# Hosni Mubarak has been declared clinically dead \[maybe\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 19, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681 "2012-06-19T21:39:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/21 "2012-06-20T03:36:02Z")
Damnit! :mad: Why did he have to be an Air Chief Marshal, and not a Generalissmo.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/22 "2012-06-20T06:49:47Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > If he does wind up lingering on for some considerable period of time it will be kind of weird (in addition to all the “Mummy” jokes) on account of the continuing [Ariel Sharon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Sharon) situation. The Hall of Undead Dictators could be Disney’s new counterpart to the Hall of Presidents. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/23 "2012-06-20T09:37:57Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Awfully coincidental timing of his imprisonment and sudden decline. If he wasn’t being poisoned, it sure looked like it. Morphine overdose, Arsenic or Exotic Mystery Poison of the East? **Taking _aaaaallll_ bets!** ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/24 "2012-06-20T10:16:47Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Awfully coincidental timing of his imprisonment and sudden decline. If he wasn’t being poisoned, it sure looked like it. At 84 the emotional stress of losing power and being sentenced to life in prison could easily kill someone. Or maybe someone smashed his phylactery. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/25 "2012-06-20T10:23:10Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > As an obituary writer, I have learned the hard way that “wiki-dead” is not \*really \*dead; “_L.A. Times_ dead” is _dead_. :: spews cab-sav onto keyboard and screen :: 😃 **Eve** , don’t ever leave us again, please. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/26 "2012-06-20T10:58:19Z")
Could he be faking death to start a new life elsewhere? ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/27 "2012-06-20T11:45:32Z")
They’re keeping him on life support until the voodoo priest can arrive and perform the ritual to make him a zombie. Hey, it worked for Keith Richards. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/28 "2012-06-20T13:21:52Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Mubarak was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He was then taken to a better hospital, where his condition was upgraded to “alive.” See?! The rich and powerful (even the raging murderous assholes) always get the better healthcare. Us poor working peons just get told we are dead and then we are just SOL. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/29 "2012-06-20T15:01:01Z")
Faking his death, to stage an amazing reanimation to grab power yet again? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/30 "2012-06-20T15:39:38Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Awfully coincidental timing of his imprisonment and sudden decline. If he wasn’t being poisoned, it sure looked like it. He was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago, among other health problems, and he supposedly stopped eating and taking his medication after he was deposed. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/31 "2012-06-20T16:05:02Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > He was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago, among other health problems, and he supposedly stopped eating and taking his medication after he was **deposed**. I read that as “decomposed”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/32 "2012-06-20T16:15:42Z")
No, that comes later. After the _L.A. Times dead_ part. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/33 "2012-06-20T16:20:30Z")
And then the _Daily Mail_ writes about how some people somewhere are speculating he’s a zombie? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/34 "2012-06-20T16:23:15Z")
And performing duets in Vegas with Elvis as The Memphis Connection. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/35 "2012-06-20T16:43:30Z")
So is he really dead, or just in denial? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/36 "2012-06-20T17:04:59Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > The Hall of Undead Dictators could be Disney’s new counterpart to the Hall of Presidents. I hope it includes Gaddafi. I miss that guy. He was a lot more entertaining than Mubarak ever was. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/37 "2012-06-20T18:35:06Z")
He is the King of denial. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/38 "2012-06-20T19:54:33Z")
Mubarak LIVES!!! Cite: [http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle\_east/lawyer-says-mubarak-in-stable-condition-but-confusion-still-reigns/2012/06/20/gJQAu3wRqV\_story.htm](http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/lawyer-says-mubarak-in-stable-condition-but-confusion-still-reigns/2012/06/20/gJQAu3wRqV_story.htm) [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/world/middleeast/official-silence-surrounds-mubaraks-condition-in-egypt-hospital.html?pagewanted=all](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/world/middleeast/official-silence-surrounds-mubaraks-condition-in-egypt-hospital.html?pagewanted=all) ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/39 "2012-06-20T19:58:23Z")
> [@Encinitas](#): > > He is the King of denial. It’s not just a river in Egypt! I just snorted aloud at work. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/40 "2012-06-20T23:25:59Z")
Mubarak is both dead, alive, and dead \*and \*alive until someone reliable observes him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681.md?page=3)