Thank you for your public service and reporting. Dying young? My father died of a massive heart attack at 42. This was the first death in the family that I was actually old enough to be aware of. Fast forward several decades to late 80s and I was given a medical diagnose of living another 6 months if I was lucky. I couldn't figure out how to tell my 8 year old son that I was sick and may die soon. So I asked him if he had any questions about death and dying. His response was: "Dad, everybody dies. You are going to die, I'm going to die, grandma is going to die. We all die. I just want to know if you will live a lifetime." I was taken aback by this so I asked him to explain. "I want to know will you live a lifetime; will you live so others will love you and you will be loved by others...you know...a lifetime." Needless to say I took that 8 year old response deep into my soul and beat what was about to take my life earlier than most people wanted. As it turned out I also referred back to his wisdom to help get me through the last 12 years since his suicide at age 30. He lived his lifetime, I"m still living mine, and anyone who reads this or listens to your episodes is also, I hope, living their lifetimes how ever long or short that may be.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and some of your life experience. I'm glad you beat whatever caused your original early death prediction. Also offer codolence for a loss due to suicide. My closest friend's grandson took his own life which will always hurt her heart. 🕊😑💗
My Mother, Susan died by *Suicide* on Wednesday, February, 21st 2007 {the Anniversary was just a couple of days ago} and it's *STILL* incredibly hard to deal with!!! ~ JonseyG 👲💖#RIPMom🌹🪦
The reason I subscribed to this is because you provide a news informational obituary, and without being stiff and uncaring. Also that you often infer that not all information is yet available, then either provide resources or that Legacy will update. I find this a comfort, as possibly others may also. Keep up your Great information!
Thank you for taking the time to clarify these things for all of us. Your announcements do these celebrities a great service in honoring their lives and letting people who loved them, know they have left this world.
"What does that mean, "natural causes'? What aren't you telling us?" What they ARE telling you is that it's none of your damn business. Even public figures have a right to privacy, and when people say they have a "right to know," they absolutely do not.
It's frustrating that people think they have the right to know everything about everybody. The truth is, it's none of anybody's business and even if they knew, it wouldn't bring that person back! I know that sounds cold, but we need to get back to respecting peoples privacy. Thank you for the work you do, I appreciate the respect and dignity you show to each and every person.
@@XCodeHelpHub Why? Not everyone becomes a "public figure" by choice. They certainly don't sign a document saying that their personal privacy is void from that point on. Attention needs to be paid to the actions of some public figures, but not necessarily who they are i.e. their bio.
@@XCodeHelpHub Exactly, they know the deal, before they become a public figure, what they are signing up for. They know the territory and what to expect. They hire people to deal with these issues. Especially in this day and age of SM etc.,.
Thank You for sharing this video. I realize that people are naturally suspicious and it just upsets me when I hear people speculating about someone’s cause of death. I’m so glad that you cleared up the “natural causes” cases. This is why I listen to your RU-vid channel every week. I know that I will hear the truth and not speculation. I also like to listen to other videos that Legacy puts out as well. ❤
I can say this I worked in a cemetery for several years and when a very old person died their spouse died very soon afterwards I saw this many times and it was sad to think they could have not gone together because I believe one could not live or want to live without the other.
@@duanesealy3592 Yeah....that might be the case if the spouses actually got along and even loved each other. But in most other cases in the real world, that doesn;t happen. My grandma outlived her asshole huband (my grandpa) by 31 years. My one aunt outlived my uncle by 16 years, and the other one is still going strong 12 years after his death. Pretty much most women I know lived long and (finally) happy lives after they lost their husbands. So, it;s not always romantic like in the Notebook. Maybe you guys should come and visit some cemeteries in Croatia (and Eastern Europe in general) and check out all these tombstones of dead husbands and no wives burried with them because they are still enjoying their lives.
Even is they're a public figure,some things should be allowed to remain private,out of common decency if nothing else,losing a loved one is a painful private journey. The fact people feel they need to know every tiny detail of someone's life is unreal,everyone whether public figure or not, should be allowed a degree of privacy.
I have been subscribed to this channel for some time and have never seen anything other than obituaries posted. This was informative and very interesting, and as always very respectful. Thanks for something a bit different.
