Posted on 12/30/2017 8:30:53 AM PST by Olog-hai
The daughter of Black Lives Matter icon Eric Garner has died after a weeklong hospital stay following a heart attack.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, in announcing Garner’s death Saturday, says she fought for justice and was “a warrior to the end.” She died in a New York hospital. She was 27.
Garner’s official Twitter account, run by her family and friends since she became ill, asked that she be remembered as a mother, daughter, sister and aunt with a heart “bigger than the world.” …
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She was found to be suffering from an englarged heart in August after her first attack. Still way too young. RIP.
It is more likely she had poor genetics.
Jim Fixx was as fit as a fiddle long distance runner and died of a heart attack at 52. Not one ounce of fat on his runners body.
Weight often contributes to heart disease, but rarely is it the primary cause. More and more research is pointing to genetic causes as well as lifestyle choices. The major bad lifestyle choice is smoking.
Per the Daily News Article:
"Erica Garner, whose father died in 2014 when NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo placed him in a chokehold on Staten Island, was on life support in ICU in a Brooklyn hospital, the family said.
The 27-year-old mother of two is unable to breathe on her own, family said.
My prayers go out for her.
“The younger Garner—who, like her father had asthma—only recently learned she had another medical condition. Doctors told her she had an enlarged heart when she suffered a heart attack four months ago...
The most recent heart attack was triggered by an asthma attack, relatives told the newspaper.”
http://www.newsweek.com/erica-garner-eric-heart-attack-762221
Weight certainly wasn’t the only issue. But maybe, just maybe, if she had thought about what REALLY killed her father, she could have made some changes. She didn’t die from a chokehold, but from some of the same conditions that killed her father.
Sad.
R.I.P.
Hope she’s with her dad in heaven. Some people just dont live a long life in comparison to others for a variety of health related reasons.
here come da lawsuit
Like a lot of black families, they had a history of asthma and heart disease. She wasn’t grossly overweight (her father was, and in fact I think he was on disability for it) but she was a pretty good candidate for an early death.
That said, her father wasn’t a (posthumous) anti-police brutality spokesman, but simply a dysfunctional guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. As soon as the cops realized that he really was having problems breathing, they got help. They’d put him face down, as is usual in an arrest after he fought back after getting arrested again for selling onesies (cigarettes) outside the door of the bodega owner who had complained about it because Garner was always camped outside selling bootlegged cigarettes.
It’s just a totally dysfunctional family that got used by - dare I say it, mostly white - liberals to attack the police and law and order. So I think the only thing to do is say a prayer for them.
“So I think the only thing to do is say a prayer for them.”
Fair enough, and well put. Thank you. I need an attitude adjustment sometimes.
Likely even a person of average or less than average weight would have had the same result. Her genetic make up was the by far the largest contributor to her death. Weight ranked below the mold spore count in her apartment.
“..remembered as a mother, daughter, sister and aunt...”
Clearly, according to the title, she’s only remembered as the daughter of some “Black Lives Matter Icon” farce..
Iconanova?
i remember her speaking out against al sharpton and calling out to be the POS we all know he is...
My first thought.
Perhaps the health issues that contributed to her father’s death were hereditary.
“What do you call the daughter of an “Icon?”
A Youcon.
Sorry, that’s been used. How about a she con or an after con, or maybe just a straight con as that’s what BLM is.
rwood
Good post. Dad’s death was sad. Daughter jumped into activism because of it. Neither had the sense to try and improve their health.
An acorn?
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