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River was well-known in the community, both for his winning personality and large size. He came down with the flu last week and succumbed to pneumonia after four days in the hospital, Jon Basso, owner of the grill and a friend of River, told ABC News.
Basso said he thought River's obesity contributed to his death, and Keith Ayoob, director of the nutrition clinic at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, agreed that was likely, telling ABC News, "Obesity increases your risk for just about every condition, and it can make nearly every acute health problem worse."
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3-05-2011 @12:30PM RichF said... What a crappy spokesman, dying from pneumonia instead of a heart attack.
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3-09-2011 @1:56PM martin said... god bless him but to think he was a spokesman for something like this and now he dead. it does not gives much hope for the restaurant
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3-10-2011 @3:04PM Carolyn said... I think thats just so sad. He was only 29 years old, Rich F. your comment was terribly tasteless.
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4-14-2011 @5:18PM froro said... pun intended? "tastless"
4-21-2011 @2:58PM Yroarrah900 said... I am an RN for over 30 yrs, and this is a sad truth about obesity. The toll it takes on body systems, joints, lungs, heart, is terrible. When someone is obese and gets pneumonia it becomes impossible for them to take deep breaths because of the body mass they have to move to do it. So sad for such a young man. RIP.
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