General Discussion

PCIntern

(28,897 posts)

76. I hadn't heard the "chest pains"

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #74)

Sun Jul 12, 2026, 01:40 PM

Sunday

If so, then yeah. Most likely.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

88 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

"Brief and sudden illness"??? [View all] PCIntern Sunday OP

Recommended. H2O Man Sunday #1

The weather's fine there durablend Sunday #3

"But it's a dry heat" Conjuay Sunday #54

He's definitely not ok. Omnipresent Sunday #35

Respectfully disagree. H2O Man Sunday #82

No Omnipresent Sunday #83

Yes. H2O Man Sunday #84

You forgot that sarcasm symbol Omnipresent Yesterday #85

No. H2O Man 20 hrs ago #86

This message was self-deleted by its author H2O Man 20 hrs ago #87

I hope he has a very nice funeral. displacedvermoter Sunday #40

For a funeral JPK Sunday #62

But we already know where all roads lead Lifeafter70 Sunday #2

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

You're absolutely right... PCIntern Sunday #5

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

There'd be symptoms of pneumonia... PCIntern Sunday #12

Explosive diarrhea? The Madcap Sunday #63

I normally analyze language and word usage PCIntern Sunday #67

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

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

Assuming soulless Lindsey had a heart,, agingdem Sunday #41

Maybe he had the same brief and sudden illness liberalgunwilltravel Sunday #19

You have a good memory for salacious 1970s political trivia. John1956PA Sunday #21

Happy wasn't so Happy after the event PCIntern Sunday #38

This message was self-deleted by its author liberalgunwilltravel Sunday #45

Megan Marshack was the lady who made Happy displacedvermoter Sunday #46

What can I say? liberalgunwilltravel Sunday #58

.... wolfie001 Sunday #33

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

Lindsay had already lingered for too long. Bumbles Sunday #29

You're right. And we no nothing about his health. Buckeyeblue Sunday #65

Check out how he looked recently LeftInTX Sunday #6

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

Exactly. PCIntern Sunday #9

No RandySF Sunday #10

Could also be a pulmonary embolism caused by deep vein thrombosis. pnwmom Sunday #14

I was thinking the same thing videohead5 Sunday #16

Ding! Ding! Ding! Roy Rolling Sunday #17

I know someone who died of that.. ananda Sunday #18

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

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

Are we thinking poison? GPV Sunday #15

I'm not. I doubt many are. onenote Sunday #47

Cardiac arrest is certainly a sudden medical event JMCKUSICK Sunday #22

Odd choice of words, indeed.......................... Lovie777 Sunday #27

The reporting is RandySF Sunday #8

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

I've been sleeping... Trueblue Texan Sunday #23

......... wolfie001 Sunday #31

Truly a beautiful day in the neighborhood!!! Trueblue Texan Sunday #53

Yep! Zero sympathy from me wolfie001 Sunday #70

OMFG!!!!! Lindsay Graham CROAKED?!!! Trueblue Texan Sunday #24

I had to do it............. twodogsbarking Sunday #25

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

This was my thought Boo1 Sunday #42

Blood clot could cause cardiac arrest. LisaL Sunday #64

russki operative wolfie001 Sunday #30

i would love a look inside that box rampartd Sunday #44

What if JPK Sunday #68

I think he drank himself to death. NCDem47 Sunday #34

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

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

Getting old beats the alternative. The Wizard Sunday #79

Stress at the top bucolic_frolic Sunday #36

Journalese for "Heart Attack." Kid Berwyn Sunday #39

ok. i'm out of the gutter. for now rampartd Sunday #43

No meet the press today, just meet your maker. GreenWave Sunday #48

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

Wham Bam thank you Graham Blue Owl Sunday #51

Poppers while dancing? flying_wahini Sunday #52

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

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

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

Maybe we should say, "Well done, Ukraine"? sinkingfeeling Sunday #59

Well damn dweller Sunday #60

I'm sorry he didn't suffer longer EnergizedLib Sunday #61

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

If it was a heart attack Mz Pip Sunday #69

They don't have an official cause of death. LeftInTX Sunday #75

Fair enough Mz Pip Sunday #80

If it's sudden, it's not brief Grim Chieftain Sunday #72

Sounds like a heart attack LeftInTX Sunday #74

I hadn't heard the "chest pains" PCIntern Sunday #76

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

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

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

I'll take the high road for 18 more hours Torchlight 19 hrs ago #88