Posted on 01/23/2021 11:22:45 AM PST by L.A.Justice
Actress Tanya Roberts, who starred in the TV sitcom That '70s Show and the 1985 James Bond movie A View to Kill, has died at age 65 from a urinary tract infection (UTI) that spread to other parts of her body.
The sad news came after a bizarre turn of events. TMZ initially reported, via Roberts' publicist Mike Pingel, that the star collapsed at home on Christmas Eve after walking her dogs. She was then taken to the hospital and put on a ventilator, according to the news outlet, but never recovered and died on Sunday (January 3). Roberts' husband of 18 years, Lance O'Brien, told the outlet he was unable to visit her in the hospital because of COVID-19 restrictions, but hospital staff made an exception when they realized the actress probably wouldn't survive. He believed Roberts died during his visit, and relayed the news to Pingel.
But on Tuesday, Pingel confirmed that Roberts actually died on Monday night. In a statement to Metro.co.uk, he said, "With a heavy heart I can confirm the death of Tanya Roberts (age 65) last night on January 4, 2021 around 9:30pm PT at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA."
The rep also confirmed that Roberts' cause of death was "a urinary tract infection which spread to her kidney, gallbladder, liver and then bloodstream."
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Ms. Tanya Roberts was very unlucky...RIP...I thought that UTI was not a big deal..
By the way, her body was cremated...Her boyfriend stated that her ashes will be scattered in the hills near Laurel Canyon...She liked to go hiking up there with dogs...
https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/11/tanya-roberts-cremated-partner-spreading-ashes-hiking-trail-dogs/
By the way, is legal to scatter ashes like that? In public land? However, I do not think cops will arrest him for that...
UTIs can be deadly, easily, especially in the elderly if not diagnosed in time. They don’t present the same way they do in younger years so it’s easy not to know you have one. Mom almost succumbed a few years ago.
My mother-in-law got very sick from that. She was put in the hospital, but she didn’t die from it.
Maybe she had an underlying condition that made her susceptible to crappy treatment. Like maybe she said something positive about Trump or derogatory about Biden? Or maybe she failed to say something derogatory about Trump when given the opportunity? Medicine can be tricky.
Urosepsis is lethal. As a young ER tech I saw loads of patients with this all the time. Mostly in older people.
Cranberry juice
Sepsis. A deadly infection moving into the bloodstream.
“Maybe she had an underlying condition....”
No. A UTI can easily turn into Sepsis which is deadly!
Yes, and you do want the sweetened type. Read where the sugar enhances the therapeutic value. Normally sugar is bad for the immune system.
D-Mannose and SSKI
Not if you are one of our betters!
Based on a UTI I had it’s painful enough that you go to DR right away and the cure is FAST.
I don’t understand this.
I dont know if its legal or not but if a loved one asked me to do it, im doing it regardless. Im done obeying laws.
Drink cranberry juice for UT infections and call your doctor... this was a death that didn’t need to happen.
Sepsis to septic shock. Maybe co-morbid with an MRSA or a fungal infection. RIP Midge.
Yes, that can happen if untreated and spreads. RIP Tanya.
UTI’s happen in the elderly when they don’t hydrate themselves properly.
In today's America, that is more than just a possibility...
Obama did that in Hawaii with his alleged mother's ashes. He broke the law.
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