# Hosni Mubarak has been declared clinically dead \[maybe\]

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/41 "2012-06-20T23:47:49Z")

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Any time someone mentions Schrodinger’s Potentate, I get a sudden urge to reach for my gun.

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/42 "2012-06-22T07:45:37Z")

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'Ere, he says he’s not dead.

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**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/43 "2012-06-22T09:31:58Z")

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So has he died yet, or Hosni?

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**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/44 "2012-06-22T13:32:23Z")

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This just in, Egyptian Dictator Hosni Mubarak is still dead.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosni-mubarak-has-been-declared-clinically-dead-maybe/625681/45 "2012-06-22T14:32:28Z")

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I’ve edited the thread title to reflect the uncertainty over what’s going on. Just for reference, I saw (admittedly on The Daily Show) that some people are suggesting Mubarak was never clinically dead and the reports that he was near death were intended to justify moving him to a nicer, military-run hospital.

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