# Kiss of death **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-of-death/571066 "2011-02-11T22:03:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-of-death/571066/1 "2011-02-11T22:03:26Z")
British Teen Collapses and Dies Moments After First Kiss > **[British Teen Collapses and Dies Moments After First Kiss](https://www.foxnews.com/health/british-teen-collapses-and-dies-moments-after-first-kiss)** > > A shy British teenager collapsed and died from sudden adult death syndrome (SADS) just minutes after her first kiss, a coroner's investigation heard. I have to say this women could be the luckiest person ever. All the excitement of that first kiss and none of the hell that comes with a train of broken relationships. In addition, the guy gets to tell his grandkids that he used to be so sexy that he killed a woman with a single kiss. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-of-death/571066/2 "2011-02-11T23:02:21Z")
\*Oh where oh where can my baby be The Lord took her away from me She’s gone to heaven soI got to be good So I can see my baby when I leave this world. \* ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-of-death/571066/3 "2011-02-11T23:13:14Z")
Tragic for all involved. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-of-death/571066/4 "2011-02-11T23:22:20Z")
That’s terrible. Can you imagine what sort of phobia that young man will have now about kissing anyone? And the poor girl. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-of-death/571066/5 "2011-02-11T23:27:55Z")
That’s messed up. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-of-death/571066/6 "2011-02-12T01:46:51Z")
On the one hand, it’s fucked up. On the other hand, surviving one’s first love is also sort of tragic. On the third hand, who knew Rogue had gotten a sex change ? ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-of-death/571066/7 "2011-02-12T02:14:01Z")
Something like that would have fucked me up bad as a teen, what a terrible thing. Also, Sudden Adult Death Syndrome? What the hell is that? Is that just code for “we really have no clue?” ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-of-death/571066/8 "2011-02-12T22:59:04Z")
Scary stuff. One minute you’re healthy, athletic, happy, and the next your dead. Some sort of heart malfunction. This Australian girl was 18. Kisses her boyfriend, collapses and dies minutes later. ☹ I guess it could have happened any time. [http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/shy-girl-drops-dead-after-first-kiss/story-e6frev0r-1226004447026](http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/shy-girl-drops-dead-after-first-kiss/story-e6frev0r-1226004447026) > **[Shy girl, 18, shares first kiss with boyfriend... then collapses and dies...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1355529/Jemma-Benjamin-dies-kiss-rare-heart-condition.html)** > > Keen sportswoman Jemma Benjamin, 18, shared the romantic moment with fellow university student Daniel Ross on their way to his flat. Apparently there’s cases like this every year. youtube tribute [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SiwX_3vKSIk/hqdefault.jpg "Jemma Benjamin") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiwX_3vKSIk) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-of-death/571066/9 "2011-02-12T23:30:25Z")
[Current thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=596808). Though I admit I haven’t read it recently, so I don’t know if anyone’s told the ‘lady killer’ joke. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-of-death/571066/10 "2011-02-12T23:34:04Z")
“Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome” according to the Telegraph article. Cripes, what a way to go. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-of-death/571066/11 "2011-02-12T23:36:06Z")
In [this linked story](http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/shy-girl-drops-dead-after-first-kiss/story-e6frev0r-1226004447026) from the other thread, it’s called “Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome” and linked to an electrical irregularity of the heart. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-of-death/571066/12 "2011-02-12T23:37:32Z")
Did you notice the youtube tribute was posted May, 2009? Another tribute was post Oct 2010. The press was sure on top of this story weren’t they? took them almost 2 years to report it. Unless youtubes dates are messed up. ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-of-death/571066/13 "2011-02-12T23:43:46Z")
Happened to a guy I worked with about two years ago, 38 years old very good health or appeared to be . Never smoked, drank in moderation, jogged daily etc. Playing pick up hockey with some friends one night his heart freaked out and collapsed then died on the ice. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-of-death/571066/14 "2011-02-13T01:09:51Z")
Isn’t that what killed Hank Gathers 20 years ago. For those not into college ball at the time he was playing a game, televised, and just sort of went down after a basket. Like someone cut his puppet strings. That was a hell of a thing. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-of-death/571066/15 "2011-02-13T05:45:56Z")
> [@Terraplane](#): > > Something like that would have fucked me up bad as a teen, what a terrible thing. Also, Sudden Adult Death Syndrome? What the hell is that? Is that just code for “we really have no clue?” It sounds like their thinking is that she had an abnormal heart rhythm that proved to be fatal. There is more info here: [http://www.sads.org.uk/causes\_of\_sads.htm](http://www.sads.org.uk/causes_of_sads.htm) What a horrible way to lose a loved one. Imagine that you have a seemingly healthy young daughter and one day she just suddenly drops dead without warning for no apparent reason. That would be so devastating. It looks like some of her friends posted a tribute on youtube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiwX\_3vKSIk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiwX_3vKSIk) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLAr4A3vOXU&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLAr4A3vOXU&feature=related) Unfortunately it looks like some assholes have been making rude comments about her and their belief she was kissing a black guy. I wish she had gotten to live to experience more of life. Even though I’ve had some heartbreaks in life, I feel sad for young people who never get to see all that life has to offer. ---
**Author:** ![mittu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-of-death/571066/16 "2011-02-13T10:07:25Z")
> [@lavenderviolet](#): > > Unfortunately it looks like some assholes have been making rude comments about her and their **belief** she was kissing a black guy. Bolding mine, why do you say ‘their belief’ that the boyfriend was black? He looks pretty black to me. (not that it matters either way i’m just curious why you referred to it as a belief). ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-of-death/571066/17 "2011-02-13T15:39:17Z")
We now interrup this thead… From the George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (Radio) > [@](#): > > Gracie) It’s true George he’s a quack > > George) Dr Smith is a fine respected doctor. > > Gracie) My friend Mildred went to see him and she died, just like that > > Geroge) Really? > > Gracie) Yes, she went to see him, came home and sat in her chair and died. Only 98 years old and just died, just like that for no reason. …And now back to your regularly scheduled thread 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-of-death/571066/18 "2011-02-13T17:45:07Z")
Merged duplicate threads, so if the continuity is a little wonky, that’s why.