Who are the immortals?

[arghton 7,044]

On 25/09/2024 at 08:41, drol said:

Left from the very first generation of Immortals:

 

1)Jimmy Carter (1924): the King of Kings. Among his achievements, he survived metastatic cancer in his 90s, severe brain hemorrhage and has been in hospice care for almost two years. Apparently stronger than ever. God mode.

2)Joanne Woodward (1930): advanced Alzheimer's since at least 2008, reportedly in hospice care last year. Top tier.

3)David Musuguri (1920): diabetes for years, multiple hospitalizations, in hospital for months last year. Top tier.

4)Saalumarada Thimmakka (1928, alleged 1910): multiple hospitalizations, survived "extremely critical conditions" in 2023, almost unheard since. Top tier.

...

Saalumarada Thimmakka hospitalised in ICU.

[drol 12,446]

2 minutes ago, arghton said:

Saalumarada Thimmakka hospitalised in ICU.

I was just looking her up as Tulsi Gowda died. She is one of most fucking overdue people on Earth.

[drol 12,446]

13 hours ago, arghton said:

Saalumarada Thimmakka hospitalised in ICU.

Saalumarada stable, to be discharged today.

 

Try again, better luck.

[Thatcher 2,699]

Mentioned in this thread previously - Tsuneo Watanabe, Japanese newspaper executive, dead aged 98.

[arghton 7,044]

12 hours ago, Thatcher said:

Mentioned in this thread previously - Tsuneo Watanabe, Japanese newspaper executive, dead aged 98.

Yes, one of my suggestions for the 2025 list.

Quite an interesting guy. Communist-turned media tycoon who called himself "the Dictator" due to his influence on politics and baseball and said he was delighted in having political parties under his control. Definitely helped shape Japan into what it is now.

 

He was completely sure he'd make it to 100 despite looking like a corpse these last 4 years. Apparently he had a fall earlier this month, went back to work and got pneumonia. Most sources say he died at a hospital but there are claims he was found dead in his office by his secretary. Would've QO'd.

 

Edit: Judging on social media reaction to his death, he seems to have been their Rupert Murdoch...

[arghton 7,044]

On 24/11/2024 at 18:30, arghton said:

Yu Miu-lin: 87, pulmonary fibrosis and leukemia combo. Remarkably stable, but could realistically die any day.

Yu Miu-lin contracts pneumonia and does not think she will make it through the year. Looks remarkably healthy for her health conditions and age in those images though.

[Gisooo 3,616]

On 05/06/2024 at 21:48, arghton said:

19. Om Prakash Chautala

Indian former Chief Minister of Haryana. Heart disease for decades, heart surgery in 2013, poor health in 2019, hospitalised in 2020, hospitalised with stomach infection in 2022 and in ICU in April this year.

 

Mentioned also in other threads by @drol

 

Om Prakash Chautala (Wiki), Indian politician who has served as the 7th Chief Minister of Haryana dead at 89

 

[drol 12,446]

Wow, wasn't expecting it, he seemed to go on crooking forever. Some years ago he tried to assemble a political league of superelders. Himself, Parkash Singh Badal, Mulayam Singh Yadav and HD Deve Gowda. Only Deve Gowda left out of them.

[Ulitzer95 13,058]

4 hours ago, Gisooo said:

 

Mentioned also in other threads by @drol

 

Om Prakash Chautala (Wiki), Indian politician who has served as the 7th Chief Minister of Haryana dead at 89

 

Which reminds me, I must pick up a tin of Quality Street for the guests on Christmas Day.

[Lafaucheuse 4,197]

may I suggest a new immortal : French TV Host Michel Drucker (b. 1942) mentioned a few times around here and a lot of times in French circles. 

Currently hospitalized for a "bad sore throat" (what does that even mean?). First open-heart surgery in 2020 at 78 following infection of his heart and leg by a bacteria + stroke. Then again open-heart surgery in 2023 for infectious endocarditis of the valve. Constantly hospitalized for minor issues in the last 4 years. His own brother, Jean, died of heart attack at 61.

