RIP Stephen Gately
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It doesn't really matter what he died of. It seems that nothing he was doing was that outrageous or extraordinary, certainly nothing that you expect to die of unless there's some underlying genetic susceptibility.
The fuss is sheerly because he's famous, which is understandable but bizarre at the same time. I suppose it comes down to the number of fans of boyzone that will read the news. News sites like any commercial venture, need to consider their audience / customers.
The fuss is sheerly because he's famous, which is understandable but bizarre at the same time. I suppose it comes down to the number of fans of boyzone that will read the news. News sites like any commercial venture, need to consider their audience / customers.
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I believe that cocaine use can lead to acute chest pains?
So far as I am aware, the evidence is not in the public domain; are you aware of somewhere that we can do as you suggest?
I think that the question that people are asking is whether any part of his lifestyle may have led to the sudden, unexpected build-up of pulmonary fluid in someone of his age.
It is my understanding that it will be several weeks before toxicology tests will show whether alcohol or drugs were in his bloodstream when he died and if drugs, what they were. I also believe that a police source has now confirmed that Gately had been sick where his body was found.
It is sad when any young person dies; it is even sadder where they have intentionally or inadvertently been the cause of their death. However, in the latter case, there is perhaps some merit in using their sad demise as an example to others not to adopt their particular lifestyle.
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Is pulmonary oedema the medical term for 'drowning'? Lungs full of fluid. Is that not drowning?
Drowning tends to imply being submerged in water.
It is yes, its what killed my Grandad, in his case his body was unable to clear fluid out of his lungs and it basically slowly killed him. He technically drowned. My grandads heart was basically not able to pump fluid out of his lungs.
your heart doesnt pump stuff out of the lungs
your lungs are just unable to expel the fluid..I'm sure I read that technically if you get you lungs full of water, you can actually get some oxygen from the water, but after that you cannot get rid of the de-oxygenated water so you actually suffocate through lack of oxygen, not because your lungs are full of water
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Not being odd or anything, but I haven't heard a single Stephen gately joke yet. Usually the jokes appear always at the same time at the reports of the death.
Jacko has plenty within hours of his demise, perhaps Gately was just either loved by folks, or they don't care towards him at all.
Jacko has plenty within hours of his demise, perhaps Gately was just either loved by folks, or they don't care towards him at all.
Most people either don't know or don't care.
tbh.... I think with deaths like this its best....
..... "when you say nothing at all"....