Thank you for trying to get everyone to understand the difference between the Obituary and the actual cause of death, I hope most now understand this information
I have noticed over the last several years that when an actor’s child or family member dies of a drug overdose it is accidental but when the regular Joe or Jane dies it is just of an overdose funny how they put the word accidental in there to make it fell better to them.
Death certificates are the saddest document to read. I've read many in my former line of work. Thank you for clarifying the 'natural causes' terminology. It is understandable and appropriate. Thanks.
I've always felt you only reported what could be confirmed. Made me respect your channel. It is nice to hear clarification. It's a shame the general feeling of'right to know' infects humans especially as related to celebrities. I feel there is a right to privacy.
I really enjoyed listening to this and getting answers to the 2 questions I had which was natural causes and the other it was quite interesting and I do appreciate the way you tell obituaries and I hope this show keeps going
I’m so glad you put this out. I’m not afraid of death, it’s something we all will face. But I had the same questions you mentioned. Thanks again for the answers 👍
I spent a few years in death care and I love your channel and website. Bless you all for sharing this information. This is so very helpful to all of us not used to speaking on life's greatest transition.
I also discovered that a death certificate doesn't really give cause of death either. In the certificate a section for it is what person had medically lived with, not what they died of. I gave information to coroner what my mother had in life and that is what is in her death certificate for cause of death not what she died of. I subscribe to your celebrity listing, mostly because ones passing on are ones I remember. Thank you for Legacy.
My parents' and grandparents' death certificates are all wrong. Every one of them. I quit Find a Grave because they were starting to publish people's death certificates and also obituaries. I was a legal researcher and I know this much - the obituary is written by the family and is the intellectual property of the family and therefore belongs only to them. It cannot be reprinted or replastered onto a website legally. And that includes Find A Grave. Personally I don't think it's any of our business how a person died. That's for the family to deal with and them alone. To me it's downright voyeurism when some people claim that we all have a right to know how someone died. Why would we possibly think we have a right to know how a person died? (Unless they are the first case of the plague in 90 years and is needed for public health information.) Thanks for this explanation.
How odd...Cause of death should be the actual cause of death. If what your mom suffered in life was her cause of death, then that’s what should have been written. However, if it wasn’t, as you have stated here, that’s very odd, that they would fail to put it down. Sorry for your loss.
@@sonneversets3530 Thanks for condolences. Hard to believe been 5 years already. Anyway I never had autopsy, but still say should at least been natural cause. Instead of what her medical file states, personally I believe it was the new heart medicine they put her on, which she was on one already for 30 years (the same one for 3 decades, so why change so late in life). She was having severe heart palpitations for the 4 or 5 months she was on it and I found that was one of side effects of meds. Ran her to er many times, but the last night she was having problems and said no not going to er this time I knew something was going to happen, but I accepted her reasoning. 82 yrs young she was.
I must admit, that I am curious, too as to how a person died, but I don't ask bc the family, or friend is hurting & still trying to process what happened to their loved one. And no, it is not odd for a human being to have died, from heart attack or stroke. In fact, it seems as tho more folks in their 40s, 50s, 60s & 70s due from some form of heart condition. My mother was 71, when she died of a heart attack. When I was 49, I had my 1st stroke. 14 days after New Year's 2018, I had another stroke. I was 58. In 2021, a friend of mine died of "complications from diabetes. " she was 60. I lost 2 more friends this past summer, 2 wks apart. Both were 61. My bday is nxt month. Hopefully, I will be 63. Tmrw is not promised. Take care of urself tdy. Thanks Legacy🧡✝️🙏🏽
Great video. Thanks for all you do. One of my aunts passed away at 14 from heart failure before I was born. Wish I had known her. Buddy of mine passed away from a stroke at age 25.
This is a thoughtful and excellent video. It is often months before an autopsy report is posted especially if there probably is no criminal blame. Recently Aaron Carter died under mysterious circumstances and I wanted to see how you were going to cover it. I approve of what you did Mr. Carter was not a happy man and his death was suspicious but until we get a coroner's report we aren't going to know how to proceed.
Thank you for sharing this information. It was very informative to hear that you take your reporting seriously and that you want the facts to be the truth.
