I'm dying of curiosity. What really caused Luke Perry to fatally stroke out and die at fifty-two?

He looked like ten miles of bad road and for a guy working steadily in Hollywood for 30 years his house looked pretty dumpy and not in a great locale.

Did he abuse cocaine and other drugs? We kept hearing "a stroke can happen to anyone!", but let's face it, without comorbidity factors is a fatal stroke all that likely in a fifty-two year old?

Any info on what really caused his stroke/death?

My friend died of a massive stroke at the age of 51. The autopsy results revealed that he had atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, basically a hardening and narrowing of the arteries. He was a heavy smoker, and even though he was thin, his diet wasn't exactly healthy (burgers, fries, soda, etc.) Luke Perry, I believe was a smoker, and had precancerous growths removed from his colon a few years back, revealing he had to give up red meat to beat back colon cancer. So his death may have been a result of unhealthy diet and habits.

Did he use amphetamines when younger? I see an awful lot of former users having strokes, fits, and heart issues. Don't know if that's the ice/meth/amphetamines themselves, the cutting additives, or something to do with iv use introducing bacteria from skin, into bloodstream..

Smoking is a huge risk factor for stroke, which people don't realize. Cigarette smoke contains hundreds of toxins which weaken the lining of blood vessels throughout the body. So does alcohol.

Combine the two in excess, and bingo — a blood vessel bursts, and you stroke out.

I knew a slim 19 year old who had a stroke (not fatal)

I remember saying I didn't know that was possible and asking how it happened. She said her cholesterol was really high (she was/is thin) and that she was under a lot of stress. That was the explanation she was given.

u mean i gotta give up drankin a bottle o whiskey for the last 25 yrs????

im 71

Sadly half of this is genetics. Luke probably had relatives who died young of coronary artery disease and cerebrovascular accidents (stroke). His history of smoking is a major factor, combined with his genetic profile.

My aunt was heavy all of her adult life. Her cholesterol levels were always good, still are. How is this possible?

He certainly looked like he was a heavy smoker. After his 90210 days he turned dry and old looking fairly fast. It looked like he was always starving. But what do I know since I know nothing about his life.

His bio-father died of a heart attack at age 35.

I had a stroke at forty-nine when a brain aneurysm burst. I'm back to full physicality, now, three years later. Apart from neuro-fatigue. But, yeah, it can happen to anyone, sadly.

R7, I think it’s genes.

My late mother’s partner had incredibly high cholesterol his whole life long. He was thin and active and his heart and arteries were fine. He died at 84 of pneumonia in a nursing home. His whole family is a bunch of wiry people with off-the-charts cholesterol numbers who have no trouble with cardiac disease. It’s just their genes.

My boyfriend's grandmother was fat her whole life and lived to be 98 R7, he said she never had any heart problems or high cholesterol. Her husband was skinny and started having heart attacks in his 60s. Genetics plays a huge part in your health.

His father dying at 35 tells the story. Genetics clearly. But smoking and heavy alcohol can do it to anyone.

r13, did you actually process what you wrote? Does your brain work? Are you having a stroke right now?

People like to make up stories to explain death so they feel safe (looking at you, r17). The reality is that people can die unexpectedly, even at a young age. None of us are safe.

Cigarettes and weed. Clogs your veins and arteries with gunk.

Sweetie, age means nothing. You can die from ANYTHING at ANY AGE.

I know 16 year olds that died from cancer (one testicular and the other oral).

HIV, that was not the face of a normal 52 years old, especially one who had been a teen idol

R17 / r21 is the stupidest troll who ever trolled.

Put it on ignore

r22 also thinks Liberace was straight and died of lupus

My surgeon friend says it's basically 85% genetic.

My great grandfather lived to be 92 and drank and smoked like a fiend. My mother is obese. She's going strong at 75. No issues whatsoever. We're from strong German stock and nothing bad happens to us physically. No cancer, no heart disease. I've never broken a bone. This isn't a humblebrag, it's just proving a point.

Luke could have done everything right, but genetics rule.

R10: you are truly blessed to still be with us.

Not from being deathfat like most DLers as far as I'm concerned.

Everything links back to genetics. Some people are healthy and still have heart attacks or strokes or cancer, while some can smoke and eat like a pig and nothing happens.

