)Manohar Joshi (1937-2024): Indian politician, who survived a serious stroke and brain cancer in 2023, after being in a coma for a month.

17)Ilia II of Georgia (1933): Georgian patriarch who has suffered from Parkinson's , heart and respiratory issues for a decade.

18)Muja (1937): Serbian alligator who survived WW2 bombs, and gangrene which required amputation in 2012.

19)Josip Manolic (1920-2024): Last of the original "oldest living state leaders", survived serious COVID in 2021. Bedbound and frail in 2023, last rites in December 2023.

20)Manmohan Singh (1932): Indian PM who underwent extensive heart surgery in 2009 and given ten more years to live. Hospitalised with dengue in 2021, wheelchair bound for years.

21)Solihin G. P. (1926-2024): Indonesian general who survived a massive stroke in 2017 and severe COVID in 2021.

22)Ivan Krasko (1930): survived a ridicolous amount of hospitalizations in 2023 following multiple strokes/bouts of pneumonia.

23)Alexander Mitta (1933): Russian film director who survived serious stroke in May 2023, serious stroke in November 2023, mutiple bouts of pneumonia and kidney cancer.

24)José Sarney (1930): Brazlian president who survived pleural effusion in 2022, and stroke in 2023.

25)Guy Warren (1921-2024): Australian painter who survived a severe stroke at 100.

26)Red Farmer (1932): NASCAR driver who survived severe double pneumonia in at least two occasions.

27)Jayapataka Swami (1948): American-Indian HIndu guru who survived a debilitating stroke and a ridicolous amount of hospitalizations, mainly concerning his advanced yet innocuous kidney failure.

28)David Graham (1925-2024): survived a serious stroke in 2021, bedridden since.

29)Ri Man-hee (1931): South Korean godman and responsible for the biggest COVID outbreak in South Korea, survived leprosy as a young man. Declared as immortal by his sect, wheelchair bound in 2020 and 2021, only to bounce back later.

30)Du Daozheng (1923): Advanced Parkinson's, dementia, recurring infections and pneumonia for years, very severe C difficile infection complicated by other ailments that put him into coma for some time two years ago (apparently hospitalised since). 

[Master Obit 830]

Am I understanding correctly that immortals from last year can't appear this year? Is there a reason for this? 

[The Immortal 634]

1 hour ago, drol said:

29)Ri Man-hee (1931): South Korean godman and responsible for the biggest COVID outbreak in South Korea, survived leprosy as a young man. Declared as immortal by his sect, wheelchair bound in 2020 and 2021, only to bounce back later.

 

Now this is one I'm curious about. It's not often you see an immortal being declared by those outside of the DL community, so I'm interested to the exact the backstory behind this.

[drol 11,945]

10 minutes ago, Master Obit said:

Am I understanding correctly that immortals from last year can't appear this year? Is there a reason for this? 

No, an immortal is an immortal for life (makes sense). So every year new immortals are created, but the previous ones retain their title, of course. It's additive.

 

Immortals are ruled by their King, and King Jimmy has been reigning for more than two years following the death of King Bob (Dole).

[drol 11,945]

7 minutes ago, The Immortal said:

 

Now this is one I'm curious about. It's not often you see an immortal being declared by those outside of the DL community, so I'm interested to the exact the backstory behind this.

Not so strange for a sect. Shincheonji Church of Jesus venerates him as a Messiah, meaning he is immortal and infallible. So far the immortality thing seems to be holding.

[Master Obit 830]

10 minutes ago, drol said:

No, an immortal is an immortal for life (makes sense). So every year new immortals are created, but the previous ones retain their title, of course. It's additive.

 

Immortals are ruled by their King, and King Jimmy has been reigning for more than two years following the death of King Bob (Dole).

Awesome - thanks for the clarification. Some good picks too. 

[arghton 6,735]

Great list with the 2023 miracle hospitalisation survivors,recoverers and deserved DL, Crowdsourced names (Willie, Le Pen and David Graham). I was suprised seeing Guy Warren's name there because I thought he'd have died already!

