On January 11, 2014 (December 11, 2013 in the lunar calendar), Israeli Prime Minister Sharon died of illness. On January 11, 2014, former Israeli Prime Minister Sharon passed away on the same day at the age of 85. Sharon fell into a coma due to a stroke in 2006 and has been in a vegetative state for eight years. Since early January 2014, his condition deteriorated and his important organs failed. Ariel Sharon's early life on the cover of Time magazine: Military genius Ariel Sharon was born in 1928 in the village of Maral near Tel Aviv. Sharon's parents, Shariol and Vera, were originally from Russia. In 1922, with affection for the "Promised Land", they joined the wave of immigrants pouring into Palestine by Jews from all over the world and settled in Palestine. Sharon lived in turbulent years since he was a child. At the age of 14, he joined the Jewish military organization "Hagana" before the founding of Israel. From 1947, Sharon served as an instructor of "Hagana" and began his military career. Sharon experienced four Middle East wars that broke out between Arab-Israel from 1948 to 1973. He served successively as company commander of the infantry regiment, commander of the Golan Brigade, commander of the Paratroopers Brigade, commander of the Northern Military Region, commander of the Armored Division, and commander of the Southern Military Region. Sharon's military genius was vividly displayed in the war. Political career: After retiring, he entered politics and served as senior officials in the Israeli government. In July 1973, Sharon participated in the formation of the Likud Group after retiring from the National Defense Force. After the Yom Kippur War broke out in October, Sharon was urgently called up as commander of the armored division. After the war, he was elected to Parliament as a member of the Likud Party, marking the beginning of his political career. From 1975 to 1976, Sharon served as Prime Minister Rabin's senior security adviser. After the Likud Party came to power in June 1977, he served successively as Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Defense. In June 1982, Sharon planned and directed the invasion of Lebanon. Sharon served as Minister of Commerce and Industry in the Cabinet in 1985 and Minister of Housing in the Shamir government from 1990 to 1992, overseeing settlement work in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. After the Likud Party returned to power in 1996, Sharon served as Minister of National Infrastructure in the Netanyahu government. After Israeli Foreign Minister Levy resigned in 1998, Sharon served as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Sharon became the leader of the Likud Group in 1999 and won the direct election of prime minister in 2001, successfully forming Israel's 29th coalition government. Hardline: Sharon, who opposed peace talks and once triggered bloody conflicts between Palestine and Israel, has taken the lead on the battlefield and made many extraordinary achievements, is known for his toughness on the Palestinian-Israeli issue. Sharon once opposed Palestinian-Israeli peace talks and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. In 1998, Palestine and Israel signed the Wye Memorandum with the efforts of the Clinton administration. Due to Sharon's strong opposition, the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks reached a deadlock. In September 2000, Sharon forcibly entered the disputed Temple Mount area, triggering a serious bloody conflict between Palestine and Israel. After Sharon became prime minister, he gradually adjusted his tough stance on the Palestinian issue. Especially after US President Bush proposed conditional support for the Middle East peace plan for Palestinian statehood in June 2002, Sharon's attitude on the Palestinian-Israeli issue showed subtle changes. In December of the same year, Sharon proposed a Palestinian state-building plan for the first time and agreed to conditional Palestinian state-building. In May 2003, the United States, Russia, the United Nations and the European Union jointly launched the "road map" plan for peace in the Middle East, and the situation between Palestine and Israel eased for a time. As Israel adheres to its tough policy, continues to build the separation wall and implement "targeted killings" against Palestine, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has resurfaced and the "Road Map" plan has been shelved. In November of the same year, Sharon first proposed the intention of a "unilateral action" plan. In October 2004, the unilateral action plan was adopted by the Israeli Parliament by a simple majority. On August 15, 2005, the Israeli government officially launched a unilateral action plan despite strong opposition from domestic right-wing forces and completed its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip on September 12, thus ending the 38-year occupation of the Gaza Strip. But the move eventually sparked a split in the Likud group. As one of the founders of the party, Sharon resolutely decided to withdraw from the Likud Party and form a new party,"Kadima Party", to participate in the parliamentary election held in March 2006. Marriage and family On October 9, 1998, Sharon was with his wife and grandson. First wife: Gali, died on May 2, 1962 in a car accident on Jerusalem Avenue. They had a son named Gul. Second wife: Lily, the sister of her ex-wife Gari, served in the Parachute Brigade. After Gari passed away, she often went to and from Sharon's residence. In 1963, they married. On August 19, 1964, Lily gave birth to her first child, Omari Sharon. Their other children are unknown. Health status: Two strokes before he died, he was in a coma for 8 years. On December 18, 2005, Sharon was admitted to Hadassah Hospital in the southwestern suburbs of Jerusalem for treatment due to a mild stroke. He was discharged on the 20th. On the evening of January 4 of the following year, Sharon suffered another stroke and was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment. Deputy Prime Minister Olmert temporarily took over as prime minister. On January 9, 2006, after medical staff began to gradually awaken Sharon's work, Sharon began to breathe spontaneously, but has been in a coma since then. In April of the same year, the Israeli cabinet announced that Sharon had permanently lost the ability to perform his duties, and the "Sharon era" in Israeli politics has officially ended. For eight years, the salon has been in a vegetative state and has gradually faded out of the attention of the media and the public. In January last year, official news came out from Israel saying that Sharon's physical condition remained unchanged and had not improved or deteriorated. Scientists announced at the time that Sharon had experienced "obvious brain activity", and some experts said Sharon might wake up. In early January 2014, the hospital that provided medical services to Sharon revealed that Sharon's condition deteriorated seriously. Although doctors managed to keep Sharon's physical functions stable, some important organs, including the kidneys, continued to fail.