I did a quick inventory of the "Putin is dead" news. It's not reliable, but it's funny, in a conspiracy theory, QAnon manner. I summarize it here in this post. If you have more of this, I'll be amused.

(1) Putin Is Already Dead? Was He Ill? | Page 3 | The Forteana Forums

There are rumours that Putin had a heart attack. But it's impossible to verify. Here are translations from Czech newspapers:

(1) Putin Is Already Dead? Was He Ill? | Page 2 | The Forteana Forums

https://forums.forteana.org/index.php?threads/putin-is-already-dead-was-he-ill.69493/post-2306202

@uair01 again?..

@ICRainbow I'm just quoting recent news articles. I didn't check if it has been reported before. Has it?

If you want you can scroll back in the forum tread that I posted to see more history.

@uair01 Мое сердце каждый день сильно бьется, как барабан. 🥁

Его сердце бьется, как барабан в джунглях.

@CertaintyOfVictory lol what an exchange.

My heart beats like a drum every day. 🥁

and then certainty of victory says

His heart beats like a drum in the jungle.

@uair01 What I think is happening with those rumors is that russian secret services are preparing for a moment when Putin really will be dying. Nobody will trust the message again, when so many times it has been a rumor.

big if true

@nickten AP says not credible: https://apnews.com/article/putin-russia-misinformation-heart-attack-telegram-3c25f229f994aaa87d837285412cb1be

@nickten Огромный, но это неправда. 🐳

@AltPutin I love this account

@nickten I believe the correct term is "healthy at any size"

https://insightprediction.com/m/192967/will-vladimir-putin-be-president-through-the-end-of-2023

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/head-of-ukraine-s-intelligence-service-putin-might-be-dead/ar-AA1geHBl

https://manifold.markets/AlexandreK/will-vladimir-putin-stop-being-pres?r=QWxleGFuZHJlSw

Will Vladimir Putin stop being president of Russia before Volodymyr Zelensky stops being president of Ukraine?

34% chance. This question resolves to yes if Putin is no longer president of Russia while Zelensky is still president of Ukraine. For the purposes of this question, the reason for either president to no longer be president is irrelevant: lost election, death, destitution, coup d'état, anything counts. If Putin becomes prime minister while someone else assumes the presidency, Putin will no longer be considered president, even if there is broad agreement that the official president is no more than a figurehead. Ditto for Zelensky. For the purposes of this question, in the event that either president would lose de facto control over the capital of his country, he would no longer be considered president, regardless of the de jure situation, even if he retreats to some other place and maintains a government in exile of any sort. It's a bit arbitrary, but I think it makes things easier to resolve, as consitutional issues of this type can become very tricky to resolve objectively. The question resolves as soon as either man is no longer president. If for some reason it happens at exactly the same time for both of them, it resolves as N/A.

Кто знает, какая есть альтернатива? Никто на родине не может владеть властью, которой я обладаю, без того, чтобы не сбиться с пути собственного позора. Бог пожелал этого для меня, и в этом Он справедлив. Наш народ увлекается цирками, и я не питаю к этому ни отвращения, ни недоверия. Я единственный, кто может терпеть боль за них. Люди это понимают, они это ценят, они не позволят никому другому быть там, где я, потому что они признают мое высшее видение. 🚶‍♂

@AltPutin Did Putin say that?

@ElmerFudd No, this is parody account.

A failed coup probably makes the regime even more stable, and Putin still has sky high approval ratings.

@JonathanRay Staged or not, the events will provide a lot of common knowledge for analysts to chew. Who knows what, who supports whom, etc.

Lots of leverage gained by flushing it all out.

@JonathanRay What makes you think his approval didn't change? I haven't seen any data on this metric after the mutiny.

Also, approval in authoritarian countries is very different from approval in democratic ones. Alternative personas, who could try to rival the president, are politically suppressed. So the approval that is measured is mostly passive and arises from lack of political freedom. If an opportunity occurs, this approval would probably plummet.

Yeah wow the address to the country looked bad.