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LeftInTX

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77. His press people were probably rushed and wording wasn't the best

Sun Jul 12, 2026, 01:42 PM

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I see this alot. They are trying to convey death, natural causes, but they fumbled a bit on the natural causes thing. Maybe they wanted to convey that he didn't have a chronic illness and called it brief, leading people to believe he had a weeks long illness or something.

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"Brief and sudden illness"??? [View all] PCIntern 11 hrs ago OP

Recommended. H2O Man 11 hrs ago #1

The weather's fine there durablend 11 hrs ago #3

"But it's a dry heat" Conjuay 7 hrs ago #54

He's definitely not ok. Omnipresent 8 hrs ago #35

Respectfully disagree. H2O Man 1 hr ago #82

I hope he has a very nice funeral. displacedvermoter 8 hrs ago #40

For a funeral JPK 6 hrs ago #62

But we already know where all roads lead Lifeafter70 11 hrs ago #2

Yea but 71 year old men just up and die all the time. Lets not get carried away. FascismIsDeath 11 hrs ago #4

You're absolutely right... PCIntern 11 hrs ago #5

It depends on what caused the heart attack, if that is even what happened. FascismIsDeath 11 hrs ago #11

There'd be symptoms of pneumonia... PCIntern 11 hrs ago #12

Explosive diarrhea? The Madcap 6 hrs ago #63

I normally analyze language and word usage PCIntern 5 hrs ago #67

Sure, could be completely innocent, but given where it happened in the world, paulkienitz 10 hrs ago #13

You are right. Heart attack or a stroke is not a sudden illness. So why be so secretive? Katinfl 8 hrs ago #37

Assuming soulless Lindsey had a heart,, agingdem 8 hrs ago #41

Maybe he had the same brief and sudden illness liberalgunwilltravel 10 hrs ago #19

You have a good memory for salacious 1970s political trivia. John1956PA 9 hrs ago #21

Happy wasn't so Happy after the event PCIntern 8 hrs ago #38

This message was self-deleted by its author liberalgunwilltravel 7 hrs ago #45

Megan Marshack was the lady who made Happy displacedvermoter 7 hrs ago #46

What can I say? liberalgunwilltravel 6 hrs ago #58

.... wolfie001 8 hrs ago #33

Yep. Had a very healthy friend who suffered a brain aneurism while shopping. She allegorical oracle 8 hrs ago #26

Lindsay had already lingered for too long. Bumbles 8 hrs ago #29

You're right. And we no nothing about his health. Buckeyeblue 6 hrs ago #65

Check out how he looked recently LeftInTX 11 hrs ago #6

"Brief & sudden illness" vs. an "event" like a heart attack ? CincyDem 11 hrs ago #7

Exactly. PCIntern 11 hrs ago #9

No RandySF 11 hrs ago #10

Could also be a pulmonary embolism caused by deep vein thrombosis. pnwmom 10 hrs ago #14

I was thinking the same thing videohead5 10 hrs ago #16

Ding! Ding! Ding! Roy Rolling 10 hrs ago #17

I know someone who died of that.. ananda 10 hrs ago #18

I remember that young NBC reporter, David Bloom, who was traveling with the troops in Iraq wolfie001 8 hrs ago #32

There is a very common genetic variation that increases the risk of a DVT pnwmom 3 hrs ago #73

Are we thinking poison? GPV 10 hrs ago #15

I'm not. I doubt many are. onenote 7 hrs ago #47

Cardiac arrest is certainly a sudden medical event JMCKUSICK 9 hrs ago #22

Odd choice of words, indeed.......................... Lovie777 8 hrs ago #27

The reporting is RandySF 11 hrs ago #8

ETTD. Coincidentally he just met with Zelensky and announced sanctions on Russia. lostnfound 9 hrs ago #20

I've been sleeping... Trueblue Texan 9 hrs ago #23

......... wolfie001 8 hrs ago #31

Truly a beautiful day in the neighborhood!!! Trueblue Texan 7 hrs ago #53

Yep! Zero sympathy from me wolfie001 5 hrs ago #70

OMFG!!!!! Lindsay Graham CROAKED?!!! Trueblue Texan 9 hrs ago #24

I had to do it............. twodogsbarking 9 hrs ago #25

He just came back from Ukraine - 20 hours on a plane - blood clot? Vinca 8 hrs ago #28

This was my thought Boo1 8 hrs ago #42

Blood clot could cause cardiac arrest. LisaL 6 hrs ago #64

russki operative wolfie001 8 hrs ago #30

i would love a look inside that box rampartd 8 hrs ago #44

What if JPK 5 hrs ago #68

I think he drank himself to death. NCDem47 8 hrs ago #34

I can't handle too much alcohol now, and I'm only 63 MrsCheaplaugh 7 hrs ago #49

I know. I'm 79 and I can't get through that fourth Manhattan anymore. tavernier 5 hrs ago #71

Getting old beats the alternative. The Wizard 2 hrs ago #79

Stress at the top bucolic_frolic 8 hrs ago #36

Journalese for "Heart Attack." Kid Berwyn 8 hrs ago #39

ok. i'm out of the gutter. for now rampartd 8 hrs ago #43

No meet the press today, just meet your maker. GreenWave 7 hrs ago #48

"sudden illness" has long been a PR euphemism for things like heart attack and stroke Sympthsical 7 hrs ago #50

Wham Bam thank you Graham Blue Owl 7 hrs ago #51

Poppers while dancing? flying_wahini 7 hrs ago #52

🤣😂 👊 Possibly. We'll never know... not that I'd want to know for sure. QueerDuck 7 hrs ago #57

Me, too. However, when the inevidable finally takes TACO, all bets are off. marble falls 7 hrs ago #55

Me, too. However, when the inevidable finally takes TACO, all bets are off. marble falls 7 hrs ago #56

Maybe we should say, "Well done, Ukraine"? sinkingfeeling 6 hrs ago #59

Well damn dweller 6 hrs ago #60

I'm sorry he didn't suffer longer EnergizedLib 6 hrs ago #61

Red-state, southern diet did him in? He looked rather bloated last time I saw his ugly mug on tv. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 5 hrs ago #66

If it was a heart attack Mz Pip 5 hrs ago #69

They don't have an official cause of death. LeftInTX 2 hrs ago #75

Fair enough Mz Pip 2 hrs ago #80

If it's sudden, it's not brief Grim Chieftain 4 hrs ago #72

Sounds like a heart attack LeftInTX 2 hrs ago #74

I hadn't heard the "chest pains" PCIntern 2 hrs ago #76

His press people were probably rushed and wording wasn't the best LeftInTX 2 hrs ago #77

Pulmonary embolisms and aortal aneurisms are both very sudden... 50 Shades Of Blue 2 hrs ago #78

Well that "Illness was sudden and very brief" but long lasting. republianmushroom 2 hrs ago #81