[arista]

They all thought it was part of his act.
No One thought he was really dead.
Sad the 60 year old may have needed tablets
to keep his body safe.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-47911040

[Veteran stand-up comedian Ian Cognito has died on-stage during a performance.
The 60-year-old comic sat down on a stool while breathing heavily, before falling silent for five minutes during his show on Thursday.
Compere Andrew Bird said the crowd at the The Atic bar in Bicester had thought it was a joke, and continued to laugh, unaware something was wrong.
South Central Ambulance Service confirmed Cognito was pronounced dead at the scene.
Mr Bird, who runs the Lone Wolf Comedy Club event at the venue, said Cognito had not been feeling well before the gig started, but insisted on going on-stage.
"He was like his old self, his voice was loud. I was thinking 'he's having such a good gig'," Mr Bird said.]

[Cherie]

He was on heart meds apparently, when your numbers up that's it

[Tony Montana]

His death is spookily similar to Tommy Cooper

R.I.P

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Cherie

He was on heart meds apparently, when your numbers up that's it

Yes and no, lots of people survive heart attacks sometimes they get the wrong number.

[Smithy]

Sounds like a drag queens name

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

Yes and no, lots of people survive heart attacks [B]sometimes they get the wrong number.

Yes I know lots of people survive heart attacks, but the fact remains he didn't despite being on medication for it, so his number was up in my book

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cherie

He was on heart meds apparently, when your numbers up that's it

Yes but he may have needed other tablets.
As well.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes but he may have needed other tablets.
As well.

That's not much use to him now

[smudgie]

Maybe it was heart failure, rather than a heart attack.
If he sat quietly and died then it sounds feasible.
R.I.P.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cherie

That's not much use to him now

This is the Problem
with many 60 year olds
they need medicals more

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Maybe it was heart failure, rather than a heart attack.
If he sat quietly and died then it sounds feasible.
R.I.P.

Yeah I heard somewhere that most heart attacks are survived (assuming they receive medical attention etc), but heart failures/cardiac arrests are the real killers.

[Jigs]

he died doing what he loved x

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Yes I know lots of people survive heart attacks, but the fact remains he didn't despite being on medication for it, so his number was up in my book

What is this book ... This ticking clock... This list of the damned

Cherie is the grim reaper confirmed?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Jigs

he died doing what he loved x

No one wants to die

How ridiculous

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

What is this book ... This ticking clock... This list of the damned

Cherie is the grim reaper confirmed?

it's me...let me check my book as to your situation

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

No one wants to die

How ridiculous

tbf dropping dead is a great way to go

[Cherie]

we should put this on as an agenda item at the next knitting club meet...

best ways to meet your fate

[Crimson Dynamo]

Inthe TL hasn't movd for 30 mins

She could be dead?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Inthe TL hasn't movd for 30 mins

She could be dead?

I'm sure she'll go and make a cup of tea when you're finished, LT.

[Marsh.]

Isn't this how Sid James died? On stage and everyone thought it was part of the act?

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Isn't this how Sid James died? On stage and everyone thought it was part of the act?

You're thinking of Tommy Cooper

[LaLaLand]

RIP.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

You're thinking of Tommy Cooper

Nope.

On 26 April 1976, while on a revival tour of*The Mating Season, a 1969 farce by the Northern Irish playwright*Sam Cree, James suffered a*heart attack*on stage at the*Sunderland Empire Theatre. Actress*Olga Lowe*thought that he was playing a practical joke at first when he failed to reply to her dialogue. When he failed to reply to her ad libs, she moved towards the wings to seek help. The technical manager, Melvyn James, called for the curtain to close and requested a doctor, while the audience – who were unaware of what was happening – laughed, believing the events to be part of the show. He was taken to hospital by ambulance, but was pronounced dead. He was 62.

[Jigs]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

No one wants to die

we stan incorrect generalizations

[Livia]

Never heard of him.