Editing Ferdinand Marcos (section)

===Physical decline===
{{See also|People Power Revolution}}

During his third term, Marcos's health deteriorated rapidly due to kidney ailments, as a complication of a chronic autoimmune disease ''[[lupus erythematosus]]''. He had a kidney transplant in August 1983, and when his body rejected the first kidney transplant, he underwent a second transplant in November 1984.<ref name="Los Angeles Times">{{cite news|title=Marcos Underwent Kidney Transplants, Doctors Say|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-11-mn-3824-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=November 11, 1985|access-date=February 20, 2020|archive-date=January 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119092425/http://articles.latimes.com/1985-11-11/news/mn-3824_1_kidney-transplants|url-status=live}}</ref> A palace physician who alleged that during one of these periods Marcos had undergone a [[kidney transplant]] was shortly afterwards found murdered. Police said he was kidnapped and slain by communist rebels.<ref name="Los Angeles Times" /> Many people questioned whether Marcos had capacity to govern, due to his illness and the burgeoning political unrest.<ref name=wurf/>{{rp|[{{google books|plainurl=y|id=R-oK4ZetPIAC|page=289}} 289]}} With Marcos ailing, Imelda emerged as the government's main public figure.