"Meet the Parents" Actress Dies...

yahoo.com ^ | March 11, 2006 | Sarah Hall

[nothingnew]

...what I could have bought over the counter in 5 seconds in Shanghai or Managua or Juarez.

I don't know, but my guess is there aren't 3,000,000 trial lawyers in those places. Just a guess...

FMCDH(BITS)

[Endeavor]

Would you like to post those statistics?

[Wolfie]

Go figure.

It does explain, however, why they're working so hard to cap lawsuits.

[Tall_Texan]

I'm always curious how, in a large media center like Los Angeles, a young celebrity (albeit a minor one) can die and there is no story about it for nearly a month.

If it was worth AP's time to run an obit, why was it not worth their time for three weeks?

[Dansong]

Shame on the hospital? Perhaps, but call me a contrarian: Isn't it difficult to treat and even diagnose this condition?

Also, I'll mention the unmentionable: Were their "lifestyle" issues at play here? I mean...30 years old?

[tang-soo]

Some of her credits can be found at tvtome.com here.

[hushpad]

or is everyone just an "actor" out there?<<

I am not a doctor but I play one on TV<<

. . .and of course "I'm not a doctor, but I did stay at "Holiday Inn" last night.

It's still a darn shame, I say.

[dts32041]

Nope, you can go find them

[Freedom Dignity n Honor]

I'm wondering if she had that flu that causes pneumonia and/or bronchitis and had throat spasms like the Pope did.

On my relapse of the flu I started having throat/bronchial spasms after I took my inhaler. It's very scary but I've had them before so toughed it out.

[groovejedi]

Well I', not a doctor but I play one on TV. Here take two of these and call me in the morning.

[Cathy]

I don't think so - his heart condition was rare and apparently hard to detect - and he died almost instantly. I could be wrong.

[Semper Paratus]

I remember a few years ago I developed a cough that went to pneumonia when I saw my doctor 2 days later.

[hushpad]

Shame on the hospital? Perhaps, but call me a contrarian: Isn't it difficult to treat and even diagnose this condition? <<<

>>>NOT IF the attending physician actually attended and graduated medical school!

Also, I'll mention the unmentionable: Were their "lifestyle" issues at play here? I mean...30 years old?<<<

>>>>I'D SAY the attending physician should have asked at least as much as you have concerning pneumonia, which is not dependent on a bad lifestyle to strike.

[shellshocked]

Sad....and she was real cute.

[arkfreepdom]

Pneumonia was the number 1 cause of death one hundred years ago and is now rare except in the very aged. Infectious diseases are causes of death now. Sad case but let's not get carried away with criticism of our system.

[Vor Lady]

It didn't just happen to Hunter ping.

[Mamzelle]

Like the lawyers can make things better.

If there's no tort reform, there won't be any money to compensate the injured--and the lawyers will just go on to greener pastures. If you want to shut down the hospital, fine, that'll show those insurance companies who's boss.

The details are sketchy--she deteriorated over four days. This sounds a little like the Kermit puppet guy. You'd be surprised how many people die from simple cold viruses--even non-VIPs and the non-beautiful!