arghton 6,756 Posted September 4, 2023 On 05/11/2022 at 12:01, drol said: I have been expecting one of those three fakers to drop dead for quite some time. Fauja Singh is 94, has retired over ten years ago and has looked increasingly thin in the last few years. It also seems his biographer did not expect him to reach his "110th" birthday. Saalumarada is also 94 and has survived a large number of illnesses, being on her deathbed about seven years ago and recently breaking her hip. Wheelchair bound and cranky for years. Pappammal should be about 92. At her Padma Shri ceremony she was on a wheelchair and looked extremely frail. Age is ctaching up with them even if they are faking it. Here's Pappammal three weeks ago (video, 3:00 onwards): Now able to walk a bit, but looks much thinner than when she got that Padma Shri in 2021. Also, the fourth Indian living age fraud (and the most extreme out of them - he claims to be 127, actual age around 85-95) Swami Sivananda has just had another "checkup" last week according to facebook posts. He's declined fastly, seems demented with an "end-of-life look" and empty eyes for some months now and occasionally wheelchairbound but his followers/students insist he's in perfect health and still repeat the lie that he's never been hospitalised or had to use medicine. The facebook page of his followers even says that "antibiotics are the root cause of many complicated destructive diseases"... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,089 Posted September 8, 2023 G Marimuthu: Indian film industry mourns popular actor - BBC News Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,957 Posted September 11, 2023 On 03/08/2023 at 14:52, arghton said: Article on ailing Indian opposition politicians as the opposition is trying to squeeze some votes out of them. It mentions two perennially ills: Manmohan Singh (former prime minister, long health history of diabetes, heart problems, dengue, covid...) and Shibu Soren (Jharkland controversial CM, has been on oxygen atleast three times in recent years with covid, heart problems, CKD and water-in-lungs) but also a third MP called Bashistha Narain Singh who has apparently also been in ill health for years. Here's Soren arriving to parliament some days ago: Shibu Soren hospitalised . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,377 Posted September 13, 2023 On 14/10/2022 at 12:36, arghton said: Nedumangad Sivanandan (1935) Carnatic violinist. Manik Bhide (1935) Hindustani classical vocalist. Neela Ramgopal (1935) Tamil carnatic vocalist and author. Meanwhile for example Bangladesh only has classical vocalist Amaresh Roy Chowdhury (1928), folk singer Shushama Das (1930), Baul folk singer Saidur Rahman Boyati (1931), Masud Ali Khan (1931), sitar player Motiul Haque Khan (1933), Syed Hasan Imam (1935) and Mahbuba Rahman (1935). Indian female vocalist Manik Bhide (Wiki) dead at 88 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,756 Posted September 15, 2023 On 11/09/2023 at 20:28, drol said: Shibu Soren hospitalised . "Improving", but his son who is the current Jharkland Chief Minister and other family members are in the hospital with him 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,756 Posted September 19, 2023 Shibu Soren discharged. Apparently he and Manmohan Singh were going to attend a special parliament meeting today but I'm not sure if either of them did. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,957 Posted September 25, 2023 On 15/03/2022 at 20:25, arghton said: R. M. Veerappan, 95: Dravidian leader and director who held multiple ministerial positions in the 1970s and the 1980s, worked with Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa. Looked very frail in 2018. R. M. Veerappan hospitalised. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,756 Posted September 27, 2023 CM/overlord of the state of Telangana (population 35 million) K. Chandrashekar Rao has been treated at home by his medical team for a week now for fever. Recovering and only 69 years old, but one to keep an eye on, he's been rumored ill for years and his 2009 "death fast" left him with some heart problems. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,957 Posted September 27, 2023 Kannada actor Bank Janardhan (wiki) in ICU after the most unsurprising heart attack ever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,957 Posted October 8, 2023 On 19/09/2023 at 15:41, arghton said: Shibu Soren discharged. Apparently he and Manmohan Singh were going to attend a special parliament meeting today but I'm not sure if either of them did. Shibu Soren.... well, Shibu Soren's wife Roopi hospitalised with respiratory failure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,957 Posted October 15, 2023 Civil servant and multiple times minister M. S. Gill dead at 87. