# Debbie Reynolds hospitalized- possible stroke \[UPDATE: RIP\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debbie-reynolds-hospitalized-possible-stroke-update-rip/775813 "2016-12-29T01:45:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debbie-reynolds-hospitalized-possible-stroke-update-rip/775813/41 "2016-12-30T00:41:59Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > That’s how I read it - not rejection of her son but missing her daughter. > > And yes, grief can make people say wonky things or word things poorly, based on my own family’s experience in losing a sister/daughter. Plus, a mother’s relationship with a daughter is infinitely different than with her son’s. I, too, saw no offense in it and I hope he didn’t either. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debbie-reynolds-hospitalized-possible-stroke-update-rip/775813/42 "2016-12-30T00:50:25Z")
I was stunned when I saw that Debbie Reynolds died. But then I read an article where Rip Torn and Carol Channing were quoted as giving their condolences and I was doubly stunned that Rip Torn and Carol Channing are still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debbie-reynolds-hospitalized-possible-stroke-update-rip/775813/43 "2016-12-30T09:22:50Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I guess they’ll hold one funeral for mother and daughter. Bury them side by side. Or bury them single file to hide their numbers? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debbie-reynolds-hospitalized-possible-stroke-update-rip/775813/44 "2016-12-30T13:20:47Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > Or bury them single file to hide their numbers? Well played. I needed that laugh. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debbie-reynolds-hospitalized-possible-stroke-update-rip/775813/45 "2016-12-30T14:06:46Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Wow. I’ve heard of Broken Heart Syndrome, but I’m not sure that’s a real thing. It would be hard to prove clinically, [but the AHA sez](http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More/Cardiomyopathy/Is-Broken-Heart-Syndrome-Real_UCM_448547_Article.jsp#.WGZpXPkrLIU): > [@](#): > > Women are more likely than men to experience the sudden, intense chest pain — the reaction to a surge of stress hormones — that can be caused by an emotionally stressful event. It could be the death of a loved one or even a divorce, breakup or physical separation, betrayal or romantic rejection. It could even happen after a good shock (like winning the lottery.) > > Broken heart syndrome may be misdiagnosed as a heart attack because the symptoms and test results are similar. In fact, tests show dramatic changes in rhythm and blood substances that are typical of a heart attack. But unlike a heart attack, there’s no evidence of blocked heart arteries in broken heart syndrome. > > In broken heart syndrome, a part of your heart temporarily enlarges and doesn’t pump well, while the rest of your heart functions normally or with even more forceful contractions. Researchers are just starting to learn the causes, and how to diagnose and treat it. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debbie-reynolds-hospitalized-possible-stroke-update-rip/775813/46 "2016-12-31T05:21:29Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Does anyone find this odd? If my father said that to me about my sibling, I’d be hurt. “Dad, I’M still here.” I know after my FIL died my MIL was borderline suicidal, but she knew she had to stay for her children and grandchildren. > > Not that Debbie had any say in her stroke. I I guess grief makes people say wonky things. ☹ > > I do hope they’re buried together. What a tragedy for that whole family. “Odd” is not the word I would use. I’ll decline here saying what that word is, but yes, grief does make people say wonky things. I know it boggles the mind to think that an 84-year-old could drop dead from stress, but still. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debbie-reynolds-hospitalized-possible-stroke-update-rip/775813.md?page=2)