“Jim Henson was a famous victim of this.”
Jim Henson of “Muppets” fame? As I recall, he died of pneumonia as a result of AIDS. Nothing would have helped him if that is true.
I have never read or heard anything about Jim Henson having AIDS, so I looked him up on wikipedia.
There seems no reason to think that he had AIDS or had any underlying issue that would have led him to contract it. He was married and had 5 children, he was not a hemophiliac, and was not a drug addict.
Here is the final statement from wiki re: the cause of death “The official cause of death was first reported as Streptococcus pneumoniae, a bacterial infection.[4] Bacterial pneumonia is usually caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, an alpha-hemolytic species of Streptococcus. Henson’s cause of death, however, was organ failure resulting from streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (caused by Streptococcus pyogenes).[33] S. pyogenes is the bacterial species that causes strep throat, scarlet fever and rheumatic fever. It can also cause other infections.”
There is a longer discussion about it, his wife is quoted to the effect that his Christian Science upbringing might have had some influence on his reluctance to seek care earlier.
However, it does appear I was wrong about the type of disease he had (this medical stuff and there’s plenty of links in the piece - is a little beyond me), as he was sick for sometime before he died.
Sometimes young (or in Henson’s case younger) people do die of diseases and there is no good explanation for why it happened. Sadly I’ve known a few people to whom this happened. It’s very difficult on them and their families.
You recall incorrectly. Henson died as the result of a streptoccal infection. He'd had symptoms for a couple of weeks and ignored them.
Not true. I was there.
He had overwhelming pneumococcal pneumonia and went from healthy to dead in about 6 hours.
If he had AIDS, it’s news to all the people at New York Hospital who took care of him.
I think that you may be thinking of someone else.
Jim Henson died of pneumonia because he was a Christian Scientist and they dont do modern medicinr.