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^LMFAO! Hilarious.Comment
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An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
-Victor HugoComment
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He died of natural causes, had an enlarged heart, which a lot of times is the result of steroid abuse.
Autopsy reveals Randy ‘Macho Man’ Savage died of natural causes
By Chris Chase
An autopsy revealed that wrestling great Randy "Macho Man" Savage died from heart disease and not from any injury sustained in his May 20 car crash.
The St. Petersburg Medical Examiner's Office found that the 58-year-old had an enlarged heart with hardened coronary arteries. He became unresponsive while driving his Jeep Wrangler on a Florida highway in May and crashed into a tree. While the auto accident left minor cuts and bruises, the heart problems were the official cause of death of the wrestler.
At the time of his death, it was unknown whether the former wrestling star had died because of the heart issue or because the heart issue caused him to crash. The coroner said Savage was found with therapeutic levels of a number of prescribed drugs in his system and that alcohol wasn't a factor. There was no evidence he was taking any heart medication, leading to the assumption that Savage may not have known about his condition.
His wife, Lynn, was riding in the car during the accident. Their Jeep Wrangler flipped over a concrete median into oncoming traffic before skidding into a tree. The couple were married in a beachfront ceremony in 2010.
Born Randy Poffo, the future Macho Man had a brief minor league baseball career before joining the wrestling circuit. He grew to fame in the 1980 with the WWF where his bouts with Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant and George "The Animal" Steele made him a star. Advertisements with Slim-Jim and his signature catchphrase, "Ooh yeah!," helped him become a household name.Comment
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Saying that it was "natural causes" is a bit of a catch-22 in this case, the steroid abuse was the direct cause of his enlarged heart, which is not natural. IMO It's no different than a coke user dying of a heart attack, just a bit more delayed reaction to the drug(s).Originally posted by UserX View PostComment
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how do you know it's the steroid use's fault?Originally posted by Big A View Post
While steroid abuse can have these side effect, USE alone has not proven to cause any of them on it's own.
You know that Macho Man "abused" steroids now?
He was 58 and died of an enlarged heart, I wonder how many people die of enlarged hearts every year. They must all be abusing steroids!!!Comment
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You're saying he never abused steroids? Dude, give me a break. He was in the WWF in the 80's, many openly admit their steroid abuse. Where there's smoke, there's fire...Originally posted by Silverback View PostComment
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I can't find anywhere that Macho Man ever admitted to abusing steroids, and very few wrestlers have admitted to abusing them. The ones who have, throw everyone else under the bus with their admissions. Many have admitted to using them, and most were under the careful watch of a doctor.Originally posted by UserX View Post
The assumption here is that anyone who has used steriods, has abused them, is what I'm getting at.
Heart disease in general is the number one cause of death in the United States, but because he was an athlete it must be steroid abuse.Comment
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Don't you fuckers go round sullying the name of the late great Macho Man Randy Savage!G'Day MateComment
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i'm sure it was from all those nasty ass ''jerkys''
20 years later...
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I agree with you that steroids can be used safely, and not abused. I don't think anyone in the 80's knowingly "abused" steroids, they just didn't know all the long term effects or how to keep all hormones in balance. For that matter we still don't because of government restrictions on testing them.Comment
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The rapture isn't happening as long as the Macho Man is there to stop Jesus!Originally posted by Strychnine View PostOriginally posted by VertnutComment
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