Death of Kanye West's mom: Result of complications from cosmetic surgery

Chicago Sun Times ^ | 11/12/07 | JIM DeROGATIS

[Borges]

[BenLurkin]

Death by lipo?

[theDentist]

Prayers to family and her friends.

[neefer]

His mother was an English teacher? You’d never guess by his grammer. “You need to pump your brakes and drive SLOWLY homey.”

[Tax-chick]

How very said. My sympathies to all her family and friends.

[linn37]

I can’t help but think of the lyrics of his latest song.

“I’d do anything for a blunt”

As a mom that just makes me want to tear up.

[edpc]

Apparently, this doctor did not care about black people.....

[Bender2]

Ouch! Ouch! It hurts... to keep biting your tongue so hard!

[sarasota]

That would be my guess.

[Fairview]

If that’s her in the picture, she looks very youthful for 58. But then so many black ladies are lucky enough to hold onto their good looks for many years. It’s a shame she felt she needed cosmetic surgery when she was so young-looking.

[BenLurkin]

Judging by that picture she didn’t need any cosmetic surgery. She was an attractive woman just the way she was.

[VOA]

Death of Kanye West's mom: Result of complications from cosmetic surgery

As an orderly at a hospital in Oklahoma City, I was present when
a lady died in the hospital after cosmetic surgery.

But I suspect that lady's ticker would have given out whether she
was in the hospital or not. It could be that being in the hospital
actually gave her a chance to survive her heart attack that happened
after the cosmetic procedure.

If she'd been at home, she'd probably not have had a fighting chance.

Either way, her time "was up".

[VOA]

“...his father, Ray West, a former Black Panther who later became
a photojournalist and is now a Christian marriage counselor.”

I can’t but wonder if Ray West is the guy who should be getting interviews
and coverage in the media.
He might have some interesting things to say.
Not necessarily about his ex-wife and son...but about his trip from
Blank Panther to photojournalist to Christian marriage counselor.

[Sandreckoner]

She may look youthful because she’d already had other cosmetic procedures performed. Many (many, many) people have cosmetic work done and don’t look strange or anything other than a more youthful version of themselves.

[bicyclerepair]

How long before the @sshole blames it on Bush?

[CaptainK]

I’d bet it was lipo. My mother-in-law's financial planner died during that exact procedure.

Lipoing the abdominal region is dangerous. Dieting can accomplish the same results and you won’t die.

[submarinerswife]

How long before the @sshole blames it on Bush?

National healthcare could have saved her.He'll get a sympathy #1 hit out of it.

[varyouga]

George Bush doesn’t care about victims of plastic surgery.

[BibChr]

“Dieting can accomplish the same results and you won’t die.”

Oh?

My understanding is that the death-rate among dieters is 100%.

[Fairview]

She may look youthful because she’d already had other cosmetic procedures performed.

Possible. It's probably useless to speculate. But so many black women retain their good looks far longer than white women do and many are quite lovely well into their seventies. I am working with some black ladies who are in their forties and look 30, while my best girlfriend is a black woman in her fifties who looks like she hasn't quite cleared forty yet. It's exasperating, in a good way!