Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart died of heart failure

[MindMover]

Source: CNN

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Andrew Breitbart, the conservative blogger whose posting of a sexually explicit photo of former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner led to the congressman's downfall, died of heart failure, the Los Angeles County Coroner said in an autopsy report released Friday.

Breitbart, 43, died on March 1. The final cause of death was listed as heart failure, which was caused by Breitbart having an enlarged heart and some heart disease, said Chief Coroner Craig Harvey.

Breitbart had a small amount of alcohol in his system, but no prescription or illicit drugs were detected. No significant trauma was present and foul play is not suspected. A full report is expected to be available within two weeks.

Breitbart was the first to post Weiner's infamous Twitter photos last year, in which the married congressman appeared bare-chested and in his underpants in pictures sent to a woman online. Weiner eventually stepped down amid the scandal.

Breitbart's regular appearances on FOX News, his websites and his speeches to conservative groups made him a star on the right and a villain to the left.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/20/politics/breitbart-autopsy/index.html

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Is he still dead?

He hasn't been irritating people lately.

[SemperEadem]

2. well played!

thanks for the chuckle.

Perhaps if he exhibited more love for his fellow human, his heart wouldn't have failed. It's like "oh, you don't need me? then duces, boo".

[freshwest]

20. +1

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

39. Dick Cheney + organ harvesting = dead Breitbart

don't know why we had to wait for an autopsy to figure that one out

[freshwest]

40. That CT has legs! Let's push that one! LOL!

[2ndAmForComputers]

3. And that's why all conservatives should eat lots and lots of bacon.

We liberals don't like it and want the government to confiscate it all. See, Michelle Obama is campaigning against it! What more proof do you need? Chug it down, patriots! For America!

Oh, and before I forget, liberals want to ban smoking too.

[Ian David]

4. And transfats. Don't forget Liberals want to take your transfats. n/t

[Crunchy Frog]

14. Piss off a liberal. Eat transfats.

I think that would make a good bumper sticker.

[Mz Pip]

28. Don't let Michelle take away your cookies!

That's what Sarah! said would happen. Let them pry those cookies (and fries) from your cold dead hands. That'll show'em.

[Carolina]

5. he had a heart?

it failed long before the grim reaper came for his sorry ass

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. More like a perpetual heart-on

What a bitter, nasty man........

They must have buried him in a lead-lined cask.

[Great Caesars Ghost]

7. Don't care how he died

As long as he's dead, I'm happy.

[bahrbearian]

8. Does Syphilis cause heart failure?

[Maine-ah]

15. why I do believe so...

"If left untreated, syphilis can lead to heart or mental symptoms, or formation of small lumps throughout the body Figure 02. The serious, late form of syphilis (known as tertiary syphilis) can develop if the disease is left untreated."

http://www.pdrhealth.com/diseases/syphilis/symptoms

[Ruby the Liberal]

9. Sounds like a side effect of not having a soul.

I hope some research grant is out there looking for that formal connection.

[underpants]

10. Drinker

"small amount of alcohol" he died at 11Pm - he either had a drink that night or still had it in his system from the night before.

Given his weight he had to drink regularly to still register at that time of night.

[former9thward]

13. Not really.

The news reports at the time said that he stopped at a neighborhood bar for a couple glasses of wine.

[MMJjestic]

11. BEHAVE YOUSELVES!!!! BEHAVE YOURSELVES!!!!

Behave Yourselves!!! Behave Yourselves!!!

[alp227]

33. This is the video, for those who don't know about "behave yourselves"

[Odin2005]

12. Syphilis finally did him in!

[bahrbearian]

16. It was the Goats fault.

[Tax Man]

17. weird, i figured the cause of death would be -

'struck by an intelligent thought and killed instantly.'

[freshwest]

21. +1

[Lost-in-FL]

18. Strange...

How long after Breitbart did Cheney got a new heart?

[benld74]

19. Well played,,,,,

[Voice for Peace]

22. His heart literally couldn't take him any more.

[47of74]

32. True

[calimary]

36. Surprised to hear he even had one.

Oh well, no more toxic bilge infecting the internet and cable news. The bad guys lost one of their strongest and most aggressive messengers and water-carriers and trouble-makers - and one driven by a FEROCIOUS ego. In an election year, no less. And those struggling in vain to keep breitbart.com or whatever the hell it is alive and kicking because they believe they're on some "righteous" crusade are all pretty flaccid lightweights.

As john boner would say - "so be it."

[juioli024566]

23. good

I like this

[frylock]

24. cocaine is a hell of a drug

[Quixote1818]

25. He died of heart failure and his heart was a failure. Makes sense. nt

[nolabear]

26. And yet Dick Cheney ticks on with a spare.

Life is strange.

[ffr]

27. Do conservatives not practice CPR???

People can and do survive from heart attacks.

You mean to tell me nobody came to his aid?

[JI7]

29. maybe they prayed instead

[Tax Man]

31. lol /

[RandySF]

30. I'm surprsed he had a heart.

[Joanie Baloney]

34. Those are all plausible reasons

"But I think that the most likely reason of all... may have been that his heart was two sizes too small."

[AsahinaKimi]

35. The man was filled with hate...

It eventually eats away at you.. I believe it.

[Great Caesars Ghost]

37. Hate can be a good thing too

If done responsibly

[BigDemVoter]

38. He had a heart???

[eppur_se_muova]

41. First time I read this, I skipped over the word "heart" ...

still seemed like a credible headline.

[tkmorris]

42. It wasn't heart "failure" quite

So much as it was his body suddenly realizing that he didn't have a heart to start with.