Madoff associate had heart attack, drowned in pool

AP on Yahoo ^ | 10/26/09 | Brian Skoloff - ap

[Anti-Bubba182]

"Toxicology tests are pending."

When these are done we will know.

[JRandomFreeper]

Ah, that explains the concrete overshoes. Natural causes, of course.

/johnny

[NativeNewYorker]

The death has been ruled accidental

Damn convenient ACCIDENT.

[COUNTrecount]

Ken Lay please pick up the courtesy phone, where ever you are..

[AnAmericanMother]

With the stress this guy was under, a heart attack would not be surprising. Self-medicating would also not be surprising.

And drowning when you're swimming alone isn't surprising either. It doesn't need to be a heart attack - it can be something as innocuous as a leg cramp or a coughing fit. Don't EVER swim alone, guys, it's just not safe.

(BSA Lifeguard cert., Red Cross Lifeguard and W.S.I.)

[khnyny]

Not really.

[Lazamataz]

Of course, the heart attack was preceded by 128 stab wounds, 25 gunshots, and a pound of ground glass in his eyes.

[dfwgator]

Ken Lay

I guess Ken now can have that foursome for tee off at the Hades Country Club.

[xjcsa]

He died a short time later at a nearby hospital.

I'm guessing he died at the bottom of that pool, if not earlier. Dying and being pronounced dead aren't the same thing.

[Dewey Revoltnow]

Ken Lay please pick up the courtesy phone, where ever you are..

Yep. He and Ken Lay will be playing golf together soon, wherever the hell their hideout is.

[Azzurri]

With the stress this guy was under, a heart attack would not be surprising.

He was lounging by the pool in his Palm Beach $33 million oceanside mansion...what kind of stress could he have, lol.

[AnAmericanMother]

Just remember what Robinson Crusoe’s dad said (you can look it up).

[Gay State Conservative]

"Toxicology tests are pending." When these are done we will know.

The only relevance that the toxicology reports would have is if something found in his blood was capable of causing a heart attack (e.g.,..coke...meth...) or was capable of making it more difficult to call for help or get out of the pool during the heart attack (e.g.,alcohol,tranquilizers).

Heart attacks happen.He had gender,age and,most likely,fear/stress (the possibility of jail) working against him in the heart attack department.

[fso301]

I'm sure he'd been under a certain amount of stress. That, a few drinks and who knows what else could make a heart attack all the more likely when the extension cord was dipped in the pool a couple of times.

[katlynne11]

If one’s head is held beneath the water until the thrashing stops, that person will have a cardiac event.....that is a heart attack. End of story.

[Walkingfeather]

hmmm that was quick.

[Walkingfeather]

um... heart failure is a cause of death. so are you saying it was a heart attack that lead to heart failure? tell me how you have determined that.”? you noticed his heart was stopped?

[Gay State Conservative]

He was lounging by the pool in his Palm Beach $33 million oceanside mansion...what kind of stress could he have, lol.

I don't know about you but I've never spent a single minute behind bars and very much want to die that way.If I ever had reason to believe that there was a 30 year prison stretch in my future my guess is that I'd develop a stress problem.

A *serious* one.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Possibly it is just a natural heart attack, but this man who lived as a respected philanthropist and was now in a lot of trouble had a reason to off himself or seek escape in drugs.