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== Real Life ==

* Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain. His death was so prolonged and important to Spain that ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' constantly joked that he was still dead for years.

* Vladimir Lenin's long, drawn-out death and the struggle for his position that ensued amongst several high-ranking Bolsheviks.

* This happened in the long and lingering final illness of [[The Virgin Queen|Elizabeth I]] of England, as she hesitated to name a successor. Finally, some gestures she made were interpreted as naming James VI of Scotland, who succeeded her as [[The House of Stuart|James I of England]].

* China's first emperor Qin Shi Huang was this during his last days, obsessing on acquiring the elixir of life. Reportedly, he died from the pills that were supposed to make him immortal, [[Death by Irony|which unfortunately contained mercury]]. Some Chinese adaptations of his life depicts him having any newborns heard within his vicinity immediately executed.

 

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