• DingoBilly@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    He was very much the Elon Musk of his times, and it’s very possible he would have gone down the same route of extremist views and decisions that completely failed because of his egoism.

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      6 months ago

      He died because he didn’t listen to his doctor’s advice. That is somewhat extreme.

      • Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works
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        6 months ago

        Had pancreatitis because of his diet. A diet in which he thought would magically avoid creating body odor.

        It turned into cancer. He lucked out that it was a rare form of treatable pancreatic cancer with a 90% survival rate 5 years out. Which is abnormal as most forms of pancreatic are essentially a death sentence. Survival rate past 3 years is under 10% for the more common variants.

        Stuck to his diet anyway. Ignored his doctors. Died to an illness he had a 90% chance of beating because he knew better.