Tommy Hanson dead!

[CCTAU]

If you are a Braves fan, you probably thought, like me, this guy was the next it. Then he got injured and disappeared. Now he's dead?

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/report--tommy-hanson-dead-at-age-29-due-to-catastrophic-organ-failure-060754847.html

[Snaggletiger]

What is catastrophic organ failure?  It sounds obvious on its face but I've never heard of that as a diagnosis.  At 29 years old?

[GH2001]

What is catastrophic organ failure?  It sounds obvious on its face but I've never heard of that as a diagnosis.  At 29 years old?

I think its more "What is the cause of that?".

At that age....very weird. Eldery people, not as much. You see it on movies or shows (like, House)  or even in these rogue countries where people whack each other for power - where organs fail because someone was poisoned or something similar. Even crap like really poisonous snake bites....whatever caused it, its very strange indeed.

29....good grief.

[chinook]

my speculation the dude was high on something, overdosed and eventually leading to organ failure.   you don't get three strikes overdosing on crack.