Looks frailer and frailer but still seems unsinkable. Will see. 

His on-screen longevity makes him a top-immortal in France and is often joked about.

[drol 12,446]

A new class of Immortals is to be announced within days. Before that, I'd like to review the top performances from this year.

 

1)Jimmy The King (1924)

 

Jimmy Carter is the Michael Myers of deadpooling, Every time you think it's impossible for him to survive, and yet the next year he is back with a vengeance. We left him with terminal cancer, with cerebral hemorrhage, in hospice care for two years. Still seems unstoppable and feeds on mango's obsession for him.

 

2)Saalumarada Thimmakka (1928)

 

She was off the news for such a long time that we almost forgot about her. But no, goes to ICU with respiratory failure and critical condition and recovers again in a day or two.  Quite unbelievable.

 

3)Nritya Gopal Das (1938)

 

Quite underrated performer, survived two hospitalizations in critical condition, and has been in failing health for five years now.

 

4)Jayapataka Swami (1948)

 

 

This should be a mistake, he can't actually be alive.

 

5)Mahathir Mohamad (1925)

 

Hospitalized twice, yet unsinkable.

 

6)Chavalit Yongchayudh (1932)

 

 

Spent most of the year in hospital, was in extremely critical condition this month before miracolously recovering in a day.

 

7)Alexander Mitta (1933)

 

 

Who would have guessed he would be still alive now? Every time it's a denial, that's how we like our Mitta.

 

8)Jean Marie Le Pen (1928)

 

Survived like a piece of cake his annual death rumour and a long hospitalization. Did you have doubts?

 

9)Wang Huo (1924)

 

 

The same year he became a widower of his close friend (no homo) Ma Shitu, he survived major heart surgery and raised from his sickbed within months.

 

10)Yu Miu-lin (1937)

 

 

Survived pneumonia (with a bit of media attention seeking), while suffering from leukemia and pulmonary fibrosis for years. Bah.

[arghton 7,044]

On 24/12/2024 at 11:56, drol said:

A new class of Immortals is to be announced within days. Before that, I'd like to review the top performances from this year.

 

6)Chavalit Yongchayudh (1932)

 

 

Spent most of the year in hospital, was in extremely critical condition this month before miracolously recovering in a day.

Chavalit Yongchaiyudh...well...Carter looks the picture of health compared to him here.

 

Another case of the family claiming a "recovery" while the old fucker is hooked to machines with multiple end-stage diseases.

[drol 12,446]

Manmohan Singh (1932-2024)

 

"Dhere is nodhing to do for Mr. Advani, he is exdremely cridical dis dime..." (Doctor at AIIMS)

 

"Mr. Manmohan, he is dead!" (The same doctor)

 

"I feel like I am 20 now, please discharge me out of this shithole" (LK Advani gets miracolusly cured by his rival's death)

 

"Dead? You mean... I though he was an actual wood puppet!" (Sonia Gandhi)

 

 

 

 

 

Age at death: 92

Known health issues: Open heart surgery in 2009, given 10 years to live at best due to extensive heart disease. Later developed diabetes and respiratory disease. Hospitalised in 2020 with heart failure. Hospitalised in 2021 with COVID. Hospitalised in 2021 in critical condition with dengue. Wheelchair bound and mostly unable to talk for years. Hospitalised in critical condition in 2024.

Cause of death: Killed by Advani's hitmen.

Alignment: He was PM of India for then long years, before the jolly tyrant known as Modi took power. Manomhan was a peaceful bureaucrat, strengthened economy and improved dipolmatic relations with Pakistan and China. He was continuosly criticized by BJP for being apparently maneuvered by Sonia Gandhi and being overall indecisive. His rabid archenemy was LK Advani, who defined him as "the weakest PM ever". Advani was destined to become PM, but his disciple Modi killed him like Supreme Lord Snoke. An anti corruption campaign meant the end of Singh's "power". Ironically, the day he dies his worst enemy gets discharged from the same hospital, despite being overdue as fuck.

