Texas Roadhouse CEO Kent Taylor, a Business Maverick, Was Tormented by Tinnitus After Covid-19

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Texas Roadhouse CEO Kent Taylor, a Business Maverick, Was Tormented by Tinnitus After Covid-19
The steakhouse founder, who has died at 65, struggled with crippling ringing in his ears

https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-roadhouse-ceo-kent-taylor-a-business-maverick-was-tormented-by-covid-19-complications-11616590563?mod=trending_now_news_1


Updated March 24, 2021 9:42 am ET


After coming down with a mild case of Covid-19 in November, W. Kent Taylor found himself tormented by tinnitus, a ringing in the ears. It persisted and grew so distracting that the founder and chief executive of the restaurant chain Texas Roadhouse Inc. had trouble reading or concentrating.

Mr. Taylor told one friend he hadn’t been able to sleep more than two hours a night for months.

In early March, he met friends at his home in Naples, Fla., and led them on a yacht cruise in the Bahamas. Some of those friends thought he was finally getting better. Then his tinnitus “came screaming back in his head” last week, said Steve Ortiz, a longtime friend and former colleague.

On Thursday, March 18, Mr. Taylor died by suicide in his hometown of Louisville, Ky. He was 65 years old and had overcome early flops to build a successful chain of more than 600 casual-dining restaurants, most of which evoke traditional roadside eateries with steaks, music and free peanuts.

Friends said that as far as they knew, Mr. Taylor had no history of depression. “Quite the opposite,” said Mark J. Fischer, a friend since childhood. “He was so used to being positive and feeling good.”
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1. I've lived with severe tinnitus for longer than I can remember

I am shocked that doctors couldn't find a way to lessen the noise. With that much money, almost anything can be "fixed".

[Archae]

2. I have tinnitus also.

My hearing aids get rid of most of it, that is, when I have them in.

I do take them out when I take a nap or sleep at night.
Or take a shower.

But I can understand the torment.

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3. Oh, dear. : (

Mine luckily is only mildly annoying at times.

One ear. Sitting in the Fillmore East to hear The Who play Tommy.

Was told by another Who fan later that I was sitting in spot that practically doubled the sound at times.

Both ears rang, and one stayed.

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4. He was a Long Covid sufferer, did he

try the vaccine as a theraputic as reported in the news recently?

What a terrible waste, loss.