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Old Feb 26, 2008 | 7:31 am
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Originally Posted by wr_schwab
As unbelievable as it sounds it's very possible...one of my coworkers died about 2 months ago from pneumonia at 42.

He kept putting off seeing a doctor for a while and kept insisting it was just a cold. Went into the ER to finally get it looked at, they admited him, he coded later and well a very sensless death that could have been avoided if he just went to see a doctor.
So sorry to hear about your co-worker. Very sad.

Unless I missed something, this co-pilot hadn't been ill, though. I'm 43 now....hate to think I could kick the bucket of natural causes!
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