Diet Guru Robert Atkins Dies

[G. Knox]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=578&e=2&cid=-
578&u=/nm/20030417/ts_nm/people_atkins_dc

RIP Dr. Atkins.

[Steven Rob]

Anyone hear the rumour that his blood clot may have been prior
to, and the *cause* of, his fall on the icy street?

That is, that Dr Atkins had a stroke.

SR

"G. Knox" <geraldknox2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=578&e=2&cid=-
578&u=/nm/20030
417/ts_nm/people_atkins_dc

> RIP Dr. Atkins.

[Tim Tyler]

Steven Roberts <sroberts@email.com> wrote:

: Anyone hear the rumour that his blood clot may have been
: prior to, and the *cause* of, his fall on the icy street?

: That is, that Dr Atkins had a stroke.

No, no - you have it all wrong.

Dr Atkins died of an accident - it says so on:

``The lasting success of a company built around one
personality is tricky, but top crisis public relations experts
say this one likely can.

A key factor is the circumstances of the death, they say. A
cause conflicting with what they and their products stand
for raises credibility issues. Runner Jim Fixx helped
popularize the sport with his best seller, The Complete Book
of Running, only to die of a heart attack while running at
age 52. But the death of Atkins, 72, from injuries in a fall
won't pose such issues, says Eric Dezenhall, head of crisis
management firm Nichols-Dezenhall. There won't be the same
consumer "ridicule," he says, that Post Grape-Nuts Cereals
faced in 1975 when pitchman Euell Gibbons, naturalist and
health buff, died of a heart attack at age 64.''

- http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/2003-04-17-atkin-
sinc_x.htm

The blood clot and the surgery to remove it were obviously
not a factor.

Indeed:

http://www.channeloklahoma.com/health/2119621/detail.html

...states that the blood clot "formed from the fall".

You know - the way that often happens.
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[Steven Rob]

"Tim Tyler" <tim@tt1.org> wrote in message
news:HDJ96z.J38@bath.ac.uk...
> Steven Roberts <sroberts@email.com> wrote: The blood clot
> and the surgery to remove it were obviously not a factor.
>
> Indeed:
>
> http://www.channeloklahoma.com/health/2119621/detail.html
>
> ...states that the blood clot "formed from the fall".
>
> You know - the way that often happens.

Yes, and a very convenient way to hide an original ischemic
stroke -- if one was inclined to do so. Still, this is only
idle speculation.

However, Dr Atkin's viral cardiomyopathy, reported a year or
so ago, was also viewed suspiciously.

SR

[Qubit]

On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 22:17:50 GMT, "Steven Roberts"
<sroberts@email.com> wrote:

>"Tim Tyler" <tim@tt1.org> wrote in message
>news:HDJ96z.J38@bath.ac.uk...
>> Steven Roberts <sroberts@email.com> wrote: The blood clot
>> and the surgery to remove it were obviously not a factor.
>>
>> Indeed:
>>
>> http://www.channeloklahoma.com/health/2119621/detail.html
>>
>> ...states that the blood clot "formed from the fall".
>>
>> You know - the way that often happens.
>
>Yes, and a very convenient way to hide an original ischemic
>stroke -- if one was inclined to do so. Still, this is only
>idle speculation.
>
>However, Dr Atkin's viral cardiomyopathy, reported a year or
>so ago, was also viewed suspiciously.
>
>SR

It was viewed so since the statistical probabilities that he
had a viral condition that ending in his having a problematic,
cardiological state are, well, problematic.

[Bicker 200]

On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 22:17:50 GMT, "Steven Roberts"
<sroberts@email.com> wrote:
> Yes, and a very convenient way to hide an original ischemic
> stroke -- if one was inclined to do so. Still, this is only
> idle speculation.

And silly, at that.

--
¤bicker¤ "It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really
is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and
reassuring."
- Carl Sagan

People are, of course, welcome to place whatever
irrelevant limitations on their ability to enjoy something
that they wish.

[Gym Bob]

Everyone assumes Atkins was a subscriber to his own diet
regimen.

"bicker 2003" <1NVAL1D> wrote in message
news:3ea627da.168342183@news8.beaconwoods.org...
> On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 22:17:50 GMT, "Steven Roberts"
> <sroberts@email.com> wrote:
> > Yes, and a very convenient way to hide an original
> > ischemic stroke -- if
one
> > was inclined to do so. Still, this is only idle
> > speculation.
>
> And silly, at that.
>
>
> --
> ¤bicker¤ "It is far better to grasp the Universe as it
> really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying
> and reassuring."
> - Carl Sagan
>
> People are, of course, welcome to place whatever
> irrelevant limitations on their ability to enjoy something
> that they wish.

[Bicker 200]

On Sun, 20 Apr 2003 17:11:49 GMT, "Gym Bob"
<NoneAtAll@notspam.com> wrote:
> Everyone assumes Atkins was a subscriber to his own diet
> regimen.

A rather safe assumption.

--
¤bicker¤ "It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really
is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and
reassuring."
- Carl Sagan

People are, of course, welcome to place whatever
irrelevant limitations on their ability to enjoy something
that they wish.