Depressed

Tall people (over 7') die young as a group. He's still alive, give him credit.

I'm sure that his 7'-4" height was a big (no pun intended!) factor. That much height puts a lot of stress on the pump and its associated blood vessels. Add that to the proclivity of black men to suffer coronary obstructive disease and you have a quad bypass.

I love basketball and Kareem is probably my favorites of all time. He’s also a thoughtful, intelligent, guy into writing, charity, and politics. Hope he does okay. I remember that he was always into yoga and fitness—but cholesterol levels and heart disease have a huge genetic component (for some it doesn't matter how much discipline they put into their diet).

Gotta wonder if he wasn't pulling a Lance Armstrong back when he was playing ball.

Do you really want to be an old fat guy living in a retirement home? No you don't! Live large and check out early!

You know Kareem is being cool because he learned karate from Bruce Lee and appeared in Airplane.

Nature vs nurture – i.e. genetics and life-style seem to both contribute.

Some people have very poor health/life-style choices and live a long healthy life – some people don’t smoke; drink and eat healthy yet they may die prematurely or have heath issues.

"So, Kareem, other than the quadruple bypass, how did you enjoy your birthday?"

Yup, he turned 68 the day of the surgery.

Cheeses, how is everybody getting so old so fast?

I have always liked Kareem as a basketball player but he has always seem to be a man that stuck to his principles. That I respect more than his playing skill. Wish him the best.

When I saw the topic "Depressed" I thought jestie214 had hacked into motorhead's account.

Cheeses? Maybe he really did say blessed are the cheesemakers then at the Sermon on the Mount.

It's easy to avoid in my opinion if you drink at least 1.5 ounces of palmgranate juice a day. Israeli studies confirmed that it reduces plaque buildup in your arteries over time. The longer you drink it, the cleaner your arteries get. However big drug companies have zero profit incentive to tell anyone this. Plus I'm wondering if I got a bad batch from Walmart. Gave me a bit of diarhea. I know of one guy who drinks a whole glass of it every day. I can't stomach that much. He probably has squeaky clean arteries.