[gcreptile 11,305]

3 hours ago, arghton said:

Chavalit Yongchaiyudh...well...Carter looks the picture of health compared to him here.

 

Another case of the family claiming a "recovery" while the old fucker is hooked to machines with multiple end-stage diseases.

He looks already partly decomposed.

[arghton 7,044]

4 hours ago, gcreptile said:

He looks already partly decomposed.

Yes, I'm wondering what exactly is this mystery disease he's suffering from currently. Massive wounds and infections on his body as the family has mentioned already more than a month ago (pretty visible on his hands there) sepsis and has been in hospital since a biopsy over a month ago.

My guess is some form of leukemia with leukemia cutis but with his current condition and comorbidities whatever it is will not matter much deathpooling-wise, I'd be suprised if he's alive two weeks from now.

[arghton 7,044]

Chavalit suddenly looks much better and is off the high-flow cannula he was on earlier. Maybe not as imminent as I thought.

[Sean 6,563]

12 minutes ago, arghton said:

Chavalit suddenly looks much better and is off the high-flow cannula he was on earlier. Maybe not as imminent as I thought.

Not on any oxygen at all here .Must have been given a prep talk over the phone by King Jimmy.

[arghton 7,044]

On 05/12/2021 at 19:24, drol said:

THE KING IS DEAD! LONG LIVE THE KING!

So King Bob has died for real. About 77 years after his time. The kingdom is in mourning, but a new king has to be sworn in. So finally it is...

V-MAR Ri Yong-mu!

Wait, I already did this joke. Come on, Kim, you'll admit this guy is boring as hell. It has to be someone else. Leslie Phillips? Tin Oo? Thich Nhat Hanh, who has been waiting for the last 80 years? Ehmmm, no. It is none other than....

KING JIMMY I!!!

Having survived everything from advanced cancer to serious falls to cerebral hemorrhages to urinary tract infections, Jimmy is our new Democrat king! Come on, Jimmy, build that Macon mausoleum!

History's greatest monster's three-year reign of terror is seemingly over - What happens now?

[Sean 6,563]

40 minutes ago, arghton said:

History's greatest monster's three-year reign of terror is seemingly over - What happens now?

A successor is chosen surely?

 

I think it should go to Joanne Woodward

[Lafaucheuse 4,197]

24 minutes ago, Sean said:

A successor is chosen surely?

 

I think it should go to Joanne Woodward

Good call, would be great to have a queen for once and her fame and resistance sure deserves top spot 

[arghton 7,044]

Just my opinions, but there are four* names on drol's lists I consider above the others right now in terms of death-dodging

 

Woodward (in late stages of dementia in 2014) and Violeta Chamorro (brain tumors in 2011, osteoporosis for decades, enormous stroke in 2018 etc) are perhaps the only ones left I'd have already called top level immortals around 2018.

 

V. S. "ICU in 2017, hospice graduate 2019" Achuthanandan came a bit after. Saalumarada Thimmakka has a health history dating to 2010 but has really been in and out of hospital with everything since 2020.

 

(*Well, to be honest, five...but surely none of us wants "King Sidney"?)

[The Immortal 655]

7 hours ago, arghton said:

Just my opinions, but there are four* names on drol's lists I consider above the others right now in terms of death-dodging

 

Woodward (in late stages of dementia in 2014) and Violeta Chamorro (brain tumors in 2011, osteoporosis for decades, enormous stroke in 2018 etc) are perhaps the only ones left I'd have already called top level immortals around 2018.

 

V. S. "ICU in 2017, hospice graduate 2019" Achuthanandan came a bit after. Saalumarada Thimmakka has a health history dating to 2010 but has really been in and out of hospital with everything since 2020.

 

(*Well, to be honest, five...but surely none of us wants "King Sidney"?)

