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To: LindyBill who wrote (311629)	6/25/2009 8:20:06 PM
From: FJB	Respond to of 793964

Supposedly, he was addicted to prescription pain killers. I think having too much of those could stop your heart.

To: LindyBill who wrote (311629)	6/25/2009 8:21:37 PM
From: mph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

Is that what got that Jim Fixx?

To: LindyBill who wrote (311629)	6/25/2009 8:23:34 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

lindybill...my MIL died of cardiac arrest ...she had an eating disorder, died in her early 50's ....was extremely thin....the doctors said that the bulimia/anorexia created extreme stress on her heart....it could have been high LP a, but my guess is considering what i saw, was that she succumbed to heart stress due to the extreme amount of electrolyte imbalance and stress from vomiting her food...we found vomitus in her bedroom when her body was discovered....(not saying this is the case with MJ, but whenever you have a person with a severe eating disorder, you CANNOT dismiss that as the ultimate cause of the heart attack)

To: LindyBill who wrote (311629)	6/25/2009 8:25:05 PM
From: Whitebeard	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793964

Don't forget Carradine. Maybe they're coming in fours now.

To: LindyBill who wrote (311629)	6/26/2009 5:29:48 AM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793964

An Emergency Room source at UCLA hospital said Jackson aides told medics he had collapsed after an injection of potent Demerol — similar to morphine. A Jacko source said: “Shortly after taking the Demerol he started to experience slow shallow breathing. “His breathing gradually got slower and slower until it stopped. thesun.co.uk