{"id":6915,"date":"2024-03-04T12:44:58","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T12:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=6915"},"modified":"2024-03-04T12:44:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T12:44:58","slug":"riverdale-star-luke-perrys-autopsy-risky-flight-connection-to-massive-stroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=6915","title":{"rendered":"Riverdale star Luke Perry’s autopsy \u2013 risky flight connection to ‘massive stroke’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luke Perry died after a \u201cmassive stroke\u201d in 2019, leading to the Beverly Hills 90210 star\u2019s death \u2013 but there were warning signs beforehand that lay in his work schedule<\/p>\n

Beverly Hills 90210 star Luke Perry died following an ischemic cerebrovascular accident, better known as a stroke, in 2019.<\/p>\n

The young actor was just 52 when he passed away, and it was determined that his death was caused by a blood clot blocking a blood vessel, which stops the brain from getting blood flow and oxygen. His friends and family were left stunned by the news, as he had been doing \u201cvery well\u201d in terms of his health.<\/p>\n

But his autopsy revealed something else \u2013 that flights he took leading up to his death might have been a sinister contributing factor. During an episode of Autopsy: The Last Hours of, forensic pathologist Dr Michael Hunter explained: \u201cThe blood flow to his brain was blocked, causing a catastrophic stroke.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen investigating the cause of Luke\u2019s stroke, I have to consider any factor of his life that may result in blood vessel blockage. And I\u2019m interested in the fact that he was taking regular flights from LA to Vancouver in order to film Riverdale.\u201d
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Nine days before his death, Luke was heading home to Los Angeles after filming two scenes on his final day of work. He admitted he didn\u2019t enjoy travelling back and forth for work \u2013 and it might not have helped his health.<\/p>\n

Dr Hunter said: \u201cIt\u2019s well documented that sitting for prolonged periods in a cramped space like an airplane presents a risk of deep vein thrombosis. DVT occurs when circulation slows and a blood clot forms in a vein located deep inside the body, most often in the leg. If that clot moves, it can block essential blood vessels.\u201d<\/p>\n

But he acknowledged that it\u2019s \u201cextremely rare\u201d for DVT to cause strokes \u2013 and rare for the condition to arise during flights shorter than six hours. His co-star said he was \u201calways doing something\u201d during the flight \u2013 and wasn\u2019t \u201cjust a lump in a chair\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Eventually Dr Hunter discounted the theory that deep vein thrombosis contributed to Luke\u2019s death. But something that might have contributed was his past as a smoker. He explained: \u201cSmoking is one of the leading causes of stroke.\u201d<\/p>\n

Something else that might have been an issue was genetics \u2013 after Luke\u2019s father died at the age of just 35, with alcohol addiction contributing to the heart attack that killed him. Luke struggled growing up with his abusive dad, while Dr Hunter said: \u201cResearch has shown that a child whose parents struggles with an alcohol abuse disorder is up to four times more likely to become an alcoholic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alcoholism can lead to atrial fibrillation and high blood pressure, both of which can lead to stroke. But his friends never remembered Luke being a heavy drinker \u2013 so this possibility was also discounted.
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It was finally discovered that Luke\u2019s high-cholesterol diet and family genetics were the most likely contributing factors to his death, as Dr Hunter added: \u201c[They] made him prone to Atherosclerosis, a major cause of stroke.\u201d<\/p>\n

The star sadly also suffered a major health scare four years before his death. in 2015 precancerous growths were found during a colonoscopy, and he was forced to change his diet to decrease the risk of colorectal cancer developing.
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He said at the time: \u201cWhen I heard that this was the most detectable cancer that we know of yet it’s the second most lethal, I just couldn’t figure out why that was and I wanted to get out there and tell people about it. Right now, there are 23 million Americans who haven’t been screened that need to be screened. If I had waited, it could have been a whole different scenario.”<\/p>\n

He was regularly spotted out at the gym and cut down on red meat and potatoes after the scare \u2013 making his unexpected death all the more tragic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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