 

I agree with Lafaucheuse's point here that the king/queen of immortals should preferably be someone genuinely famous and not some obscure Chinese/Indian politician that basically no one would know of outside of their countries. Having someone like Joanne Woodward instead of say Yang You as the immortal leader, it just makes sense you know.

[drol 12,446]

King Jimmy the Great, the Immortal, the Humongous, the Destroyer of guinea worms and mangos (1924-2024)

 

 

Well, he didn't really give me time to prepare a proper obit!

 

 

[drol 12,446]

OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN!

 

 

2024 was characterized by the most shocking event in the history of deadpooling: the passing of our deity, of our supreme leader, of our Immortal King Jimmy Carter. He had survived metastatic cancer at 90, cerebral hemorrhage at 95, two years in hospice care at 99, mymango. And gets killed in the lamest year ever. That's not fair. And with him also mymango disappeared, as they were the same entity, like Derry and Pennywise.

 

Dry your tears anyway. Our King of three years has died. We need a new king. Or queen. Until now the king has been always chosen among the founding Immortals, so the choice was pretty straightforward....

 

 

KING VS!!!!

 

Congrats, Comrade, you really deserved to be K.... ahahah, come on, give us the crown back, you red bastard!

 

VS is a top notch Immortals, but would be an unpopular king. And I would avoid that. But I promise you will be king if you survived the next King. Or Queen. As the Queen is....

 

 

QUEEN JOANNE!!!

 

Ahahah, got you again! Nah, too much woman empowerment here. The time is not ripe yet. And Joanne does literally nothing, she just rots with dementia. But no hospitalization, no movement. We need an entertaining bastard who  gets in hospital with an average of three times a week. Aaaaand....

 

 

KING JAYA!!!

 

He has survived just everything and every hospitalization is a show. He joined the Immortals in 2024, but he has been the top player since. Wish you a long good reign, full of hospitalizations!

[arghton 7,044]

I didn't expect that, but to be honest, I doubt anyone who's ever lived has had such a health history as I mentioned some time ago in the Hospitalised thread.

 

Spoiler

1960 - Suffering from "serious skin disease"

1973 - "Serious fever"

1989 - Jayapataka is attacked in Madrid with a knife, the attacker attempts to slash his throat and he suffers a major vein injury. From a blood transfusion, he gets Hepatitis C. Undergoes tracheotomy and spends a long time in ICU.

ca. 1995: Diagnosed with diabetes

23 Oct 2008: Jayapataka suffers a massive stroke, found unconscious in bed at 3:30am and has fallen into coma. Results of a scan indicate he has suffered a brain stem stroke and also has bleeding on two other locations on his brain. He suffers a cardiac arrest, resuscitated and his condition is said to be "extremely critical" on ventilator. Given ca. 1% possibility of survival.

c. Oct-Nov 2008: Undergoes enormous brain surgery.

25 Oct 2008: Jayapataka is conscious but not out of danger, his blood platelets are going down but his blood pressure and sugar level are under control.

26 Oct 2008: Jayapataka is diagnosed with chronic liver disease, is improving and comes out of coma.

27 Oct 2008: Jayapataka's blood pressure fluctuates, his platelets decrease further and blood sugar is unstable.

29 Oct 2008: His ventilator is removed, but placed again two hours later.

31 Oct 2008: Jayapataka can't breathe on his own, a tracheostomy is performed and connected to ventilator.

1 Nov 2008, 6pm: He is off ventilator, but still critical in ICU.

1 Nov 2008, 10pm: Jayapataka falls unconscious again

2 Nov 2008: Jayapataka is "very critical" on life support.

3 Nov 2008: "Improving", but only 5% conscious.

5 Nov 2008: Critical but stable.

6 Nov 2008: Bleeding has stopped, but Jayapataka's brain stem clot is inoperable and "needs to dissolve on its own". Not expected to survive.

~11 Nov 2008: Jayapataka is weaned off ventilator.

13 Nov 2008: Back on ventilator.

16 Nov 2008: Off ventilator for a few hours, back on ventilator as he was breathless and tired.

21-22 Nov 2008: Taken off ventilator, able to talk with speech valve, then back on ventilator, and again off ventilator. Improving for the next week.