It's kind of sad that this video even needed to be made. One is that this should just be common sense and two maybe people just want privacy in their time of loss. Every detail of everyone's life doesn't need to be displayed for the world to see. Especially if your a celebrity, sometimes certain things need to be kept private for family only.
So Sad! He was such a young man. Naomi was a beautiful woman, it is sad to think she suffered in that way. I do thank you in informing us what a natural death was.
Thank you for your professional and respectful videos. I love your channel. You profiled my cousin last year in February and it meant the world to our family.
Awe man I did not know that Naomi Judd had actually committed suicide. Sigh! This is so sad. I do wonder when people die what happen because I care (did I miss something), and I hope that suicide is not a family secret because sometime that situation could be used to help others to get help or talk to someone. Or measure that there a problem with society that needs to be address. Also it can make people aware of illness that may need to stay on everyone's radar like covid19 or something. I really like this video and great explanation on the matter because we just got notification that a co-worker has died unexpectedly and we like trying to figure out what happen because this is the second one. You guys explaining why obituaries are written up the way it is, put things into prospective and I am so grateful to all you guys do and keeping records of those that no longer with here. Thanks for sharing and blessing to you and all in the days to come.
Dead is dead. People fear it & want to know what happened. It’s really not anyone’s business. Knowing can’t bring the deceased back. Pay respect instead.
Sometimes knowing cause of death brings closure and answers questions. Suppose it was murder? I would want to know. And if it is a loved one, yes we need to know.
Thank you for clarifying this issue. Even though I worked in gerontology for over 30 years and often dealt with death and dying the "natural causes" statement was always vague. This was very helpful. Thanks again
A freaky death was when "Pistol Pete" Maravich died at the age of 40 or 41. He was playing basketball with some friends at his church, and just a few minutes before he mysteriously and shockingly suddenly dropped dead from a massive heart attack; just a few minutes before he died, he was asked "How are you feeling?" He said he felt just fine. Great. When they autopsied him, they got a shock. He was born missing one coronary artery. Doctors said he should not have lived past eighteen. Kids with this birth defect never live past twenty. And they never can play sports. He'd played basketball ever since he was a little kid. He played basketball at LSU. Then went one to play in the NBA. Larry Bird said that "Pistol Pete" was one of the greatest basketball players of all time. When they autopsied him, they said it was impossible that he had been such a top athlete. A friend of mine and my sister, suddenly dropped dead in his warehouse, at the age of fifty-five. He had always seemed to be in good health. It's been five or six years now, and I'm still dealing with grief from his death. I still get choked up when I think about him.
It was such a sad shock when Pistol Pete died. But there is a heart arrhythmia that is unusual, but when it happens, the person dies instantly and there is nothing to be done. They can be in the operating room and there is nothing that anyone can do. There is no bringing that heart back. I'm so glad that he was able to defy the odds and actually do something he wanted very badly. I wonder if his family ever had any inkling that there was anything at all wrong with his heart. Poor fellow.
I work in a local nursing home and after 23 years working at three different nursing homes there is a pattern. Residents seems 85 percent of the time to die in groups of threes. I call this the Heaven Express. The last one to die rides the caboose. Often two are expected and one may be a surprise meaning they didn’t seem obviously close to death. Something also strange men like to die near their birthday or on a holiday. I have come to the conclusion that it’s a way of being remembered. You never forget Uncle George who died on Christmas. I wonder if other medical professionals have noticed this ?
Thank you so much for explaining about "natural causes." I'm one of those people who has wondered about the phrase when it's associated to young people, thinking how can a young person die of natural causes? That's what old people die from! I appreciate learning what the phrase actually means. And as many people have said here and in comments on your other videos, Linnea, your voice is wonderfully sweet and calm, and I enjoy listening to you. I've been subscribed to Legacy's videos for a couple of years now.
How do you deal with persons who die from suicide or assisted suicide because they had an incurable illness? It's a more recent idea, and I've wondered if there's a good terminology to address this kind of death "gently". I've learned of two of these deaths, one in a church service (TMI), and one in an obit for another that read, "Having been diagnosed with XXX illness, she confronted death as she had life and ...." It seemed like they were both telling me how she died and schooling me on how I should view that as heroic. In both instances I felt uncomfortable. Are there better ways?
