AP NewsBreak: Scalia suffered from many health problems

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Feb 23, 5:15 PM EST


AP NewsBreak: Scalia suffered from many health problems

By DAVID WARREN
Associated Press

DALLAS (AP) -- A letter from the Supreme Court's doctor says Antonin Scalia suffered from coronary artery disease, obesity and diabetes, among other ailments that probably contributed to the justice's sudden death.

Presidio County District Attorney Rod Ponton cited the letter Tuesday, when he told The Associated Press there was nothing suspicious about the Feb. 13 death of the 79-year-old jurist. He said the long list of health problems made an autopsy unnecessary.

Ponton had a copy of a letter from Rear Adm. Brian P. Monahan, the attending physician for members of Congress and the Supreme Court.

The letter was to county Judge Cinderela Guevara, who conducted a death inquiry by phone and certified Scalia's death. Scalia's body was returned the next day to Virginia.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCALIA_HEALTH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-02-23-17-15-39

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[Attorney in Texas]

1. His health problems were NOTHING compared to his moral sickness and his karmic blight

[brush]

3. Yep, it was the karmic blight that got him.

[irisblue]

2. What Attorney in Tx said....seriously an 79yr old who is that obese would have major health issues

[LynneSin]

5. What makes you a doctor? Don't you know Obama personally killed him....

I see posts like that on Facebook and I question the sanity of those people. Almost 80 years old and seriously overweight. Yet people don't consider that when they wonder why Scalia passed away. Most people would be lucky to live that long with that kind of health but then again lifetime appointments come with top notch healthcare.

[Gregorian]

4. I've often wondered about how these kinds of diseases can hinder one's judgment.

I'm speaking from experience, having recovered from a long illness which affected my ability to perform and think.

I feel sympathy for anyone who suffers the things he did, regardless of how they behaved.

I think he really died when he discovered how small donors could neuter Citizens United.

[JI7]

6. you can't be serious

Scalia has always been this way. He didn't just take a turn to the right in his final years.

[Gregorian]

12. Well that's a load off my mind.

I was the first of the grave dancers. I was just trying to redeem my respect.

[Downwinder]

7. Cheney used up all the spare hearts.

[KT2000]

8. an autopsy made public

would probably have been embarrassing. He could have had liver damage from his drinking.

[Vogon_Glory]

9. The way things looked to us a few months ago

The way things looked a few months ago, I thought he'd live to be 100.

[Kingofalldems]

10. I just would like to know what he was doing there

and who he was with and why was it free.

The cause of death is a MacGuffin.

[greymouse]

11. Republicans go on holidays to shoot animals.

That's their thing. Sometimes they even shoot each other.

[SoapBox]

13. Well...DUH!

He looked frick'n awful.