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ananda

(35,950 posts)
18. I know someone who died of that..
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 05:58 AM
8 hrs ago

and never knew she had it.

It was sudden and unexpected.

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"Brief and sudden illness"??? [View all] PCIntern 9 hrs ago OP
Recommended. H2O Man 9 hrs ago #1
The weather's fine there durablend 9 hrs ago #3
"But it's a dry heat" Conjuay 5 hrs ago #54
He's definitely not ok. Omnipresent 6 hrs ago #35
I hope he has a very nice funeral. displacedvermoter 6 hrs ago #40
For a funeral JPK 4 hrs ago #62
But we already know where all roads lead Lifeafter70 9 hrs ago #2
Yea but 71 year old men just up and die all the time. Lets not get carried away. FascismIsDeath 9 hrs ago #4
You're absolutely right... PCIntern 9 hrs ago #5
It depends on what caused the heart attack, if that is even what happened. FascismIsDeath 9 hrs ago #11
There'd be symptoms of pneumonia... PCIntern 8 hrs ago #12
Explosive diarrhea? The Madcap 4 hrs ago #63
I normally analyze language and word usage PCIntern 3 hrs ago #67
Sure, could be completely innocent, but given where it happened in the world, paulkienitz 8 hrs ago #13
You are right. Heart attack or a stroke is not a sudden illness. So why be so secretive? Katinfl 6 hrs ago #37
Assuming soulless Lindsey had a heart,, agingdem 6 hrs ago #41
Maybe he had the same brief and sudden illness liberalgunwilltravel 8 hrs ago #19
You have a good memory for salacious 1970s political trivia. John1956PA 7 hrs ago #21
Happy wasn't so Happy after the event PCIntern 6 hrs ago #38
This message was self-deleted by its author liberalgunwilltravel 5 hrs ago #45
Megan Marshack was the lady who made Happy displacedvermoter 5 hrs ago #46
What can I say? liberalgunwilltravel 4 hrs ago #58
.... wolfie001 6 hrs ago #33
Yep. Had a very healthy friend who suffered a brain aneurism while shopping. She allegorical oracle 6 hrs ago #26
Lindsay had already lingered for too long. Bumbles 6 hrs ago #29
You're right. And we no nothing about his health. Buckeyeblue 4 hrs ago #65
Check out how he looked recently LeftInTX 9 hrs ago #6
"Brief & sudden illness" vs. an "event" like a heart attack ? CincyDem 9 hrs ago #7
Exactly. PCIntern 9 hrs ago #9
No RandySF 9 hrs ago #10
Could also be a pulmonary embolism caused by deep vein thrombosis. pnwmom 8 hrs ago #14
I was thinking the same thing videohead5 8 hrs ago #16
Ding! Ding! Ding! Roy Rolling 8 hrs ago #17
I know someone who died of that.. ananda 8 hrs ago #18
I remember that young NBC reporter, David Bloom, who was traveling with the troops in Iraq wolfie001 6 hrs ago #32
There is a very common genetic variation that increases the risk of a DVT pnwmom 1 hr ago #73
Are we thinking poison? GPV 8 hrs ago #15
I'm not. I doubt many are. onenote 5 hrs ago #47
Cardiac arrest is certainly a sudden medical event JMCKUSICK 7 hrs ago #22
Odd choice of words, indeed.......................... Lovie777 6 hrs ago #27
The reporting is RandySF 9 hrs ago #8
ETTD. Coincidentally he just met with Zelensky and announced sanctions on Russia. lostnfound 7 hrs ago #20
I've been sleeping... Trueblue Texan 7 hrs ago #23
......... wolfie001 6 hrs ago #31
Truly a beautiful day in the neighborhood!!! Trueblue Texan 5 hrs ago #53
Yep! Zero sympathy from me wolfie001 3 hrs ago #70
OMFG!!!!! Lindsay Graham CROAKED?!!! Trueblue Texan 7 hrs ago #24
I had to do it............. twodogsbarking 7 hrs ago #25
He just came back from Ukraine - 20 hours on a plane - blood clot? Vinca 6 hrs ago #28
This was my thought Boo1 6 hrs ago #42
Blood clot could cause cardiac arrest. LisaL 4 hrs ago #64
russki operative wolfie001 6 hrs ago #30
i would love a look inside that box rampartd 5 hrs ago #44
What if JPK 3 hrs ago #68
I think he drank himself to death. NCDem47 6 hrs ago #34
I can't handle too much alcohol now, and I'm only 63 MrsCheaplaugh 5 hrs ago #49
I know. I'm 79 and I can't get through that fourth Manhattan anymore. tavernier 3 hrs ago #71
Getting old beats the alternative. The Wizard 30 min ago #79
Stress at the top bucolic_frolic 6 hrs ago #36
Journalese for "Heart Attack." Kid Berwyn 6 hrs ago #39
ok. i'm out of the gutter. for now rampartd 5 hrs ago #43
No meet the press today, just meet your maker. GreenWave 5 hrs ago #48
"sudden illness" has long been a PR euphemism for things like heart attack and stroke Sympthsical 5 hrs ago #50
Wham Bam thank you Graham Blue Owl 5 hrs ago #51
Poppers while dancing? flying_wahini 5 hrs ago #52
🤣😂 👊 Possibly. We'll never know... not that I'd want to know for sure. QueerDuck 4 hrs ago #57
Me, too. However, when the inevidable finally takes TACO, all bets are off. marble falls 5 hrs ago #55
Me, too. However, when the inevidable finally takes TACO, all bets are off. marble falls 4 hrs ago #56
Maybe we should say, "Well done, Ukraine"? sinkingfeeling 4 hrs ago #59
Well damn dweller 4 hrs ago #60
I'm sorry he didn't suffer longer EnergizedLib 4 hrs ago #61
Red-state, southern diet did him in? He looked rather bloated last time I saw his ugly mug on tv. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 3 hrs ago #66
If it was a heart attack Mz Pip 3 hrs ago #69
They don't have an official cause of death. LeftInTX 52 min ago #75
Fair enough Mz Pip 9 min ago #80
If it's sudden, it's not brief Grim Chieftain 2 hrs ago #72
Sounds like a heart attack LeftInTX 56 min ago #74
I hadn't heard the "chest pains" PCIntern 42 min ago #76
His press people were probably rushed and wording wasn't the best LeftInTX 39 min ago #77
Pulmonary embolisms and aortal aneurisms are both very sudden... 50 Shades Of Blue 39 min ago #78
Well that "Illness was sudden and very brief" but long lasting. republianmushroom 4 sec ago #81
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