Wow - powerful, insightful and very important questions young lady! I wish I could sit with you over a ice cold Pepsi and give you my opinions on your questions. Alas, I think that conversation would be many hours long. And this format here is not the right place to discuss such critical issues of society. Do you have family and friends, or church members to talk about these issues? It seems to me that we Americans have lost the ability to rationally sit down and discuss, back and forth without shouting or calling names and exchange ideas about WHY we believe what we do. Anne, I'm sorry I can't answer your questions here. But I encourage you to talk to your friends, neighbors, and other people you know and trust. Ask they what, but also WHY they hold this or that belief. And it's a great way to make new friends. It's also a great way to find out who the lunatics in your neighborhood are! Good luck on your quest.
Legacy, let me help you out because even though throughout this post you have professionally and diplomatically tried to say this, I'll put in short form. Unless it is a matter of public health and/or safety, how people die is no ones business except the family's. I too am curious, for example when someone seemed so full of life dies out of the blue. I would rather wait for a verified account or none at all rather than a fictional or an incorrect one. Social media has poisoned us into thinking we have the right to know everything. We do not! I truly appreciate your posts. You report things respectfully and as truthful as possible and don't try to sensationalize the info for more views. You do an outstanding job!
Love this channel. People are inquisitive and feel they need to know all information. If family wants information of death to stay private, that is their right. Thank you for your professionalism and informative content.
It breaks my heart when I hear about celebrities taking their own lives. There’s been people of all ages who have committed suicide, and it makes you wonder what was so wrong in their lives that they couldn’t stand to keep going. I previously attempted suicide quite a few times until my older daughter told me that I was being selfish if I succeeded in my own death because I never explained to her and my other 2 grown children exactly what has been going on to make me so sad that I wanted to take my life.
What bothers me is if a famous person dies of mental illness, it's covered with compassion. If a person isn't a celebrity, they are called stupid and or crazy. Why?
are members of the press calling the non-celeb "crazy"? it seems more likely that members of the local community decide to call someone crazy. in the case of celebs, they usually endear themselves to the public before mental illness begins to interfere. in the case of "the local crazy", most people are unaware the person exists until they run amok, building an unsavory reputation where no reputation existed before. most are content to stigmatize and suppress, pretending the current system is adequate for whatever problem might exist. we can have disdain for what someone does' but we must always show compassion for the human. if we were truly compassionate, we'd work on a better mental health care system with no ulterior motive for personal gain.
@@dhtsoaedsdhtnadi9575 Thank you! An extremely intelligent answer. When a celebrity kills him or herself there are organizations that exploit them for their own benefit, believe or not.
@@terrybardy2848 i tend to avoid so-called charity organizations because they're too focused on building a larger organization or increasing their name recognition instead of applying revenue to their stated mission.
Registered Nurse here👍🏽 Died from natural causes just means it wasn’t a car accident or some type of accident. It’s an oxymoron because when a young person passes from ‘natural’ causes, it’s very confusing.
Thank you for your respectful honesty. I have very much respect for taking your time and finding out the truth and I respect what you do. And it is okay if family members do not want their personal tragedy in the news or in their obituary remember them as you seen them and love them for who they are not how they pass
I'm more concerned about the family's state of mind and well being due to mourning their loss....how the person died is so invasive...show heartfelt condolences if anything, because truth be told, none of us are exempt from death, regardless of age...show respect. 🙏😥💔
Close friends who lost children and siblings to addictions have divulged details about their passing. In an effort to circumvent someone else from going the same route, the writing in the obituary can seem harsh. There have been times where I could feel their pain, anger, and frustration through the obituary.
There are many causes of death that have stigma attached. An old girl friend recently passed and here obit said she "Died in her sleep" Well, she died in her sleep of what? Of course, those of us on the "inside" knew. My old girlfriend died of decompensating cirrhosis. The poor thing drank herself to death. We all understood why her parents didn't want to spell that out for everyone.
You guys are basically journalists and do a great job. I always watch your updates. That being said, journalism is like being a member of a biker family, you are probably great kids with nothing to do with the family crime business, but you get the "bad" label because of association. If it is any consolation, I take your reporting at face value, keep up the great work.
