So I was browsing the news and Luke Perry died of a stroke. Yeah he was just an actor but for someone who watched 90210 as a lad, he was like a modern day Jimmy Dean.
The role he played that I thought most of was Normal Life. About this gun nut cop who marries pillhead Ashley Judd and ends up so in hock he resorts to robbing banks with a Galil rifle. It also had a hardcore 90s alternative soundtrack that only speaks to people of a certain age that most of you are either too old or too young to understand and just as well; it wasn’t meant for you.
Plus Ashley Judd got way naked in it while playing with Berettas and Smith revolvers.
End of an era. Some people say the 90s ended on Dec 31st 1999, but no…the 90s ended today.
If you ever seen anyone have a stroke, it isn’t pleasant. Better dead than a vegetable.
When Fiona Apple finally dies; the whole iconography of my youthful optimism will be gone.
Check your brains and your prostates, gentlemen.
Or you’ll go apoplectic and die or start wetting yourself and die.
Kinda negative today but I am just keeping it real.
In Luke Perry’s honor, I am getting one of them ATI Galils in black like Normal Life. He would want it that way.
I never watched that show, I don’t ever recall seeing any show or movie Luke Perry was in. I don’t know him or his personality. But I offer my condolences to his family that he left behind at such a young age. We all have lost friends and family to some kind of disease that claimed them too early. Our beloved Army Chief left us and his loved ones much younger than Perry. We also have someone very close who suffered from a mild stroke and is needing care 24/7. Please remember that there are thousand and thousand of people suffering from stroke, people that are not famous, people that are not household name, people who live down the road from us.
I remember that video she was in, sweet Jesus. Then her acceptance speech at something, and my first thought was “This won’t take long”… but I guess it will.
I wonder if it was a hemorrhagic (i.e. a “bleed” where something broke open in his head) or ischemic (where a clog of some sort blocked off blood flow). Either will kill you of course.
The hemorrhagic type is generally caused from high blood pressure or an aneurysm.
I am at that magical age now where me and Doctor-poo have gotten extraordinarily intimate. Especially after some bouts of head trauma. I also try to eat better and need to work on tobacco.
That said, I’m from the Dirty South where we have a saying “When it’s your time; it’s your time”
Check your egos at the door and let the doctor do a good bi-annual screen. You can prolong your life for those who like you.
Oh hell yeah! Those “routine” checkups sent up a flag and eventually found out I had prostate cancer a couple years ago at 51. I HEARTILY recommend getting shit checked. It’ll save your life.
My freshman year in college, I saw the very first episode of 90210 followed by the very first Simpsons episode. Luke Perry’s character was someone that was relatable and real.
• Someone in the US has a stroke every 40 seconds on average.
• In 2016, stroke accounted for about 1 of every 19 deaths in the US.
• On average in 2016, someone died of stroke every 3 minutes 42 seconds.
• When considered separately from other cardiovascular diseases, stroke ranks No. 5 among all
causes of death in the US, killing approximately 142,000 people a year.
• In 2016, the age-adjusted stroke death rate was 37.3 per 100,000, a decrease of 16.7% from 2006,
whereas the actual number of stroke deaths increased 3.7% during the same time period.
• According to data from 2005, stroke was a leading cause of serious long-term disability in the
US. Approximately 3% of males and 2% of females reported that they were disabled because of
stroke.
