gcreptile 10,970 Posted November 2, 2020 My Deathrace pick Rabbi Dovid Soloveitchik, 99, is still alive, but has been hospitalized for COVID 3 days ago: https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/featured/1914997/tehillim-rosh-yeshivas-brisk-hagaon-harav-dovid-soloveitchik-hospitalized.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted November 2, 2020 32 minutes ago, gcreptile said: My Deathrace pick Rabbi Dovid Soloveitchik, 99, is still alive, but has been hospitalized for COVID 3 days ago: https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/featured/1914997/tehillim-rosh-yeshivas-brisk-hagaon-harav-dovid-soloveitchik-hospitalized.html Don't worry, he is improving. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted November 7, 2020 From his official Twitter account, there is word that Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, a member of the House of Lords and a former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, has died. He was 72. Edit: https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/rabbi-lord-jonathan-sacks-former-chief-rabbi-of-great-britain-dies-648341 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted November 7, 2020 On 02/11/2020 at 19:51, gcreptile said: My Deathrace pick Rabbi Dovid Soloveitchik, 99, is still alive, but has been hospitalized for COVID 3 days ago: https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/featured/1914997/tehillim-rosh-yeshivas-brisk-hagaon-harav-dovid-soloveitchik-hospitalized.html On life support. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted November 7, 2020 1 minute ago, drol said: On life support. Oy vey, not a good day for Rabbis. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted November 7, 2020 1 minute ago, alt obits guy said: Oy vey, not a good day for Rabbis. Definitely not, as Manhattan Rabbi Dovid Fenstein has died too. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,525 Posted November 7, 2020 1 hour ago, alt obits guy said: From his official Twitter account, there is word that Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, a member of the House of Lords and a former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, has died. He was 72. Edit: https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/rabbi-lord-jonathan-sacks-former-chief-rabbi-of-great-britain-dies-648341 Looks like my "might be nothing but double-check if he's gone back to work in December" longlist note was overly optimistic. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted November 7, 2020 2 hours ago, alt obits guy said: From his official Twitter account, there is word that Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, a member of the House of Lords and a former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, has died. He was 72. Edit: https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/rabbi-lord-jonathan-sacks-former-chief-rabbi-of-great-britain-dies-648341 That's a big shock.He used to be on tv a lot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted November 12, 2020 On 07/11/2020 at 19:07, drol said: On life support. Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik undergoes successful tracheostomy. Doctors plan to take him off life support in the next days as his conditions are improving. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tower1 93 Posted November 12, 2020 2 hours ago, drol said: Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik undergoes successful tracheostomy. Doctors plan to take him off life support in the next days as his conditions are improving. Tracheostomy at age 99, that's really sick. Anyway, people usually die within a month after tracheostomy since it's an end stage procedure when people can't breathe through mouth and nose anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted November 12, 2020 Maybe I pick him in every Advent Avalanche / Deathrace / MMMDP from now on until he dies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted December 6, 2020 On 12/11/2020 at 08:28, drol said: Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik undergoes successful tracheostomy. Doctors plan to take him off life support in the next days as his conditions are improving. Discharged. Spoiler Actually sent home to die as "his condition is worse than ever". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 6, 2020 4 hours ago, drol said: Discharged. Hide contents Actually sent home to die as "his condition is worse than ever". 1. You can read that? (As Sir Creep anticipates drol's response, let's nip that shit in the bud in advance) 2. You actually take the fucking time to do that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,448 Posted December 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: 1. You can read that? (As Sir Creep anticipates drol's response, let's nip that shit in the bud in advance) 2. You actually take the fucking time to do that? We all have our deadpool sphere hobbies. Willz's is Doctor Who, Ulitzer's is politics, drol's is very old religious people and/or Asian politicians (bonus points if they are both!) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted December 6, 2020 I use Google Translate and need about 10 seconds to search for his name in Hebraic. Not rocket science. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,448 Posted December 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, drol said: I use Google Translate and need about 10 seconds to search for his name in Hebraic. Not rocket science. Sssh don't give away the secret centuries old secret Masonic deadpool research secrets of Google translate... 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted December 6, 2020 Here's an english version of it, I guess Soloveitchik has a day or two left: https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/1926155/hagaon-harav-dovid-soloveitchik-in-private-icu-unit-at-home-in-critical-condition.html Edit: Curious note, they didn't announce his move home, because they didn't want to reduce the "tefillos", the prayers. So if he dies, it means we haven't prayed enough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted January 22, 2021 On 06/12/2020 at 17:36, gcreptile said: Here's an english version of it, I guess Soloveitchik has a day or two left: https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/1926155/hagaon-harav-dovid-soloveitchik-in-private-icu-unit-at-home-in-critical-condition.html Edit: Curious note, they didn't announce his move home, because they didn't want to reduce the "tefillos", the prayers. So if he dies, it means we haven't prayed enough. Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik deteriorates for the 450th time in the last two months. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted January 22, 2021 5 hours ago, drol said: Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik deteriorates for the 450th time in the last two months. More specifically he is suffering from acute kidney failure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted January 22, 2021 9 minutes ago, drol said: More specifically he is suffering from acute kidney failure. Oh yeah, wasn't that what Carlos Menem was suffering from a month ago? Still alive, by the way. I wonder if I ever learn and stop picking immortals for my Deathrace teams. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 22, 2021 3 hours ago, gcreptile said: 3 hours ago, drol said: More specifically he is suffering from acute kidney failure. Oh yeah, wasn't that what Carlos Menem was suffering from a month ago? Still alive, by the way. I wonder if I ever learn and stop picking immortals for my Deathrace teams. If only it had been called 'cute kidney failure' it would have been less inticing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted January 30, 2021 On 22/01/2021 at 08:53, drol said: Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik deteriorates for the 450th time in the last two months. Shabbat update: despite the title, he is actually improving. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted January 31, 2021 Well, the only time old Dovid was improving, he is dead. Took his biscuit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,610 Posted January 31, 2021 19 minutes ago, drol said: Well, the only time old Dovid was improving, he is dead. Took his biscuit. I think we’ve touched on this point before but it can’t really be emphasised enough. There’s a medical phenomenon known as “terminal lucidity” which is common in many elderly/seriously ill patients. Their vitals improve and they become far more energetic and alert, hours, days or weeks before dying. This leads relatives into a false sense of hope or belief that the person is recovering hence you get the “they’re improving” stories when in actuality fact they’re often totally fucked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted January 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: I think we’ve touched on this point before but it can’t really be emphasised enough. There’s a medical phenomenon known as “terminal lucidity” which is common in many elderly/seriously ill patients. Their vitals improve and they become far more energetic and alert, hours, days or weeks before dying. This leads relatives into a false sense of hope or belief that the person is recovering hence you get the “they’re improving” stories when in actuality fact they’re often totally fucked. Actually he severely deteriorated on Friday, on Saturday he was breathing and they thought "he was improving" before he deteriorated again last night. But I think he was never conscious again and they perfectly knew he was utterly fucked. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites