Weekly Casualty List: 11/8 - 11/15
Young public figures who died unexpectedly in the last week
Nov. 10: Italian Fashion Designer David Renne dies at 46, cause “apparently a heart attack.”
Nov. 13: Hollywood Producer Kevin Turen dies at 44, “cause unknown.”
Nov. 15: Devon Wylie, former NFL player for Chiefs and Titans, dies at 35, “cause not given.”
Last night at dinner a friend told me about a young model and mother of two who recently died of cardiac arrest while watching TV with her kids. A few weeks ago, two fit, 44-year-old men in a prominent Dallas church congregation died in their sleep on the same night, apparently of cardiac arrest.
Prior to 2021, I remember young people dying of leukemia, drug overdose, and car accidents. I have no recollection of young people dying of “heart attacks” and “unknown causes.”
I’m now 60 and I had a heart attack when I was 38. It was caused by a 3” dissection of my left anterior descending coronary artery. It’s been 22 years, and I have snow skied, worked in the oilfield, gone deep sea fishing, swam in the ocean, built houses, and done some blacksmithing. In other words, my heart attack was nothing at all like the ones that are killing so many young people today!
True! And it’s so sad. I knew 5 people that died in October. Oldest 70, youngest 51, all unexpected and unnecessary!