Yeah, and sometimes the family doesn’t have the money( like $2,000.00) to pay for an autopsy even though an autopsy might have cleared up some questions that will now never be answered.
Some RU-vid videos don't say cause of death. I usually go to find a grave web site and sometimes they say. Some never say like my mom tried to find out how the kid on the old sitcom Alice doesn't live here anymore the one that played her son Tommy died and it wouldn't say anywhere on the internet. I dunno why.
philip mckeon's family/spokesperson won't disclose cod, only that it was a long-running illness. there are some reports of a cancer diagnosis a year prior to his death, but the family still remains vague. those are the facts. also fact is that he was single at time of death with no publicly-known love interest. while knowing cod can bring closure to the rest of us, sometimes not knowing protects those closer to the deceased from much greater inconvenience or harm. there are rumors philip was gay. but perhaps he was a straight man that contracted hiv during oral surgery and didn't want to pass that to a partner or child. and maybe non-disclosure is to avoid fueling an untrue rumor of homosexuality. sometimes we just have to accept the answer that there are no answers.
@@dhtsoaedsdhtnadi9575 we will never know unless one of his relatives comes forward in the future. Nobody in his family is actor that I am aware of so being just ordinary working stiffs they never run into anyone important enough to pass it down. Plus his parents are probably elderly. It could be a good thing it's not passed down because I only wanted to know out of curiosity but there are horrible judgmental people out there with no good intent at all but to gossip. Thank you for the information I appreciate it.
Anyone who had any knowledge of Naomi Judd's medical history, getting hepatitis during her career as a nurse. How she had suffered for a large part of her adult life from it. How she sang and toured with Wynonna to help her career get going. Later having to end that because of her health. It was not a stretch to think she just couldn't take that anymore. I knew the moment they announced her passing. God bless you Naomi, God bless to the young ladies and the rest of the family.
I'm surprised to learn that so many people don't understand that natural causes indicates an illness or a condition that a person had, be it known or unknown previously. Also, I personally, appreciated "died of mental illness" and would rather that term be used not because it's gentler, but because I think it has the potential to help with mental illness awareness. When someone says suicide, people are more likely to drop the subject because it is uncomfortable and that's it. Whereas died from complications of mental illness, while still uncomfortable, at the very leastt, reminds us that there was an illness involved and that the person struggled.
another thing everyone must realize about celebs is that they werent just born yesterday either! Once a person dies (celebrity or not) and one looks upon their birthdate and says wow they lived along time. Once must realize that these and others weren't meant to live forever!
We are seeing a lot of young, and I mean young, with cardiac episodes in the last 2 years, we have to see every other year, or several years and see how many cardiac episodes occurred in that age group. Unfortunately we can pinpoint most likey why in the last couple of years. To say it's a coincidence is a disservice to mankind.
In recent months, the amount of "natural causes" , or "undisclosed" is increasing and even the life insurance companies also with the mortician, along with the makers of coffins are reporting a dramatic increase. We need to know about that. 🙄
I had a stroke on my 21st birthday. Not suddenly. It was from trauma from a ruptured colon that caused sepsis that caused the stroke that caused the 12 seizures while in a 4 1/2 day coma. You're never too young to get sick or die. But, I do get sus about C19 deaths because the numbers were fudged. Whenever someone died of something unrelated to C19, it was still marked a C19 death. Because for every C19 death, that hospital was given more money. Just saying. Greed is a powerful thing to many people.
We are all dying the moment we are born into our temporary flesh body which houses our soul. Everyone should be FAR more concerned about where their soul will go when the inevitable happens. Scripture makes it abundantly clear that there are only 2 choices - heaven or hell. Believing in Jesus Christ as one's personal Lord and Savior is the only way to get to eternal life in heaven. The alternative is unthinkable. Being a "good person" will not get you there. That's one of the greatest lies the devil ever convinced people of. You must believe in His life, death, and resurrection as the atonement for our sins. This is not about religion. It's a personal relationship with Jesus. He paid the ultimate price for us because we cannot. Please don't gamble with your eternity and wait until it's too late. May peace and blessings be upon you and your loved ones. 🙏✝️