5 Dec 2008: Jayapataka has slight fever, low white cell count.

6 Dec 2008: Out of "intensive critical care unit", to ICU.

12-13 Dec 2008: Out of ICU, tracheotomy tube removed.

~20 Jan 2009: Discharged

29 Jul 2010: Hospitalised with recurring severe UTI.

Feb 2011: Suffers "unforeseen health issue", cancels speeches.

Recurring leg infection in 2011 and 2012.

Dec 2012: Hospitalised for tests

May 2013: Fever and "stomach ailment"

July 2013: Undergoes dental surgery

Jul 2014: Pneumonia and viral bronchitis.

6 Oct 2014: Hospitalised with fluid retention (oedema, ascites) due to failing liver. Diagnosed with gastric varices and has litres of fluid drained from his body.

17 Oct 2014: Discharged.

Dec 2014: Undergoes two endoscopic procedures.

10 May 2015: Hospitalised in ICU with liver failure and "multi resistant pneumonia".

12 May 2015: Gravely ill, suffers carbon dioxide and ammonia buildup, intubated an critical.

24 May 2015: Greatly improving

26 May 2015: Out of ICU.

28 May 2015: In critical condition on ventilator.

6 Jun 2015: Off ventilator.

23 Jun 2015: Discharged.

23 Dec 2015: Hospitalised in Perth with breathing complications.

14 Feb 2016: Suffers mild fever.

15 Feb 2016: Hospitalised with pulmonary ailment, severely ill

17 Feb 2016: On ventilator

2 Mar 2016: Out of ICU.

13 Sep 2016: Hospitalised with ascites, oedema, liver and kidney failure.

~25 Sep 2016: Discharged.

Oct 2017: Health condition "uncertain", treated at home.

Nov 2017: Hospitalised for checkups.

13 Dec 2017: Hospitalised for checkups, suffers "kidney complication" that prolongs his hospitalisation by some days.

Jan 2018: "In and out of hospital for the last few weeks"

8 Feb 2018: Undergoes angiogram.

13 Mar 2018: Undergoes local procedures, removal of excess fluid.

15 Mar 2018: Discharged

Apr 2018: Hospitalised in ICU and on ventilator, high blood carbon dioxide levels.

25 Apr 2018: Out of ICU (in 24/7 care since in hospital or home)

10 Aug 2018: Hospitalised, developes infection, but improving.

15 Aug 2018: Undergoes liver and kidney transplants. Given 1% chance of survival.

16 Aug 2018: Extubated.

18 Aug 2018: Re-intubated due to trouble breathing, high CO2 levels and unstable heart rate. Undergoes tracheotomy for the third time in his life. Kidneys not functioning optimally.

20 Aug 2018: Has gram-positive bacteria, but greatly improving and able to communicate.

21 Aug 2018: Suffers from swollen arms.

23 Aug 2018: Off ventilator, then back on ventilator again.

27 Aug 2018: Off ventilator, on CPAP, on ventilator again.

31 Aug 2018: Taken to another hospital, back in ICU and ventilator there.

2 Sep 2018: Tracheotomy tube changed. On ventilator, BiPAP/CPAP, ventilator, etc

6 Sep 2018: Developes breathing problem, again on ventilator but improving.

10 Sep 2018: Tubes removed.

12 Sep 2018: Deteriorating, undergoes dialysis. Kidneys not functioning well due to disease he got from donor

13 Sep 2018: Pulmonary oedema

14 Sep 2018: Aspirates, back on ventilator and tracheotomy apparently back.

17 Sep 2018: Improving, on tracheal mask.

18 Sep 2018: On ventilator, off ventilator, on ventilator

20 Sep 2018: Suffers from bleeding ulcer.

25 Sep 2018: Improving, but diagnosed with enlargened blood vessels.

27 Sep 2018: Deteriorating, improving, on and off ventilator

29 Sep 2018: Tracheotomy removed, improving, off ventilator and on BiPAP.

1 Oct 2018: Discharged to "home ICU".

Nov 2018: Hospitalised for checkups.

