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RIP: Chris March-Project Runway, 56

sidsmom — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 15:51:20 GMT

So sad to see young people dying.

I’m upset our culture is not recognizing this as a crisis.

I adored Chris during Project Runway...soft soul.

Re: RIP: Chris March-Project Runway, 56

wilma — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 16:03:55 GMT

Sad to hear of his passing. He was one of my favorite contestants. I may not have liked all his designs, but he was definitely talented. I loved his joy for life and sense of humor.

Re: RIP: Chris March-Project Runway, 56

bikerbabe — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 16:10:42 GMT

Sadly he had been quite ill for several years after a fall at home and prolonged downtime (4days) before he woke up and was able to call 911. My heart hurts because by all accounts he was a sweetheart.

Re: RIP: Chris March-Project Runway, 56

KingstonsMom — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 16:16:56 GMT

@bikerbabe

That's what the reports I've read have said too, plus by the time he called for help 4 days later, he was in total organ failure and placed in a medically induced coma.

According to his Drs. and family the fatal heart attack was a total surprise as he had no known heart issues.

I'm not sure what "crisis" the OP is alluding to.

A terrible, sad accident.

Re: RIP: Chris March-Project Runway, 56

Keybra — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 16:30:09 GMT

@sidsmom wrote:
So sad to see young people dying.
I’m upset our culture is not recognizing this as a crisis.
I adored Chris during Project Runway...soft soul.

It is not a crisis when people do not take care of themselves. I could have looked at him and said heart attack on the way. The fall was unfortunate but why would he fall and get hurt so badly ? I didn't know him and he wasn't old enough to die but one can only wonder at the background story.

Re: RIP: Chris March-Project Runway, 56

Nightowlz — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 16:36:15 GMT

@KingstonsMom wrote:
@bikerbabe

That's what the reports I've read have said too, plus by the time he called for help 4 days later, he was in total organ failure and placed in a medically induced coma.

According to his Drs. and family the fatal heart attack was a total surprise as he had no known heart issues.

I'm not sure what "crisis" the OP is alluding to.

A terrible, sad accident.

@KingstonsMom

I'm sure @sidsmom is alluding to the fact that he was overweight so of course he was having health issues?

@sidsmom Thinks we should all be eating a plant diet.

Some people just have heart issues it's not always caused from being over weight. Plenty of normal weight people have dropped dead from heart attack.

Re: RIP: Chris March-Project Runway, 56

Luvitorleaveit1 — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 16:46:17 GMT

OMG how sad, I remember how passionate and sensitive he was on the show.

I think he is the third one that has passed away from Project Runway, Mychael Knight (39), Wendy Pepper (53).

RIP

Re: RIP: Chris March-Project Runway, 56

sidsmom — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 16:49:08 GMT

@Nightowlz wrote:
@KingstonsMom wrote:
@bikerbabe

That's what the reports I've read have said too, plus by the time he called for help 4 days later, he was in total organ failure and placed in a medically induced coma.

According to his Drs. and family the fatal heart attack was a total surprise as he had no known heart issues.

I'm not sure what "crisis" the OP is alluding to.

A terrible, sad accident.
@KingstonsMom

I'm sure @sidsmom is alluding to the fact that he was overweight so of course he was having health issues?
@sidsmom Thinks we should all be eating a plant diet.
Some people just have heart issues it's not always caused from being over weight. Plenty of normal weight people have dropped dead from heart attack.

It’s a crisis too many young people are dying.

Re: RIP: Chris March-Project Runway, 56

KingstonsMom — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 16:48:19 GMT

@Nightowlz

I kinda knew that was what was being inferred.....no surprise there.

Who knows why he fell, maybe he tripped over the cat?

But making disparaging remarks about a person's life/death, just to feed your own agenda, is wrong, IMO.

Re: RIP: Chris March-Project Runway, 56

camelot — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 16:53:12 GMT

sidsmom:

FYI................heart disease is the leading cause of death today for both men & women.

Re: RIP: Chris March-Project Runway, 56

Nightowlz — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 16:54:30 GMT

@sidsmom wrote:
@Nightowlz wrote:
@KingstonsMom wrote:
@bikerbabe

That's what the reports I've read have said too, plus by the time he called for help 4 days later, he was in total organ failure and placed in a medically induced coma.

According to his Drs. and family the fatal heart attack was a total surprise as he had no known heart issues.

I'm not sure what "crisis" the OP is alluding to.

A terrible, sad accident.
@KingstonsMom

I'm sure @sidsmom is alluding to the fact that he was overweight so of course he was having health issues?
@sidsmom Thinks we should all be eating a plant diet.
Some people just have heart issues it's not always caused from being over weight. Plenty of normal weight people have dropped dead from heart attack.
It’s a crisis too many young people are dying.

@sidsmom

But it's their life & their business how they want to eat or how much they weigh.

