James Gandolfini's Body Is Back In New Jersey
Because he died in Italy, I don't know if that will make it more or less likely that we will ever get to really know why he died other than the heart attack we have already been told. Did he really have 8 alcoholic drinks before he died? I think it sucks that his son was the one who had to find him, and to see his father, barely alive in a hotel room in a foreign country. His son is not that old and then it must have been crazy and there was no one there for the son. Everyone has been selling stories about Gandolfini this week trying to make a buck. It's interesting they were not trying to sell those stories when he was alive.
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ReplyDelete8 drinks isn't really all that impressive.
ReplyDelete2 shots, 2 mixed drinks, 4 beers. That is an easy night at the bar for me if I don't have weed. Need them 2 mixed drinks to warm up and settle in.
ReplyDeleteHe was a disgusting pig anyway
ReplyDeleteCan you elaborate?
DeleteAwful and sad. This poor kid, who has a terrible weight problem for a boy so young. I feel terrible just thinking what it must have been like without his mon there. Weren't JG's second wife and baby daughter there, though? Tragic.
ReplyDelete@sophiab i saw somewhere that his sister was there, not sure about his wife & daughter though.
Delete@SophiaB no it was a father-son trip. Apparently James' sister was on the way to the hotel when he collapsed. And his son's mother took the first flight out when she was informed of his death.
ReplyDeleteTMZ had some photos of the second wife out shopping and not exactly looking like the grieving wife. But everybody grieves differently. So don't mean to judge harshly.
@timebob, she was getting funeral style clothes for their daughter, saw pics somewhere.
ReplyDeleteahh thanks @Pink
ReplyDeleteJust looking at the guy you know he had the apple style heart attack prone body, yet it doesn't seem real.
ReplyDeleteDrs were saying nott heart attack but sca-sudden cardiac arrest, from which there us like very very small chance if recovering. The article explained the diff but i was too lazy to read it. Anyway, it isnt important hiw he died or what he ate the night of, it just isnt. Are we blaming him for dying?????? Just rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteGodspeed, James.
ReplyDeletePeace to your family.
Who cares what caused it? Stop trying to make a buck off his death by insinuating there was something else going on. This isn't fun gossip. He seemed like a decent guy and a good father who will be missed.
ReplyDeleteDon't try to stir up controversy like there is some kind of cover up about the cause of death. Heart attack. Does this really beg more information?
ReplyDeleteOh please, leave it alone! They did an autopsy and said it was natural causes--a heart attack--and there was nothing found in his system. And one of his family members who dined with him said that a couple of the drinks were his and the pina coladas (virgin) were his son's. You are just stirring the pot Enty!
ReplyDeletesaw the pics the wife
ReplyDeletechild please i kno ppl grieve differently but ...ID BE A MESS
First time poster, I don't get what Enty's implying by saying since it happened here in Italy maybe we will never know what happened.
ReplyDeleteI live in Rome and the only sure thing I can tell you is that it was a terribly hot day (something like 100F) and I can really believe someone could fall ill after spending the whole day out, you really could not breathe! I believe the given reason is the one, I don't see why we should doubt it.
Exactly Theresa. Move along. Nothing to see here. And yes, it was sad that his son was alone with him but honestly 13 year olds can be pretty mature. At least he had that time with his father as tragic as it was.
ReplyDeleteThey need to bury him beneath The Meadowlands.
ReplyDeleteThe man has been o'erweight since I first saw him in True Romance. Heart attack? Not at all surprising...
ReplyDeleteWhat really WAS surprising was that he was only 51 -- I thought he was easily in his 60's.
8 drinks when the weather is about 35ºC? That's not too much. He was fat (or American sized, if you want), the temperature was high, he ate Italian tastefull dishes... Italians maybe not excesivelly prone to working on average, but their doctors and forensics are as good or even better than American ones. This is a closed issue.
ReplyDeleteHe deserved to live until at least 80, but karma doesn't exist.
ok i'm no dr. but the autopsy dr. said there was nothing in his system. Only a toxicology report can say that and that takes weeks. The big question is did the Dr. cover and say it was natural causes for the family and insurance reasons? But that seems pretty far fetched or even a beloved italian-american actor like James Gandolfini. Let him Rest in Peace he is back in NY now.
ReplyDelete"or American sized, if you want" - LOL!
ReplyDelete@ Timebob - tests for alcohol take a few minutes. If someone suspected of DUI refuses to use the breathalyzer, then a blood test is used. Drugs, however, that takes weeks.
ReplyDeleteTemp. of 100F that day - heart attack related deaths spike in very hot weather.
Difference between a heart attack and cardiac arrest is this:
Heart attack: person is still conscious and breathing.
Cardiac arrest: The heart has suddenly stopped pumping. The person is without vital signs.
A person can be revived ONLY if the heart still has electrical activity. 10% of electrical activity disappears with every passing minute.
Even if someone is doing CPR to keep oxygen reaching vital organs and the brain, unless that heart is restarted while there is electrical activity - no go.
Oh - the saddest part. Your chance of survival drops 10% per minute. Six minutes in, then you have a 40% chance of survival.
This is why defibrillators (also known as AED) are so important. Hotels, shopping malls, entertainment complexes like arenas, and some large office buildings have them.
What CPR students are taught is to order someone to get a defibrillator immediately, even if the victim is conscious. Every minute truly counts.
Poor Jim really didn't stand a chance if he collapsed alone from cardiac arrest.
meh....don't get all this media attention for this....
ReplyDeleteGandolfini's parents are devout Catholics and he's being buried from a Protestant church? Interesting.
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