22 Jul 2019: Diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma.

24 Jul 2019: Undergoes surgery to remove the carcinoma, discharged. Suffers swollen face as complication.

31 Jul 2020: Hospitalised with infections and unstable BP.

1 Jan 2021: Tests positive for covid.

15 Jan 2021: Suffering from fungal infection and leg swelling.

29 Jan 2021: No longer covid-positive, leg swelling greatly improving.

21 Mar 2021: Hospitalised with typhoid fever and painful cellulitis.

12 Jan 2022: Tests positive for covid again.

15-16 Jan 2022: Hospitalised with covid, abdominal hematoma and other ailments. Undergoes surgery, intubated in ICU and in very critical condition.

18 Jan 2022: Undergoes removal of 2-litre blood clot. Critical condition, on arterial lines. Undergoing blood transfusions.

22 Jan 2022: Suffering from pleural effusion, but improving.

27 Jan 2022: Discharged.

3 Feb 2022: Hospitalised for removal of abdominal fluid, discharged the same day.

Jun 2022: Eye surgery.

March 2023: Eye surgery

May 2023: Diagnosed with skin cancer (again)

June 2023: Undergoes biopsy, suffers worsening kidney function

July 2023: Hospitalised, suffering from fever and UTI

August 2023: hospitalised and on dialysis with kidney failure and "extended spectrum multi-resistant bacteria". Also suffers pulmonary edema, bad platelet count and low haemoglobin and undergoes iron transfusion

October 2023: Hospitalised on BiPAP with kidney failure, ascites, infections and low haemoglobin levels. Undergoes tapping to remove fluid from his abdomen. On IV antibiotics due to lung infection. Diagnosed with compression in his windpipe. Undergoes blood transfusions.

November 2023: Still in hospital with mentions of worsening kidney failure, pneumonia, skin lesions and uncontrolled BP

December 2023: Suffers another infection, on IV meds again

January 2024: Prayer meeting held due to his poor health. Hospitalised with anemia, low oxygen levels, fatigue, pain in the back and abdomen and suffers a stroke.

February 2024: On oxygen with general oedema, pleural effusion, high BP, pulmonary edema and worsening kidney failure. Also said to suffer from worsening liver function.

March 2024: In "home hospital" with infection, fever and worsening kidney failure

6th of March 2024: suffering from pulmonary edema again, on and off oxygen.

26th of March 2024: Suffering from pulmonary edema again, on and off oxygen. Hospitalised, discharged, hospitalised in days

31st of March 2024: Hospitalised in ICU with fever and unstable BP

1st of April 2024: In very critical condition, emergency meetings being held etc.

2nd of April 2024: "Improving but still critical" on CRRT dialysis and life-saving drugs

4th of April 2024: critical with low hemoglobin and infections

5th of April 2024: Improving. Two litres of fluid drained from his lungs

7th of April 2024: ICU again and suffering from oedema, lung problems, unstable BP and infections

29th of April 2024: Suffering from oedema.

1st of May 2024: Hospitalised for dialysis, discharged, hospitalised right after with extreme weakness

7th of May 2024: Hospitalised

28th of May 2024: On constant oxygen support

3rd of June 2024: Undergoes surgery to fix a fistula.

9th of June 2024: Hospitalised with fluid buildup in the lungs and abdomen. On constant oxygen support and undergoing thoracentesis

14th of June 2024: "Jayapataka's intestines do not function properly"

25th of June 2024: Hospitalised after significant drop in his blood pressure and needed emergency medications. "Somewhat stable, conscious and alert"

August 2024: Hospitalised for tests due to blurry vision and high BP

September 2024: Eye surgery

6th of November 2024: ill and on IV meds with bad fever, extremely unstable and high blood pressure

25th of November 2024: Eye surgery