# Ariel Sharon has died @85

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ariel-sharon-has-died-85/678521>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 11, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ariel-sharon-has-died-85/678521 "2014-01-11T16:45:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ariel-sharon-has-died-85/678521/1 "2014-01-11T16:45:16Z")

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> **[Israel's ex-PM Ariel Sharon dies, aged 85](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25696601)**
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> Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has died aged 85 after spending eight years in a coma following a stroke.

> **[Ariel Sharon, former Israeli Prime Minister, dead at 85 | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2014/01/11/world/meast/obit-ariel-sharon/index.html?hpt=hp_t1)**
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> Ariel Sharon, whose half century as a military and political leader in Israel was marked with victories and controversies, died Saturday after eight years in a coma, Israeli Army Radio reported. Sharon was 85.

Sorry if I’m not the first to announce this, couldn’t find another thread. R.I.P. ☹

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**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ariel-sharon-has-died-85/678521/2 "2014-01-11T18:20:55Z")

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About time. It’s horrifying that he lasted this long.

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**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ariel-sharon-has-died-85/678521/3 "2014-01-11T18:47:50Z")

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Can’t wait for the SNL headline news;

“Ariel Sharon still struggling in his valiant fight to remain dead”