I thought everyone would have picked Etta James for their list.
Sadly, this was a given.
same could be said about zsa zsa, and castro (he has cancer right or am i thinking of another dictator).
Fidel Castro has, indeed, had some serious health issues over the past few years - but I don't think it's exactly a deathwatch as far as he is concerned. Maybe you're thinking of Hugo Chavez? He's been treated for cancer recently, but I'm not sure about the current state of his health.
Of course, the only full-fledged "dictator" to recently Buy The Farm was Kim Jong Il.
Zsa Zsa? I'd lay money on her outliving them (and us)
all!
Signor V.