I think for starters they should rethink about the garbage they allow to be put in our food supply.

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Tyak — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 16:53:49 GMT

@sidsmom

What would you like to see done to classify it as a crisis? Should the government dictate what foods we should be allowed to eat? Is that what you want?

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sidsmom — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 17:21:51 GMT

@Tyak wrote:
@sidsmom

What would you like to see done to classify it as a crisis? Should the government dictate what foods we should be allowed to eat? Is that what you want?

Just having people realize that being overweight, obese,

morbidly obese causes a multitude of health & skeletal issues.

Nope....not suggesting certain foods.

Just recognize there’s an issue too many young people are dying

WAY too soon.

I just don’t understand why people refuse to recognize we have

a problem. If you had a solution, wouldn’t you want to implement it

to keep people alive?

Re: RIP: Chris March-Project Runway, 56

QueenDanceALot — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 17:28:50 GMT

Oh, for cripes sakes, people DO know that obseity is a large risk factor for a number of diseases.

It's not a secret. Some people just decide to deny it.

Looks as though Chris March had some other risk factors as well.

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Icegoddess — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 17:33:05 GMT

You do realize that is an old picture. Don't know what he looked like at the time of his death. I was under the impression that he was living in a facility since he never regained full function after his fall. So, his diet might have been quite limited there. Devastating falls can happen to anyone at any time. A trip down the stairs could kill anybody at any age.

Re: RIP: Chris March-Project Runway, 56

Trinity11 — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 17:37:37 GMT

When someone passes, for myself, there is nothing more rude and obnoxious than turn a eulogy into a public service announcement. Promoting propaganda on eating habits to fit one’s agenda especially when someone just died? Then with the implication they somehow brought it on themselves? Simply appalling...and in very poor taste.

Re: RIP: Chris March-Project Runway, 56

QueenDanceALot — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 17:38:31 GMT

@Icegoddess wrote:
You do realize that is an old picture. Don't know what he looked like at the time of his death. I was under the impression that he was living in a facility since he never regained full function after his fall. So, his diet might have been quite limited there. Devastating falls can happen to anyone at any time. A trip down the stairs could kill anybody at any age.

@Icegoddess

If I read correctly, a heart attack killed him, not a fall.

But he seemed to already be in a fragile physical AND mental state when he had the heart attack.

Again, if I read the information correctly.

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Icegoddess — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 17:57:05 GMT

@QueenDanceALot He had a devastating fall in, I believe it was 2017. Apparently nobody found him and he woke up 4 days later and managed to call 911. He has had major health issues since. He never regained full mobility and was living in some sort of facility because of it. The heart attack was what killed him, but my response had to do with people blaming his diet for his obesity and subsequent heart attack. I have no idea if he was obese at the time of his death. The picture posted was from years ago.

Also , someone asked how he had a devastating fall at such a young age, hence my comment about falls.

Re: RIP: Chris March-Project Runway, 56

Tyak — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 17:55:04 GMT

@sidsmom wrote:
@Tyak wrote:
@sidsmom

What would you like to see done to classify it as a crisis? Should the government dictate what foods we should be allowed to eat? Is that what you want?
Just having people realize that being overweight, obese,
morbidly obese causes a multitude of health & skeletal issues.

Nope....not suggesting certain foods.

Just recognize there’s an issue too many young people are dying
WAY too soon.

I just don’t understand why people refuse to recognize we have
a problem. If you had a solution, wouldn’t you want to implement it
to keep people alive?

People do realize that being overweight is bad for them but they want that food more than they want to be thin and I have found out through many diets during my lifetime that a person has to want to be thin for themselves, not because someone told them that they need to lose weight. I've dropped many pounds and put many pounds on in my 74 years and the only time it stuck was when I wanted to be thin more than I wanted that piece of cake or whatever the food of the moment was.

We all know what the solution is but people apparently aren't that interested for themselves because they think that the massive heart attack isn't going to happen to them. It's going to happen to the next guy.

Re: RIP: Chris March-Project Runway, 56

QueenDanceALot — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 18:02:00 GMT

@Icegoddess wrote:
@QueenDanceALot He had a devastating fall in, I believe it was 2017. Apparently nobody found him and he woke up 4 days later and managed to call 911. He has had major health issues since. He never regained full mobility and was living in some sort of facility because of it. The heart attack was what killed him, but my response had to do with people blaming his diet for his obesity and subsequent heart attack. I have no idea if he was obese at the time of his death. The picture posted was from years ago.

Also , someone asked how he had a devastating fall at such a young age, hence my comment about falls.

@Icegoddess

Yes, I read all of this.

Sounds like he's a a really rough go of it since that fall.

I certainly can't say definitively what caused his heart attack, and no one here can either.

All I know is that obesity is a definite risk factor for heart attack (and there are other risk factors, as well). Which risk factors caused his? I don't know. No one here knows.