Question for DUers - how do they know Brietbart died of natural causes?

[malaise]

Maybe they didn't want him in court exposing his backers re those law suits.

[Motown_Johnny]

1. to soon to know

I am not really buying that yet. 43 is pretty young to just drop dead. It happens but it isn't that common.

[Frustratedlady]

11. We've had way too many young deaths in the area of late...

By young, I mean under 50. Makes one wonder what's going on.

I don't wish to speak badly of the dead, but his actions were questionable, to say the least.

[laundry_queen]

29. Happened to my uncle

My uncle (by marriage) literally dropped dead in his backyard at age 43. The autopsy didn't reveal a definite cause of death other than there was heart involvement but they didn't think it was a heart attack. They theorized he may have had a heart defect. That was all we learned.

He was VERY fit, biked to work everyday, went to the gym all the time, ate healthy, no drugs. It was horrible, he left behind my aunt and 2 small kids. I think it's more common than we like to believe.

[laundry_queen]

31. Oh, and forgot to add

a few years back I was on a small message board with other moms. We all knew each other really well. One mom died suddenly in her home of a heart attack at age 39 (I think). She had 3 small kids (one was still a baby) at home when it happened and they had to fend for themselves until someone checked up on them. ugh, I'm choking up thinking of those poor babies by themselves for 6 hours. It happens and it sucks. You just never know when your time is up.

[KharmaTrain]

2. Stock In Reynolds Wrap Drives The Market Past 13,000

OK...let the speculation begin...





Hate radio is gonna implode today...

Stay tuned...

[malaise]

3. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahha

What did he know about ReTHUG voter fraud in Wisconsin? What did he know about all those folks close to Walkergate?

[KharmaTrain]

10. Wingnuttia Is Already Looking For The Grassy Knoll

From zero to full blown conspiracy in a matter of minutes. This isn't laughing at Breitbart's untimely departure as it is the super spin-cycle action happening on the other side of the sandbox to explain what's going on.

Surely this had to be some "librul" conspiracy...always the fun of the inner toobs...a perfect example of how rumors will run around the world while the truth and facts get their pants on...

[malaise]

15. ABC has 'interesting' video about this scumbag

http://abcnews.go.com/US/andrew-breitbart-publisher-author-dead/story?id=15824337#.T0-Sq3kVnWA

[KharmaTrain]

16. MSNBC Has Been Very Quiet...

Other than Chuckles Todd making a brief mention I haven't seen/heard any other report.

I know this is temporary...Andy's "legacy" will be rehashed as he becomes the new right wing martyr...

[malaise]

20. He was a first rate trouble maker but he was also a

nonentity for most people.

[regnaD kciN]

30. Obama sent Hillary to kill him...

...just like she did to Vincent Foster.

[FSogol]

7. Duzy!

[tridim]

4. I'll take O.D. for $1000 Alex.

[malaise]

6. Could be

[2pooped2pop]

28. will be interesting to see lab reports eh?

saw where his father said he had history of heart problem and neighbor saw him walking and collapse.

A lot of those drugs do overwork the heart enough to cause this. Meth, crack, coke, spice.

[razorman]

5. I never pay much attention to press reports of any incident for about the first 48 hours.

The first reports are ALWAYS wrong. While I did not agree with Mr. Brietbart or what he did, I offer my condolences to his family and friends. R.I.P.

[hifiguy]

8. Hard to say. I had a cousin that dropped dead at 48

from a heart attack. His dad's family had a long history of heart problems.

At this point, "natural causes" means no obvious signs of foul play or suicide.

Can't say the planet is a worse place without him, though.

[madokie]

9. When you make shit up you can make it as you like it

Thats why I like to create things.
If I was a bet'n man I'd bet this is a ken lay kind of natural death.
This troll had a lot of baggage and he was fixing to get his clocked cleaned and cleaned good so whats to do 'cept'n conveniently die, huh.
Have to remember that the next time I screw up
You really can't make this shit up, its a pattern they've developed
Peace

[wendylaroux]

12. too young

feel bad for his family.

should be an interesting next couple of weeks or more.

43 natural causes,probably not.

[Javaman]

25. wrong spot nt

[Lint Head]

13. Sean Hannity sounds like he has been crying.

[Bake]

32. With any luck at all, Hannity will be next. And soon.

Hannity, take note. All that hate will kill a mofo like you. Lighten up. Love your fellow humans.

Bake

[LonePirate]

14. I'm guessing autoerotic asphyxiation.

It is "natural" because he couldn't breathe.

[riverwalker]

17. AP details

he went "out walking" after midnight with his father-in-law, and collapsed. 911 was called and taken to the hospital. Said he had a history of heart problems.

[Fawke Em]

19. I wasn't aware he had a heart.

[Canuckistanian]

18. NEVER believe first reports after an event like this

95% of the time, they're wrong.

Let's wait for the coroner's report.

[kestrel91316]

22. Yeah, because the physicians who treated him at UCLA couldn't possibly have

had a handle on what was going on......

[Canuckistanian]

35. His lawyer made the "natural death" claim

NOT any doctor. Doctors know better than to make public statements about death causes without permission. The hospital has made no such statement.

[kestrel91316]

21. Probably showed up in the ER with a massive heart attack or stroke,

which are easily diagnosed (it IS the 21st century, you know), and died of it. He did die at UCLA Medical Center. They have these people called physicians there.

[anti-alec]

23. ER must have seen this guy

and did nothing as he railed against government handout. ER rooms are government handouts, yanno?

[malaise]

27. I hear you - I do respect UCLA

I wonder if he was wearing that awful death mask - it's a dead giveaway.

Happened to a friend of ours a few weeks ago while he was out walking, but he was 79.

[hobbit709]

24. I figure he blew a gasket.

As worked up as he was in that video, i'd say he had high blood pressure.

[Beaverhausen]

26. High blood pressure? Stroke?

Would be my guess

[TroglodyteScholar]

33. well, the booze and cocaine were right there by the body...

So really there was no other possible conclusion.

[backscatter712]

34. My guess is alcohol poisoning... n/t

[Cleita]

36. They don't. It was a press release from his website.

Only an autopsy will determine what really killed him and that would take his family's consent to perform unless there was some real suspicion of foul play. In what seems to be the scenario that happened, there seems to be no reason to suspect anything nefarious.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

37. There is this strange thing going on where some DUers are going out of their way to defend

the reporting.

All they had to do is WAIT until there is an autopsy and report the specific cause of death.

In every case of a celebrity who dies, the one constant is that they withhold reporting until they know for certain what the cause is.

"Cause of death pending autopsy!"

Using the phrase "natural causes" injects confusion into this entire tragic episode!

[malaise]

39. Well we do know that he was walking home from a bar

in the middle of the night

[Arugula Latte]

38. That's what the sheep he'd been with reported.