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50. "sudden illness" has long been a PR euphemism for things like heart attack and stroke

Sun Jul 12, 2026, 09:13 AM

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Either the family wants privacy, or they're not definitively sure what caused the death yet and just want to get a notification out there.

Another common acute illness included in this verbiage is pneumonia. Sepsis, too.

Sudden illness is generally just a euphemism for unexpectedly. Usually to signal they weren't secretly suffering from some undisclosed issue. Like sometimes how an actor or whomever has cancer that's been kept from the public (i.e. when Alan Rickman died).

Edit: Dying suddenly at 71 isn't a crazy event. As the other poster noted, he just returned from a long trip. Maybe DVT.

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"Brief and sudden illness"??? [View all] PCIntern Yesterday OP

Recommended. H2O Man Yesterday #1

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"But it's a dry heat" Conjuay Yesterday #54

He's definitely not ok. Omnipresent Yesterday #35

Respectfully disagree. H2O Man Yesterday #82

No Omnipresent 22 hrs ago #83

Yes. H2O Man 20 hrs ago #84

You forgot that sarcasm symbol Omnipresent 11 hrs ago #85

No. H2O Man 5 hrs ago #86

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I hope he has a very nice funeral. displacedvermoter Yesterday #40

For a funeral JPK Yesterday #62

But we already know where all roads lead Lifeafter70 Yesterday #2

Yea but 71 year old men just up and die all the time. Lets not get carried away. FascismIsDeath Yesterday #4

You're absolutely right... PCIntern Yesterday #5

It depends on what caused the heart attack, if that is even what happened. FascismIsDeath Yesterday #11

There'd be symptoms of pneumonia... PCIntern Yesterday #12

Explosive diarrhea? The Madcap Yesterday #63

I normally analyze language and word usage PCIntern Yesterday #67

Sure, could be completely innocent, but given where it happened in the world, paulkienitz Yesterday #13

You are right. Heart attack or a stroke is not a sudden illness. So why be so secretive? Katinfl Yesterday #37

Assuming soulless Lindsey had a heart,, agingdem Yesterday #41

Maybe he had the same brief and sudden illness liberalgunwilltravel Yesterday #19

You have a good memory for salacious 1970s political trivia. John1956PA Yesterday #21

Happy wasn't so Happy after the event PCIntern Yesterday #38

This message was self-deleted by its author liberalgunwilltravel Yesterday #45

Megan Marshack was the lady who made Happy displacedvermoter Yesterday #46

What can I say? liberalgunwilltravel Yesterday #58

.... wolfie001 Yesterday #33

Yep. Had a very healthy friend who suffered a brain aneurism while shopping. She allegorical oracle Yesterday #26

Lindsay had already lingered for too long. Bumbles Yesterday #29

You're right. And we no nothing about his health. Buckeyeblue Yesterday #65

Check out how he looked recently LeftInTX Yesterday #6

"Brief & sudden illness" vs. an "event" like a heart attack ? CincyDem Yesterday #7

Exactly. PCIntern Yesterday #9

No RandySF Yesterday #10

Could also be a pulmonary embolism caused by deep vein thrombosis. pnwmom Yesterday #14

I was thinking the same thing videohead5 Yesterday #16

Ding! Ding! Ding! Roy Rolling Yesterday #17

I know someone who died of that.. ananda Yesterday #18

I remember that young NBC reporter, David Bloom, who was traveling with the troops in Iraq wolfie001 Yesterday #32

There is a very common genetic variation that increases the risk of a DVT pnwmom Yesterday #73

Are we thinking poison? GPV Yesterday #15

I'm not. I doubt many are. onenote Yesterday #47

Cardiac arrest is certainly a sudden medical event JMCKUSICK Yesterday #22

Odd choice of words, indeed.......................... Lovie777 Yesterday #27

The reporting is RandySF Yesterday #8

ETTD. Coincidentally he just met with Zelensky and announced sanctions on Russia. lostnfound Yesterday #20

I've been sleeping... Trueblue Texan Yesterday #23

......... wolfie001 Yesterday #31

Truly a beautiful day in the neighborhood!!! Trueblue Texan Yesterday #53

Yep! Zero sympathy from me wolfie001 Yesterday #70

OMFG!!!!! Lindsay Graham CROAKED?!!! Trueblue Texan Yesterday #24

I had to do it............. twodogsbarking Yesterday #25

He just came back from Ukraine - 20 hours on a plane - blood clot? Vinca Yesterday #28

This was my thought Boo1 Yesterday #42

Blood clot could cause cardiac arrest. LisaL Yesterday #64

russki operative wolfie001 Yesterday #30

i would love a look inside that box rampartd Yesterday #44

What if JPK Yesterday #68

I think he drank himself to death. NCDem47 Yesterday #34

I can't handle too much alcohol now, and I'm only 63 MrsCheaplaugh Yesterday #49

I know. I'm 79 and I can't get through that fourth Manhattan anymore. tavernier Yesterday #71

Getting old beats the alternative. The Wizard Yesterday #79

Stress at the top bucolic_frolic Yesterday #36

Journalese for "Heart Attack." Kid Berwyn Yesterday #39

ok. i'm out of the gutter. for now rampartd Yesterday #43

No meet the press today, just meet your maker. GreenWave Yesterday #48

"sudden illness" has long been a PR euphemism for things like heart attack and stroke Sympthsical Yesterday #50

Wham Bam thank you Graham Blue Owl Yesterday #51

Poppers while dancing? flying_wahini Yesterday #52

🤣😂 👊 Possibly. We'll never know... not that I'd want to know for sure. QueerDuck Yesterday #57

Me, too. However, when the inevidable finally takes TACO, all bets are off. marble falls Yesterday #55

Me, too. However, when the inevidable finally takes TACO, all bets are off. marble falls Yesterday #56

Maybe we should say, "Well done, Ukraine"? sinkingfeeling Yesterday #59

Well damn dweller Yesterday #60

I'm sorry he didn't suffer longer EnergizedLib Yesterday #61

Red-state, southern diet did him in? He looked rather bloated last time I saw his ugly mug on tv. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #66

If it was a heart attack Mz Pip Yesterday #69

They don't have an official cause of death. LeftInTX Yesterday #75

Fair enough Mz Pip Yesterday #80

If it's sudden, it's not brief Grim Chieftain Yesterday #72

Sounds like a heart attack LeftInTX Yesterday #74

I hadn't heard the "chest pains" PCIntern Yesterday #76

His press people were probably rushed and wording wasn't the best LeftInTX Yesterday #77

Pulmonary embolisms and aortal aneurisms are both very sudden... 50 Shades Of Blue Yesterday #78

Well that "Illness was sudden and very brief" but long lasting. republianmushroom Yesterday #81

I'll take the high road for 18 more hours Torchlight 5 hrs ago #88