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Ben “bushing” Byer has passed away

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Re: Ben “bushing” Byer has passed away

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So young, does anyone know why? Maybe that's a morbid question, and I am sorry for everyone's loss.

I didn't think someone so young could die of "natural causes", but apparently even dying from the flu or sudden heart failure qualifies as a natural cause: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_natural_causes Ooof. Terrifying.

All "natural" means in this context is that the person died independent of the actions of self or others, its the "not manmade" definition. Had a friend go with an aneurysm at a little younger age. Its horrifying to have those nothing you could do scenarios. Hit me much worse than the overdoses, suicides, or car accidents, and I'm not really sure why.

Re: Ben “bushing” Byer has passed away

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn't think someone so young could die of "natural causes", but apparently even dying from the flu or sudden heart failure qualifies as a natural cause: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_natural_causes Ooof. Terrifying.

DVT is also considered a natural cause, and if you sit all day, you're at a higher propensity to die from it: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/deepveinthrombosis.html

And if you're obese, like he was.

Re: Ben “bushing” Byer has passed away

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So young, does anyone know why? Maybe that's a morbid question, and I am sorry for everyone's loss.

It says natural causes, so I feel that's enough to remove fears of anything self inflicted. On another note, I'm saddened to hear about this. I was actually just thinking about him specifically and wondering what he was up to since I hadn't heard anything about his involvement in Fail0verflow lately.

This is fairly recent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A7V3GLWF6U
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