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,957 Posted October 16, 2023 Former Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan hospitalised after serious fall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,957 Posted October 19, 2023 93-year old MP and pundit Shafiqur Rahman Barq hospitalised. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,756 Posted October 20, 2023 Another Indian MP and former Mayor of Kolkata, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya of CPIM (the party of many pool picks including Achuthanandan, Buddhadeb etc) hospitalised. Underwent a bypass earlier and now to undergo a pacemaker implantation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,377 Posted November 1, 2023 On 14/10/2022 at 12:36, arghton said: Farida Khanum (1929) Pakistani singer from West Bengal, India so counts half. Called the Queen of Ghazal in both Pakistan and India. Hilal-i-Imtiaz recipient. Leela Omchery (1929) Kerala classical singer, Padma Shri recipient. B. S. Saroja (1929) Malayam and Tamil actress who worked with MGR. From your list Leela Omchery (Wiki) dead at 94 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,957 Posted November 10, 2023 On 04/10/2022 at 11:04, arghton said: I did the list of the oldest living Indian Chief Ministers earlier this year (July), here's a list of the oldest living Governors. Usually smaller political personalities than the CMs, so I'm not sure if all are alive. As with the list of oldest CMs, all born 1951 and before: Padmanabha Acharya (1931) Governor of Assam 2014-2016, Tripura 2014-2015, Nagaland 2014-2019, Arunachal Pradesh 2017, Manipur 2019. Padmanabha Acharya dead at 92. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,608 Posted November 14, 2023 Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi, Hotelier has died aged 94. Obit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,377 Posted November 16, 2023 On 14/10/2022 at 12:36, arghton said: Arvind Parikh (1927) Classical Sitar player, Padma Bhushan recipient. Ram Narayan (1927) Padma Vibhushan recipient, has played the Sarangi since 1944 and popularised it. Shanno Khurana (1927) Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan recipient, classical vocalist, musician and composer. P. K. Narayanan Nambiar (1927) Padma Shri, Mizhavu virtuoso from Kerala. P. K. Narayanan Nambiar (Wiki) dead at 96 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,957 Posted November 18, 2023 On 21/06/2022 at 19:30, arghton said: Tamil actor and former opposition leader Vijayakanth suffering from ill health due to diabetes & complications, 3 toes amputated: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chennai/ailing-dmdk-party-chief-vijaykanths-toe-removed-7982391/ Vijayakanth hospitalised for a classic routine chek-up. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,608 Posted November 19, 2023 S. Venkitaramanan, The Eighteenth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India has died aged 92. He served for a period of 2 years, from 1990 to 1992. Obit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,957 Posted November 23, 2023 On 07/02/2023 at 16:21, arghton said: Siddheshwar Prasad, former Governor of Tripura, died last month at 94. Fifth-oldest Indian Governor at the time of his death. From the list Fathima Beevi looks very frail in some recent pictures, 96 in two months. Modi nemesis Kamla Beniwal is doing pretty well for 96 but quite frail too. BNK Chhibber's wikipedia page has been edited to say he died last year but there's no source anywhere. Fathima Beevi dead at 96. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,756 Posted November 29, 2023 On 18/11/2023 at 18:57, drol said: Vijayakanth hospitalised for a classic routine chek-up. Vijayakanth's routine checkup takes a new turn as he undergoes tracheostomy due to cystic fibrosis (not sure if it translated correctly, but that's what it says for me) and fungal infection complications... Edit: However this says he's only on "pulmonary support" and to be discharged in two weeks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,957 Posted December 8, 2023 Double whammy of Indians who were described as "ailing" in the last few weeks: CPI secretary Kanam Rajendran dead at 73. Actress Leelavathi dead at 86. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,957 Posted December 14, 2023 On 14/10/2022 at 12:36, arghton said: Kedar Singh Phonia, Uttar Pradesh tourism, culture and youth affairs minister in Kalyan Singh's govt, dead at 92. One of these many ancient but incredibly tough Indian politicos, he was already on his deathbed four years ago but seemingly recovered. Adding a list of the more minor Indian politicians, those (probably) not mentioned here before and definitely still living born in & before 1930 in the spoiler: Ra. Sankaran (1931) Tamil and Telugu actor and director. Ra. Sankaran dead at 92. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,957 Posted January 9 Rashid Khan dead at 55. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
