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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said this week that he received two calls from agencies suggesting Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., died while he was in the hospital.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Katie Couric uploaded to YouTube on Thursday, Beshear, a Democrat, did not specify which agencies allegedly called him with the news or when the calls were made.<\/p>\n

“In fact, I’d gotten two calls from different agencies, not state agencies, suggesting he’d passed,” said Beshear, who has served as governor since December 2019.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to Beshear and McConnell’s offices for comment.<\/p>\n

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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks during a campaign event with Rob Sand, Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Iowa at The River Center in Des Moines, Iowa, on June 7, 2026.<\/span> (KC McGinnis\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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After nearly a month of being hospitalized, McConnell’s office released a lengthy statement on July 12 saying he was being treated for a fall he suffered in June. A picture of him in a hospital bed alongside his wife was also released.<\/p>\n

Prior to the announcement, there was speculation about what had happened to McConnell, given that his office did not reveal why he was in the hospital for weeks.<\/p>\n

Emergency dispatch audio from June 14, the day McConnell was hospitalized, revealed he was “unconscious” and may have suffered a heart attack.<\/p>\n

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Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., sits in a hospital bed alongside his wife, Elaine Chao, in a photograph released by his office on July 12, about a month after he was first hospitalized.<\/span> (Courtesy of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s office)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“My doctors have confirmed that I didn\u2019t break any bones or suffer a concussion,” McConnell said in the statement last weekend. “I didn\u2019t have a heart attack or a stroke. I don\u2019t have any tumors or hemorrhages.”<\/p>\n

Two days before the longtime GOP leader shared more about his condition, Beshear posted on social media demanding that McConnell be more transparent.<\/p>\n

“I publicly and privately urged the last administration to address the public\u2019s concerns with the former president\u2019s health,” Beshear wrote, seemingly a reference to former President Joe Biden. “I\u2019m calling on Sen. McConnell to do the same and provide voters an update on his own health.”<\/p>\n

Beshear ended the post by urging McConnell to “end the crazy speculation” and “just tell us what’s going on.”<\/p>\n

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Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in the Senate Subway at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.<\/span> (Al Drago\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On July 8, Beshear also wrote a letter to the 84-year-old lawmaker requesting that he “fully update Kentuckians regarding the current status of your health.”<\/p>\n

McConnell’s doctor said he “developed pneumonia” early in his hospitalization but “responded rapidly to antibiotic treatment.”<\/p>\n

McConnell said he intends to return to the Senate, but his office has given no timeline on when he’ll be able to do so.<\/p>\n

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