[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

He is either already dead or is not expected to survive this surgery. We can only hope.

You know I thought this as well. I find it hard to believe Castro would let his people he was going under the knife. Never mind pass his authority off. Something is fishy.

[AnAmericanMother]

Exactly.

Do they play non-stop solemn music on the radio in Cuba when they're about to announce somebody's death, like they used to do in the Soviet Union?