All posts containing the tag: "Heart Attack"
Posted Sep 14th 2009 2:12PM by TMZ Staff
One of the guys who was allegedly held at gunpoint when OJ Simpson tried getting his stuff back is now suing the jailed killer, claiming he suffered multiple heart attacks as a result of the robbery and that Simpson is responsible.
Bruce Fromong filed the personal injury lawsuit in Las Vegas. Fromong is a memorabilia dealer who had some of Simpson's stuff in a Las Vegas hotel room when OJ came a callin'.
Fromong claims as a result of Simpson's violent rampage, he suffered "great bodily injury." Fromong's lawyer tells us the "great bodily injury" is several heart attacks. He's suing for infliction of emotional distress, negligence as well as assault and battery.
Fromong is suing for unspecified compensatory and punitive damages. OJ's assets are sketchy, but we're told Fromong is banking on Simpson's homeowners policy paying the damages.
By the way, we called Simpson a killer because a civil jury found he slaughtered Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson. We also called him a killer because he's a killer.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, O.J., Exclusives
Tags: bruce fromong, BruceFromong, heart attack, HeartAttack, killer, oj simpson, OjSimpson
Posted Aug 7th 2009 4:33PM by TMZ Staff
A mighty shocking autopsy report concludes cocaine contributed to the sudden death of pitchman Billy Mays back in June.
The report, which was released today, lists "cocaine use" as a contributing cause of death -- along with hypertensive and arteriosclerotic heart disease.
A Hillsborough County press release says "from the presence of metabolites of cocaine and the absence of cocaine itself, it was concluded that Mr. Mays used cocaine in the few days prior to his death but not immediately prior to death."
Mays died in his sleep on June 28 at his home in Florida.
UPDATE: Official documents show the following drugs were in Mays' system -- hydrocodone (Vicodin), oxycodone (painkiller), alprazolam (Xanax), nordiazepam (Valium), benzoylecgonine (byproduct of cocaine) and temazepam (anti-anxiety). Ethanol -- alcohol -- was also in Mays' system.
**Check out today's TMZ Live, when Harvey and Jason answered your questions about Billy Mays and Michael Jackson's toxicology reports.
Filed under: Billy Mays
Tags: billy mays, BillyMays, cocaine, drugs, heart attack, HeartAttack, sudden death, SuddenDeath
Posted Aug 6th 2009 4:43PM by TMZ Staff
John Hughes has died of a heart attack.
Hughes suffered the heart attack while taking a morning walk during a trip to NYC to visit family.
He directed such '80s hit films as "The Breakfast Club," Weird Science," "Sixteen Candles" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."
He was 59.
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Filed under: R.I.P.
Tags: dead, death, dies, director, heart attack, HeartAttack, john huges, JohnHuges, nyc
Posted Jun 25th 2009 7:15PM by TMZ Staff
People are flocking to Michael Jackson's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Problem is ... it's the wrong Michael Jackson.
The star for Michael Jackson -- the singer -- is covered up because of the "Bruno" premiere. People are mistaking MJ's covered star for the star of longtime L.A. radio personality Michael Jackson.
Filed under: Michael Jackson
Tags: death, heart attack, HeartAttack, hollywood walk of fame, HollywoodWalkOfFame, michael jackson, MichaelJackson
Posted Jun 25th 2009 6:27PM by TMZ Staff
We just spoke with Tito Jackson, who was grief-stricken. Tito said he so regrets not having spoken with Michael Jackson "in a while."
Filed under: Michael Jackson
Tags: cardiac arrest, CardiacArrest, death, heart attack, HeartAttack, jacko, miachel jackson, MiachelJackson, tito jackson, TitoJackson
Posted Jun 25th 2009 5:20PM by TMZ Staff
We've just learned Michael Jackson has died. He was 50.
Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon at his Holmby Hills home and paramedics were unable to revive him. We're told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back.
A source tells us Jackson was dead when paramedics arrived. A cardiologist at UCLA tells TMZ Jackson died of cardiac arrest.
Once at the hospital, the staff tried to resuscitate him but he was completely unresponsive.
A source inside the hospital told us there was "absolute chaos" after Jackson arrived. People who were with the singer were screaming, "You've got to save him! You've got to save him!"
We're told one of the staff members at Jackson's home called 911.
La Toya ran in the hospital sobbing after Jackson was pronounced dead.
Michael is survived by three children: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince "Blanket" Michael Jackson II.
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Filed under: Michael Jackson
Tags: cardiac arrest, CardiacArrest, dead, heart attack, heart failure, michael jackson, michael jackson dies, MichaelJackson, MichaelJacksonDies
Posted Jun 25th 2009 4:30PM by TMZ Staff
UPDATE -- Michael Jackson passed away today at the age of 50. Click here for the latest.
We've just learned Michael Jackson was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Los Angeles ... and we're told it was cardiac arrest and that paramedics administered CPR in the ambulance ... and it's looking bad.
He was picked up at his home around 20 minutes ago -- we're told his mother is on the way to visit him.
UPDATE: The 911 call came in at 12:21PM at his Holmby Hills home in L.A.
UPDATE: A Jackson family member tells TMZ Michael is in "really bad shape" and the brothers are headed to UCLA.
UPDATE: We just got off the phone with Joe Jackson, Michael's dad, who says "he is not doing well."
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Michael Jackson
Tags: ambulance, cardiac arrest, CardiacArrest, heart attack, heart failure, heart health, HeartAttack, HeartFailure, HeartHealth, hospital, michael jackson, MichaelJackson
Posted Jun 2nd 2008 3:00PM by TMZ Staff
Talk about a crappy vacation! TMZ has learned actor Kelsey Grammer suffered a mild heart attack while vactioning with his family at their home in Hawaii.
His rep tells TMZ Grammer was paddleboarding with his wife Camille on Saturday when he fell ill.
We're told he's resting comfortably in the hospital and will be released later on this week.
Filed under: Nurse!
Tags: Cheers, Hawaii, Heart Attack, HeartAttack, Kelsey Grammer, KelseyGrammer
