First they said it was a heart attack, now they say this:
The death of Rep. Paul E. Gillmor, R-Ohio, was ruled accidental Friday by the Arlington County, Va. medical examiner.
A spokeswoman for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Northern District of Virginia, said an autopsy determined that the 10-term lawmaker died of a “blunt head and neck trauma.” Gillmor was found dead in his Arlington condominium on Aug. 5.
First of all, that should read ‘Sept. 5’, not ‘Aug. 5’. Secondly, I guess you can have a heart attack, fall down, and die of blunt head and neck trauma. But, can we have a little more information, please?
Non-snarky possibility: Maybe he dropped something under his desk, went under there to get it, then hit his head and neck when he got up? I’ve done this before, and it hurts like hell. For a 68 year old dude, maybe it could be fatal. I don’t know.
Snarky possibility: He was having sex with Joe Scarborough.
Ow. I think I almost died that way (not having sex with Joe Scarborough) the other day when I smacked my head on the edge of the tailgate while loading groceries. If I was just a few years older maybe it would have given me a heart attack.
blunt head AND neck…sounds like he fell down a flight of stairs
That happened to my aunt after a stroke…it did almost kill her. She was in ICU for a while, and never moved back home alone afterwards.
they said it is consistent with a fall on the stairs.
I’ve got dollars to donuts that he was about to pop up on someone’s Gay Republicans list…
behind him using blunt force, I’m not willing to support this theory.
Man, I hold on to the railings of my staircases, both front and back, coming and going. Just because you know the terrain doesn’t mean you’re always going to be surefooted.
sorry but- he is a gooper -right?
the governor of ohio is a dem- right?
does the gov select the new rep?
Sorry gilmore but war is hell!
No. Governors select Senate replacements. House vacancies are filled by special election.
William Holden died when he fell and hit his head on a coffee table. I think he was drinking heavily.
when he slipped on a rug and hit his head on a night table.
The coroner revealed that Holden may have been conscious on the floor for several minutes. However, he was probably too disoriented, drunk, and unable to ascertain the seriousness of his fall to call for help, finally lapsing into unconsciousness.
BTW, William Holden was depressed and also drove drunk. In Italy, he killed a citizen while under the influence, but he got a suspended sentence. The incident may have encouraged him to drink even more heavily.
I think they mean he was a “blunt” head. Too much pot will get you neck trauma if you keep swinging your head around checking to see if the paranoias are after you.
But may he rest in peace.
Hmmm… Cause of death “probably a heart attack”… a few days later it’s blunt head and neck trauma. He’s on the House Committee on Financial Services, and the ranking Republican on the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit whose duties partly include “oversight over financial regulators,… safety and soundness of the banking system” according to his now scrubbed bio on house.gov . The man who knew too much? This is like the Bertha Champagne, the Marvin Bush babysitter run over by her own car. Please pass the Reynolds Wrap….
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