Andrew Breitbart dead at 43

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Source: FoxNews

Widely read conservative Internet publisher Andrew Breitbart has died, his attorney confirms.

The websites he founded ran a statement Thursday morning announcing that Breitbart, 43, died "unexpectedly from natural causes" in Los Angeles shortly after midnight.



Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/01/andrew-breitbart-dies-natural-causes-website-reports/

[gopiscrap]

1. Can't say I mourn the asshole

[denbot]

2. Buh-bye..

I suck for posting this..

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[2pooped2pop]

7. that was truly

my first DU keyboard splash! I see other people all the time posting "u owe me a keyboard" coz the post made them spew their java all over the keyboard. Most of the times I think, "it wasn't that funny" But this? Keyboard!

We are bad.

[whathehell]

9. I agree with you.

and I don't find it funny in the least.

[davidwparker]

28. Oh, you are terrible. Me too, for laughing so hard at this. Stop us both. n/t

[TBF]

3. Sending up prayers for his family -

he is loved by them and deserves that respect no matter how much we may disagree with his political views.

[whathehell]

12. Agreed....No one, except serial killers, perhaps, deserve to die that young. n/t

[RBInMaine]

27. Well, we don't wish death on people, but an asshole is an asshole, and he was one.

[TBF]

35. I said the prayers were for his family -

and I meant exactly what I said.

[mrs_p]

4. If I can't say something nice

then I won't say anything at all.

[SCantiGOP]

5. the committee to horsewhip Andrew Breitbart...

...is hereby disbanded, responsibility having passed to a higher authority.

[RBInMaine]

30. If anything a lower authority, down there in hell. Hope he's enjoying the cauldron.

[whathehell]

6. Sounds strange...How many people "die from natural causes" at 43 years of age?

Weird...I'm sure there will be a more forthcoming explanation.

[2pooped2pop]

10. It may be considered natural

to drink yourself into a stupor and choke to death or have a heart attack maybe? He was definately stuporfied most of the time that I saw.

[whathehell]

16. It might, I don't know.

but I'm sure the "dirty details", as it were, will emerge.

[sarge43]

15. Good point

Death at an extreme old age could be from natural causes, but at 43?

[Liberal Veteran]

18. I had a heart attack this year at 46. Had I not gone to the ER, I might have died.

It does happen.

[vaberella]

31. Wait...heart attacks count as natural causes?

I thought those were called myocardial infarction ---- Oops...just read on wiki that if you die of a heart attack it can be listed as natural causes. Wow..learn something new every day.

[Liberal Veteran]

42. I think it is the default if not accidental, protracted illness, or foul play.

[ColesCountyDem]

20. A significant number, actually. n/t

[whathehell]

48. I guess we'd have to define "natural causes" then, otherwise it doesn't compute for me.

I had a friend who died at 32 from a heart attack....I was shocked until I realized that:

A: He had a congenital heart condition

B. He smoked and was considerably overweight.

The fact that these factors likely played into it, lessened my "shock", but not my sorrow...He was

a really nice young guy...Mellow, gentle, a sculptor.

[dash_bannon]

44. It can happen

If he didn't take care of himself, ate poorly. lacked exercise, and/or he was a diabetic, it could happen.

Up until modern times, most people died in their 40s.

Considering how Breitbart viewed the world, he might have seen being healthy as a liberal conspiracy.

[dash_bannon]

45. How long until...

How long until a right winger claims a conspiracy or blames the president?

[leveymg]

8. "Stop raping people! Behave yourself!"

Alas, his mental illness proved to be terminal.

[chrisa]

11. Dumbass drank himself to death

There's nothing natural about that.

But I will be respectful - despite his past antics, I hope he rests in peace.

[RBInMaine]

32. He never denied lots of cocaine use. 43? Christ, he looked 63.

[riverwalker]

13. some stuff I didn't know

when he died he was with his father-in-law, the actor Orson Bean, who is married to Alley Mills, the actress from the "Wonder Years" (she was the mom) who is 23 years younger. He is 81.

[JDPriestly]

14. He was very young and had a number of children.

Confused and cruel as he was, his family does deserve our sympathy. It's sad when a person dies before having the opportunity to develop fully as a human being. That is in my opinion the case with Andrew Breitbart.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/03/andrew-breitbart-dead-natural-causes-.html

[flamingdem]

25. If they continue his legacy of hate

I have no sympathy for them. We shall see if they are so inclined or if they're pushed into it by other hateful entities.

[Gormy Cuss]

46. I feel sorry for his family, especially his children.

Even though publicly he was someone that I'd want to flog. THEIR relationship with him may have been quite different. No matter what his character was like in his private life it's a jolt and a tremendous loss to a child when a parent dies.
My sympathy to them.

[MissNostalgia]

19. Amused and Astonished

Amused and Astonished by ABC News’ initial article (its longer now), if you can call it that, more like 4 sentences and a picture to add length, yet they have now added a video. Honestly ABC crawled so far up this guy’s ass DURING the Sharrod scandal. I expected a huge shrine on the main homepage at least.

[OnyxCollie]

21. He died of natural causes.

No one could possibly be that full of shit and live very long.

[Myrina]

22. Really dead, or "Ken Lay-dead" ?

[timesup]

23. KARMA!

I could carry on for a while, it's all negative and we know what a lying sack he was, enough said.

[Bettie]

24. I feel sympathy for his family.

But, I cannot think of a single nice thing to say about the man himself.

[RBInMaine]

36. Then say something not nice, such as "He was a major league asshole," which he was.

[vaberella]

26. Is that even possible to die of natural causes at 43?

I thought that was reserved for old people..."natural causes" = old age. I'm totally confused by that.

[TBF]

33. I'm thinking with his weight issues he may have had a heart attack -

but my mom lost a cousin to a brain hemorrhage at that age. They had no idea anything was wrong and he collapsed after driving his family home from church Sunday morning, no joke. You just never know - live each day to the fullest.

[kegler14]

38. I have little good to say about the guy, but...

it's certainly possible to die of natural causes at 43. I lost a close loved one to sudden cardiac arrest when she was 18. No drinking or drugs involved and she was an athlete.

[Gormy Cuss]

39. Yes, it's possible. All sorts of reasons qualify as natural causes.

Asthma attacks, blood clots, stroke, heart attacks....

[rschallack]

29. I'm torn.

He was vile, despicable, and contributed to the coarsening of this country. I'm glad his rhetoric will never be heard again. I truly feel sorry for his wife and kids. I'm saddened if people dance on his grave. Please do not.

[sinkingfeeling]

34. Duplicate post.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101464366

[WhoIsNumberNone]

37. He really was looking terrible the last few times I saw him on TV

I've had some pretty nasty things to say about him too, but this isn't the time.

[RBInMaine]

40. Drugs and booze will do that. And he was an asshat which is ok to say, dead or not.

[pennylane100]

41. I know this is not the most sympathetic response,

but what happens to the lawsuit against him by the woman from the Department of Agriculture, I was hoping she would take him to the cleaners for ruining (or at least trying to) ruin her career.

[onehandle]

43. Well, this will be ugly here at DU. nt

[jpak]

47. This is what happens to angry white conservatives that cannot chill.

yup

[Fearless]

49. Duplicate.

Please head over.... http://www.democraticunderground.com/101464366

Thanks!