# Is Fidel Castro dead?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fidel-castro-dead/364855>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 17, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fidel-castro-dead/364855 "2006-07-17T14:40:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fidel-castro-dead/364855/21 "2006-08-01T22:37:27Z")

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He seems to be alive, tho is under surgery and has (temporarily?) relinquished power to Raul.

Brian

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fidel-castro-dead/364855/22 "2006-08-01T22:45:58Z")

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[QUOTE=Guinastasia]  
No, but Generalismo Franco is.  
[/QUOTE]  
Still?

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**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fidel-castro-dead/364855/23 "2006-08-01T23:39:54Z")

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Yes, still seriously dead.

It is wrong to hope not only that he kicks off, but that he does so before he turns 80 in a couple of weeks so those of us in the Death Pool get an extra point?

Heh, didn’t think so.

😛

Raul doesn’t seem to be much of a bargain, but hey. It’s a country I’m looking forward to visiting (legally) when I can.

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**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fidel-castro-dead/364855/24 "2006-08-01T23:52:38Z")

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Fidel seems to be on the roof.  
(If you get the joke reference.)

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**Author:** ![Crescend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Crescend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crescend)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fidel-castro-dead/364855/25 "2006-08-02T00:00:48Z")

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[QUOTE=Backwater Under\_Duck]  
Fidel seems to be on the roof.  
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If he were a dead man…ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.

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