George Michael 

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1. I heard the news they’re talking about heart problems. If it was an OD it was from 20 or so years ago finally catching up with him.

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2. I thought you were the greatest authority on drugs in the Midwest, Clarissa.

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   1. Ah, I forgot for a moment that you had an intense reaction to the word “drugs.”

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      1. Opioid OD doesn’t cause heart attacks, they kill by repressing the breathing center in the brain. Cocaine and meth, OTOH, having cardio stimulating properties, can cause heart attacks or strokes from an OD, while it’s impossible to OD from cannabis, but some of the synthetic variants can and do mess up people psychologically as well as physiologically.

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         1. We only know it’s a heart attack because that’s what the family says. I know nothing about these people to trust them.

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            1. I doubt they would risk committing perjury, if push comes to shove:

               Jurisdiction

               Any person aware of a dead body lying in the district of a coroner has a duty to report it to the coroner; failure to do so is an offence. This can include bodies brought into England or Wales. The coroner has a team of Coroner’s Officers (previously often ex-police officers, but increasingly from a nursing or other paramedical background) who carry out the investigation on the coroner’s behalf. On the basis of the investigation, the coroner decides whether an inquest is appropriate. When a person dies in the custody of the legal authorities (in police cells, or in prison), an inquest must be held. In England, inquests are usually heard without a jury (unless the coroner wants one). However, a case in which a person has died under the control of central authority must have a jury, as a check on the possible abuse of governmental power.

               The coroner’s court is a court of law, and accordingly the coroner may summon witnesses, and people found lying are guilty of perjury.

               Additional powers of the coroner may include the power of subpoena and attachment, the power of arrest, the power to administer oaths, and sequester juries of six during inquests.

               https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coroner

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3. Yes well that is really the thing to focus one!

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   1. I’m not a fan. And fans need to remember that there are many people who are entirely indifferent to their idol.

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      1. I was never a fan either but It’s still sad to see someone die that young.

         My impression was that he wasn’t very happy (but that might be prejudice – IME most performers aren’t especially hapy people).

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4. All they’ve said thus far is that the cause of death was heart failure. What brought that about is unknown. Where the entertainment industry is concerned, there’s always an unstated assumption about behaviors that are common that might have caused this. However, he had not toured recently. There were rumors of a “comeback tour” that were quashed back in February. So I’m wondering if this was a long term condition about which the family kept quiet.

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