 

Has there been any info on Surat Singh Khalsa since his May hospitalisation?

 

 

Also, here's the birthday schedule for the next two months. Mostly or actually fully people who logically should've died 2-10 years ago:

 

4 January - David Musuguri, 104, Cleopa Msuya, 93, Ilia II of Georgia, 91

12 January - Tep Vong, 92

14 January - Ma Shitu, 109

2 February - Dries Van Agt, 93

4 February - Kim Yong-nam, 96

8 February - Khamtai Siphandone, 100

14 February - Juan Ponce Enrile, 100

25 February - Nasser Makarem Shirazi, 97

27 February - Joanne Woodward, 94

[drol 11,945]

Everyone is so quiet. Very tough crowd here.

[polar duck 871]

Chen Ning-yang seen celebrating Zagallo's death

[drol 11,945]

Mario Zagallo (1931-2024)

 

"I'm very concerned about the health of Zagallo" (Pelé before being outlived by Super Mario)

 

Insert here generic pun which involves Jimmy Carter outliving another one

 

 

Age at death: 92

Known health issues: Irregular heartbeat in 2007, hospitalised in 2016, hospitalised with extreme respiratory failure in 2022, Pelé concerned for him, Pelé ends the years in a casket, Zagallo discharged. Hospitalised in July 2023 for UTI, discharged, hospitalised in December 2023.

Cause of death: Went down like a true immortal, multiple organ failure.

Alignment: Brazilian legend of football who was called Formiguinha (Little Ant) for his diminutive frame. Lived to 180 in footballer years.

[arghton 6,735]

Impressive Zagallo made it this far with his heart and kidney issues, his health already mentioned in the Time Added first post from 2007. The most "How're they still alive" footy names I can think of are now probably Bilardo, César Luis Menotti (1938-2024) and Nelson Acosta.

 

My post in the Cleric thread from yesterday mentioning that Tep Vong is "back doing his duties" has aged quite badly as he's been hospitalised today. Seems that being on IV at home is a bad sign with these very old and ill people like we already saw with KH Ali Yafie last year.

 

Edit: Apparently Guy Warren has also survived a quadruple bypass and prostate cancer, and Red Farmer was expected dead within a week in December 2009. Tough people

[drol 11,945]

I don't think he is going anywhere yet.

[drol 11,945]

On 31/12/2023 at 23:18, drol said:

This article from early this month seems to imply Ma Shitu's cancer is back.

Detailed article on Ma Shitu. He was diagnosed with lung cancer recurrence in 2018 and given the all clear after months of treatment. The illness he survived in 2023 was COVID-19.

[arghton 6,735]

On 06/01/2024 at 15:03, drol said:

I don't think he is going anywhere yet.

Your jinxing attempt hasn't worked yet but Tep Vong is now in ICU on a feeding tube and looks much, much more dying than two days ago.

[drol 11,945]

He will be fine.

[drol 11,945]

Tep Vong has no disease according to his vice. 

 

One may ask why he is in ICU then, maybe a fun trip.

[Insane 349]

1 hour ago, drol said:

Tep Vong has no disease according to his vice. 

 

One may ask why he is in ICU then, maybe a fun trip.

This is why this is my favorite thread it’s you getting somewhat optimistic for a hit then it all comes crashing down

[drol 11,945]

The medical prodigy formerly known as Alexander Mitta is still in hospital, but "improving and soon to be discharged".

[drol 11,945]

Here's Ma Shitu on his 109th birthday. Starting to think he will never die.

 

EDIT: Wang Huo attendend the celebration on video. Some kind of nonsense they just seem to go on forever.

[drol 11,945]

Ma Shitu defined "long-lived immortal" by Chinese media. Which roughly translates to "how does this fucker not die?" in our language.

[drol 11,945]

Dear all, 

 

as you know we have had a problem with undying immortals for years and we were desperate no one would ever find a solution. Here I am to announce you great news!

 

The Immortals have been beaten badly, most of death beaten to a pulp, then the remains were grinded until they resembled a dry power. Ladies and gentlemen, here's Torgo's Immortal Powder! It has a million and one uses!