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Grooveshark co-founder, 28, found dead in home
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Re: Grooveshark co-founder, 28, found dead in home
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The article pretty much rules this out, no idea where you got the foul play angle from: > " Lori Greenberg, his mother, said Monday he had no health problems and she was told by police who investigated Sunday night that there was no evidence of foul play, injuries or drugs. "
Actually, I wouldn't say the article rules out foul play at all. It simply states that the police found no evidence of foul play. People can be killed in ways that are difficult to trace, especially before there is the benefit of autopsy results. I am not suggesting that this is what happened in this case, I'm just saying that it is far from entirely ruled out.
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Re: Grooveshark co-founder, 28, found dead in home
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
The article pretty much rules this out, no idea where you got the foul play angle from: > " Lori Greenberg, his mother, said Monday he had no health problems and she was told by police who investigated Sunday night that there was no evidence of foul play, injuries or drugs. "
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I think you misread, that's not what he told his mom, that's what the police told his mom.
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#45I know the knee-jerk reaction is to assume foul play, but I knew him a little bit and he was as healthy as an ox. Or at least he was several months ago the last time I saw him. I don't know, but it would shock me to the bone if someone could truly get angry enough at a man like him, to try and hurt him. He knew like we all knew, Grooveshark was never going to last, but it reinforced the point that Napster proved and…
Well, there will be an autopsy to discover the cause of his death. Unattended deaths generally require them.
It appears to be Florida law, at least (http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Displ...).
Re: Grooveshark co-founder, 28, found dead in home
#46"toxicology results would be done in two or three months" This seems like a long time, is it normal?
Real life is not a CSI episode, also labs have a limited processing ability
But maybe tests are done in stages? Like, if nothing obvious shows up on first tests then some other ones are done?
Re: Grooveshark co-founder, 28, found dead in home
#47I know the knee-jerk reaction is to assume foul play, but I knew him a little bit and he was as healthy as an ox. Or at least he was several months ago the last time I saw him. I don't know, but it would shock me to the bone if someone could truly get angry enough at a man like him, to try and hurt him. He knew like we all knew, Grooveshark was never going to last, but it reinforced the point that Napster proved and…
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Re: Grooveshark co-founder, 28, found dead in home
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
The article pretty much rules this out, no idea where you got the foul play angle from: > " Lori Greenberg, his mother, said Monday he had no health problems and she was told by police who investigated Sunday night that there was no evidence of foul play, injuries or drugs. "
That's a bit misleading. It says there was no evidence of drugs but then goes on to say that the toxicology report would take 2-3 months. They probably just didn't see any drugs lying around. If he didn't have some sort of undiagnosed medical condition, he may have very well OD'd on something. Research chemicals, xanax and opiate combo, etc... It's fairly common for people to OD on those things and they're all readil…
> It says there was no evidence of drugs but then goes on to say that the toxicology report would take 2-3 months.
Hard to believe it takes so long in the 21st century. Is that bureaucracy or science?
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#49As soon as I read the headline I was scared to read Josh's name in the article. I had the opportunity to interview him for a book, and I placed his interview at the very beginning of the book because I personally found it one of the most interesting. At the end of that phone call I thought to myself: if I was in Florida I would love to work with this guy. RIP Josh.
Re: Grooveshark co-founder, 28, found dead in home
#50My step-sister dated Josh for a while when I was growing up. My few memories of him consist mostly of Josh explaining technology to me at the dinner table in slow, careful words so that a middle school kid could understand. I remember him laughing with me about the crazy/terrible things I had done to overclock my Android Dev Phone 1 at a time when no one else I knew thought that was interesting. I remember feeling re…
I hope this doesn't come off as too selfish, but I hope that I can do things/interact with people that leaves a meaningful bond long after the relationship has "ended" Maybe paying it forward is the best thing to do in his memory.
I don't think that's selfish. When someone dies, it's very normal and healthy to reflect on how we spend our own time, as we're reminded of how precious it is.