[Noah930]

Wow. Sounds like a fat embolism. And with some sort of sarcoma, as an underlying diagnosis.

A sarcoma is a type of cancer, so right there he has the potential for an imbalanced clotting system. Then he has what sounds like a fat embolism during the surgery? (Where some fat from the bone marrow gets caught in the bloodstream and travels until it gets stuck in the lung or brain.) Or I suppose it could have been a DVT due to the cancer and surgery--he's got all three criteria in Virchow's Triad for that. Regardless, an embolism is bad stuff. Either part of your lung dies, or part of your brain dies (stroke).

I had read he had a couple heart attacks along the way. Who knows when you're reading stuff in the news?

Either way, a sad end to this man's illustrious career and life.