Yeah, I’ve learned over time that genetics trump lifestyle. While we are inundated with “healthy living” advice, the great majority of our deaths will be due to genetics factors. Seems like some families have heart issues while others have cancer issues. Not sure which I prefer - but I have the cancer genes. At least I hope to have forewarning of my death.

[quote] No cancer, no heart disease. I've never broken a bone.

Not breaking a bone has nothing to do with genes.

OP is such a fucking moron

[quote] My aunt was heavy all of her adult life. Her cholesterol levels were always good, still are. How is this possible?

Do a little reading and you'll find out

Anyone can have high cholesterol. Fat people, thin people, adults, children (YES) and even vegans. Cholesterol isn't one thing. There are different things that make up "cholesterol". A very simplistic explanation is that you have good and bad cholesterol. Good cholesterol helps lower the bad cholesterol. If you don't have a lot of good cholesterol, drugs really can only do so much to lower your bad cholesterol

Once I knew a man who died.

He died of a broken heart.

R24 I wouldn't want your friend as my surgeon. How can he say that with the obesity so prevalen? It's fucking fat asses striking out. And what whole families got he? That's because they all eat like big fat cunts.

I don't know the exact cause of Luke's death but I know OP will die of itching curiosity since it's already been 4 months and still there's no answer.

I don't believe he did anything wrong...I have known teens and children to die from brain anyorisms.

My 42yo cousin died in her sleep. Her son found her the next morning when she didn't come down for breakfast. She started smoking in her early teens. My uncle and aunt are both heavy smokers and she was probably first exposed to cigarette smoke as a baby. I've always warned them and also encouraged them to at least reduce the number of cigarettes they smoke each day. They still don't think smoking from an early age had anything to do with her death since they're both almost 60 and healthy.

Denial is strong among smokers. I worked at a hospital were our patients were slowly dying of lung cancer and could hardly breathe, puking, hair loss, ascites etc....and 2 min later my colleagues were in the break room puffing away. My colleagues, friends, acquaintances in their 20-30s I think more than 80% smoke.

Perry looked haggard like most heavy smokers.

[quote]I'm dying of curiosity. What really caused Luke Perry to fatally stroke out and die at fifty-two?

Ennui

Nothing suspicious - nothing out of the ordinary. He died.....move along....

Maybe he abused himself for so long when he was younger that it ruined his health in later years, like Carrie Fischer, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bernie Mac, John Ritter, Michael J. Fox and Robin Williams?

[quote] I have known teens and children to die from brain anyorisms.

Oh, dear!

R34, WTF are you trying to say? Is English your second language?

My grandparents the ones who didn't die at the hands of medical misadventure all got into their 80s. When I had my DNA sequenced I'm told I'm good out 100 years. Now with the advances in technology we've been seeing the past few decades it means that neurological, cancer, etc. aren't the death sentences they once were. So I could add 20 to 50 or so years to that above number.

Luke Perry was born in 1964. He was 55 when he died, NOT 52. Even male celebrities LIE about their age.

When I was younger a friend's mom took her and her brother on vacation. I forget where, but their mom dropped dead of a stroke in the hotel room. She was thin woman in her 40s and took excellent care of herself.

[quote] My grandparents the ones who didn't die at the hands of medical misadventure all got into their 80s. When I had my DNA sequenced I'm told I'm good out 100 years.

You know that's a bunch of bullshit. Right?

Especially, R46, if he gets hit by one of those MARTA busses...

I saw an ad on FB where you can go for a whole body scan and they can tell if you have any tumors in your body, it also shows if your heart is clogged up. Is this a good idea? I know it's not covered by insurance.

No, r48.

If you’re concerned about such things, speak to your physician about them. S/he knows your medical history and your families’ history and can better help you decide whether it’s necessary or not.

Luke Perry was HIV+ and that was covered up, like with Philip McKeon and Prince and George Michael.

^^And President Lyndon Johnson.

*eyeroll*

Like you, OP, he may have died from curiosity.

Personally I think the whole body scan is a good idea. As someone who has had 3 family members die from cancers that were not detected early enough. The only reliable way to definitively know - because there are really no good screenings for cancer except a CT scan.

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