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[SydneyH]

One truly entertaining man, I was saddened to hear of his passing.  If you aren't familiar with him, check out his routines on NetFlix or YouTube.

[jackthebear]

he was funny

[sidsmom]

It’s too bad he let his job define him. 

Unfortunately his ‘routine’ of self-deprecation 

created his final ‘mic drop.’  Hopefully his death will

somehow inspire fans who are in his physical condition

to change before it’s too late.  

[henderson]

I read that he performed in Las Vegas while he had pneumonia.  Wonder why he wasn't hospitalized?

[mzlg]

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@sidsmom wrote:

It’s too bad he let his job define him. 

Unfortunately his ‘routine’ of self-deprecation 

created his final ‘mic drop.’  Hopefully his death will

somehow inspire fans who are in his physical condition

to change before it’s too late.  

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@sidsmom, ??? 'his physical condition' ???

Ralphie May's rep gave a statement regarding his death ...

“Ralphie had been battling pneumonia and had cancelled a handful of dates over the last month in an effort to recover. Earlier this morning at a private residence in Las Vegas his body was discovered, cause of death is cardiac arrest.” 

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R.I.P. Ralphie May

[excpa]

It's too bad that there is always some who uses a death to preach to others .

[GenXmuse]

He was hilarious. I first saw him on Last Comic Standing in 2003 and I’ve enjoyed his comedy ever since. I will miss him ☹️

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/obituaries/ralphie-may-brash-comedian-is-dead-at-45.html

[SydneyH]

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@sidsmom wrote:

It’s too bad he let his job define him. 

Unfortunately his ‘routine’ of self-deprecation 

created his final ‘mic drop.’  Hopefully his death will

somehow inspire fans who are in his physical condition

to change before it’s too late.  

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What is WRONG with you?  How does his routine contribute to his death?  Actually never mind, smdh............

[maestra]

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@mzlg wrote:

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@sidsmom wrote:

It’s too bad he let his job define him. 

Unfortunately his ‘routine’ of self-deprecation 

created his final ‘mic drop.’  Hopefully his death will

somehow inspire fans who are in his physical condition

to change before it’s too late.  

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@sidsmom, ??? 'his physical condition' ???

Ralphie May's rep gave a statement regarding his death ...

“Ralphie had been battling pneumonia and had cancelled a handful of dates over the last month in an effort to recover. Earlier this morning at a private residence in Las Vegas his body was discovered, cause of death is cardiac arrest.” 

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R.I.P. Ralphie May

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@mzlg wrote:

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@sidsmom wrote:

It’s too bad he let his job define him. 

Unfortunately his ‘routine’ of self-deprecation 

created his final ‘mic drop.’  Hopefully his death will

somehow inspire fans who are in his physical condition

to change before it’s too late.  

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@sidsmom, ??? 'his physical condition' ???

Ralphie May's rep gave a statement regarding his death ...

“Ralphie had been battling pneumonia and had cancelled a handful of dates over the last month in an effort to recover. Earlier this morning at a private residence in Las Vegas his body was discovered, cause of death is cardiac arrest.” 

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R.I.P. Ralphie May

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RM's morbid obesity caused his cardiac arrest. Tragic.

[sidsmom]

@maestra

Did some poking around. There are cardiac arrest/pneumonia connections, but the age of the victim is not listed but they usually mention the state of the patient before the cardiac arrest:

The study highlights important issues regarding the monitoring of pneumonia patients at risk for cardiac arrest, but it also raises some questions, said Brett Fenster, MD, a cardiologist with the National Jewish Hospital in Denver, Colorado.

"As a cardiologist, my first question is how many of these patients had some form of heart problem that was either undiagnosed or diagnosed but underappreciated? The abstract doesn't address cardiac comorbidities — the presence of coronary artery disease, heart failure, hypertension, diabetes, et cetera. I'm sure this will be a common question of the authors," Dr. Fenster said. (Medscape)

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If you’re healthy, you shouldn’t suddenly die of pneumonia.  

Mr. May was morbidly obese for the better part of his life.  

You’d be a fool to suggest his weight didn’t play a factor with

his pneumonia, then cardiac arrest.  When you’re 300-400-500lbs

overweight, just slow walking could fail a heart. Stuns me how

people don’t want to address the elephant in the room....

dying at 45 & being morbidly obese is not OK.

Unfortunately, we’re going to see more & more of this. 

People are going to say ‘its DNA, drugs, genetic conditions, etc’.

That could be true for a cardiac arrest, but the AGE is the striking thing.

Even Tom Petty dying at 66 of a cardiac arrest is not normal.

It just shows a level of Self-Care is not being met.