Having a seizure, or epilepsy, doesn't necessarily endanger his standing; depends on the cause of the seizure....a 5-10 foot fall, landing on the back of one's head, could be very dangerous, however.
I think it's a bit odd that they are saying both seizures were "ideopathic" - no known cause. I don't think most people have grand mal seizures for no reason.
Most people don't have them, and you should thank God for that.
As one who had a couple, a very long time ago, I can tell you that there is frequently no proximate cause, though stress is often cited as tributary. There is no warning, and there are no lingering effects, unless you incur some secondary injury during the seizure.
Those I had came on me in my sleep. I awoke with a complete inability to control my own body; a very wierd predicament, indeed. I could hear myself, and I could hear everyone else in the room, but I had exactly ZERO control; I couldn't even open my own eyes. Throughout each event it was is if I were merely an inside observer, powerless to intervene.
Julius Caesar had seizures.
However, he died from a stab in the back.
Sounds just like a seizure my brother had on a hot summer day -- some 40 years ago -- never another one; no known cause. You do have to wonder if heat and/or dehydration is a factor.
I had two seizures (ideopathic) in a 9-month span 24 years ago. The second was while swimming in a river. If my best friend hadn’t seen me go under I wouldn’t be making this post right now. Both EEGs were clear as a bell, but I ended up taking Dilantin for seven years as a precuation. I haven’t had another seizure since, even after going off the Dilantin.