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Blue man dies of heart attack at 62
upi ^ | Sept. 25, 2013 | VERONICA LINARES,

Posted on 09/25/2013 11:50:57 AM PDT by JoeProBono

Paul Karason, who became famous after his skin turned permanently blue, died at a Washington hospital Monday. He was 62.

Karason was admitted in the hospital last week after suffering a heart attack. He also had pneumonia and later suffered a severe stroke, his estranged wife, Jo Anna Karason, said Tuesday.

Karason was born a fair-skinned, freckled boy but his skin began turning blue 15 years ago after he contracted a rare medical syndrome known as argyria or silver poisoning from dietary supplements.

He was reportedly using a special silver-based preparation to treat a bad case of dermatitis. He had also been drinking colloidal silver.

Jo Anna Karason said some people started calling him “Papa Smurf” after his skin changed color. His white mane and long beard added to the resemblance.

“That was a nickname he didn’t appreciate, depending on who said it,” she said. “If it was a kid who ran up to him saying ‘Papa Smurf,’ it would put a smile on his face. But if it was an adult, well ….”

In 2008 a blue Karason emerged from reclusion and explained his condition on the TODAY show.

“He has been too ill to work for a while,” his wife said. “He didn’t like to go out in public much -- only when he thought he needed to, like to go to the bank or to pick up tobacco.”

Karason's ultimate cause of death as not yet been revealed.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: argyria; colloidalsilver; karason; obituary; papasmurf; paulkarason; silverpoisoning
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1 posted on 09/25/2013 11:50:57 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

Smurf’s up!


2 posted on 09/25/2013 11:51:37 AM PDT by kabar
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To: JoeProBono

George Costanza had the same issue.


3 posted on 09/25/2013 11:52:58 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Slings and Arrows

Sad Day Ping.


4 posted on 09/25/2013 11:53:42 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: JoeProBono
No reference to the "Blue Man Group"?


5 posted on 09/25/2013 11:55:04 AM PDT by newfreep (Breitbart sent me...)
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To: JoeProBono
He had also been drinking colloidal silver

My late father was convinced that colloidal silver was a miracle substance. Don't know if he actually consumed it.

Timing of the story is not good. I was given some potentially unpleasant news from my cardiologist yesterday...I'll be 62 in February. Even though everyone thinks I look 40 [snigger]

6 posted on 09/25/2013 11:57:15 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: JoeProBono

I hope they play “I am blue” by Eiffel 65 at the funeral.


7 posted on 09/25/2013 11:58:25 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: JoeProBono

Damn that high rent....

8 posted on 09/25/2013 11:59:58 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: JoeProBono

And if you eat too many carrots...you turn orange. Blue is creepier.


9 posted on 09/25/2013 12:00:41 PM PDT by Deb (If you wanna laugh everyday, follow Deepak Chopra on Twitter)
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To: JoeProBono

:: He had also been drinking colloidal silver ::

I think I maught see where this fella has a problem.
Talk about your “expensive s**t”! Dude was probably losing $10/flush.


10 posted on 09/25/2013 12:01:05 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations - The acronym explains the science.)
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To: tflabo

Melanin too damn low!

Rent too damn high!


11 posted on 09/25/2013 12:01:12 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: JoeProBono

Once you go blue, you ever be through.


12 posted on 09/25/2013 12:02:50 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: JoeProBono

Looks like bluegger?


13 posted on 09/25/2013 12:03:05 PM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: JoeProBono

Tough life. God rest him.


14 posted on 09/25/2013 12:06:46 PM PDT by TN4Liberty (My tagline disappeared so this is my new one.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

B.B. King knows just how he feels.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtwUqXCQvAI


15 posted on 09/25/2013 12:09:09 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: JoeProBono

Oh, the song selection at his wake should be CLASSIC.

“Blue Velvet”
“Blue Monday”
“Midnight Blue”
“Devil with a Blue Dress On”

The list keeps going...


16 posted on 09/25/2013 12:10:54 PM PDT by Old Sarge (Opinions are like orgasms: only mine count, and I couldn't care less if you have one...)
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To: JoeProBono

RIP.


17 posted on 09/25/2013 12:11:52 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Isn’t he one of the Five People You Meet in Heaven.


18 posted on 09/25/2013 12:12:35 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: JoeProBono

I got a very bad sunburn on my feet once. The treatment was silver salycate (salysilic acid reacted with silver) applied to my skin.

It reduced the pain immediately, reduced the swelling, but made my feet that color. Because it was applied topically, it washed off.


19 posted on 09/25/2013 12:15:06 PM PDT by donmeaker (Youth is wasted on the young.)
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To: newfreep

maybe they should bury him in a big PVC pipe just out of respect


20 posted on 09/25/2013 12:15:10 PM PDT by bigbob
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