Remember NBC Reporter David Bloom?

"Here I am, supposedly at the peak of professional success, and I can frankly care less.”

So this guy was a brilliant journalist, with that bad grammar?!

He was gung ho for war and jumped at the chance to be "embedded" He sat for long periods cramped up on a tank and developed the clot. It wouldn't have happened sitting at a news desk asking why we were going to war with a country that was no threat.

I thought he got the clot flying to Iraq. No matter.

Yes, I remember him! He had a big future ahead of him, but life is fickle!

[quote]I thought he got the clot flying to Iraq. No matter.

No sitting like this for days did it...

He was a damn good reporter and a total hunk.

Any relation to DL fave Brian Bloom?

Claire Bloom??

Claire Danes?

Betsy Bloomingdale?

"Yoo hoo, Mrs. Bloom."

[quote]He was a damn good reporter

And once again, he was part of the press that thought it would be cool to go to war instead of questioning why. All the networks and news organization had their reporters all through the troops. I guess it wasn't too much fun for him.

He wasn't a great reporter. At least he never showed it on network news. HIs "planted by Cheney to keep the war PR up" tank-riding stunt not only was boring, it killed him.

But I liked his looks and his voice.

I'm really scared of developing and dying from a blood clot. What causes them? What are the symptoms? How will I know if I have one?

Specifically, he died of DVT. Deep Vein Thrombosis. Long flights are a major risk, but there are exercises you can do in your seat to minimize risk. It wasn't as publicized in 2003 as it has been since (in fact, Bloom's death helped get the word out).

If he was such a good reporter, how come he used the phrase "...and I can frankly care less"? A good journalist would know the term is CAN'T care less.

NBC News won't hire a male unless he's massively hung - Bloom, Brian Williams, Tom Brokaw, Matt Lauer ...

So sad.

Wasn't it speculated upon that the massive rounds of vaccines and shots he had to take prior to embarking may have played a role in his premature demise.

What happened to the ABC anchor who sustained major head trauma?

If massive amounts of vaccines were a culprit wouldn't we have an epidemic of dead soldiers and journalists on our hands?

We don't.

R19, I guarantee you the Dept. of Defense isn't telling us all the bad news that befalls anyone in the vicinity of our military escapades. I'll wager you have no accurate figure of the percentage of soldiers and others who suffer adverse health effects from being given massive doses of vaccines in a narrow window of time.

No one is given massive doses of vaccines in a narrow time. Soldiers have to be uo-to-date on vaccines at all times, just like most Americans. Soldiers get deployed at a moments notice. Vaccines often take weeks to be fully active.

There are no special vaccines just for going to the Middle East that they (and we) haven't taken already.

He was essentially replaced by the far hotter (and possibly gay) Richard Engel.

It's always sad when a god-looking man with a huge cock goes before his time.

Concerns about smallpox vaccines leading to sudden deaths - appearing just as the Iraq War began.

Did Journalist David Bloom Die From Smallpox Vaccine?

No, he didn't die from the small pox vaccine--otherwise we would have seen lots of reporters dying from the small pox vaccine.

[quote]Wasn't it speculated upon that the massive rounds of vaccines and shots he had to take prior to embarking may have played a role in his premature demise.

No Jenny McCarthy, he died of deep vein thrombosis, a blood clot that can form in the major veins of the legs or pelvis due to prolonged periods of physical immobility. That's why they tell you to get up and walk around when on a very long flight.

This is goodlooking?

More on Richard Engel being "possibly gay"

Yeah, R29. I thought he was definitely gay. Hath DL not ruled?

He had slept in a tank in the fetal position and while walking to the latrine upon awakening, he collapsed and died from DVT.

I found it strange that his brother mentioned in his eulogy that David was on the verge of overcoming his demons. I assumed he meant alcohol or drugs, but perhaps it was something else?

[quote] I'm really scared of developing and dying from a blood clot. What causes them? What are the symptoms? How will I know if I have one?

R13, I'm not a doctor but I play one on DL. The foremost known cause of DVT is fear of having it. The first symptoms of it are excessive curiosity. Now, where is our condolence troll?

I had the biggest crush on him and when he left The Today Show weekend anchor I was sad, even sadder when he died.

OP, you're out of your mind.

One of those guys who wanted to play soldier.

Nothing wrong with that, but this was a real war in a real tank that was too small for an extra guy.

Is there anyone on here that had sex with him?

Photos of face please.

R31, he was well-known as a sex addict; almost all female interns were hit on by him. More than a few accepted. He was hot!

Therefore stories of him with a man make sense and fall in line with a typical sex addict's behavior.

Clueless about David Bloom. But I remember David Brinkley.

"Therefore stories of him with a man make sense and fall in line with a typical sex addict's behavior."

What about admitted sex addict Michael Douglas?

[quote]He had slept in a tank in the fetal position and while walking to the latrine upon awakening, he collapsed and died from DVT.

Reading this really triggers my Claustrophobia. I can't breathe...

r18 is thinking of Bob Woodruff.

Witnesses said he only took a few steps away from the tank and collapsed, dying instantly.

"Yoo-hoo, Mr. Bloom!"

Bloom had to go to sex addiction rehab.

A friend saw him in the shower and said he had nice dick and bush

I just saw David Bloom on the Smithsonian Channel's "Lost Tapes" show about the DC sniper. He was a handsome hunk with a very sexy mouth. I wish I could have helped him with his sex addiction.

David Bloom, St. Patrick's?

R31 David’s demon was sex addiction. He apparently went to rehab.

He always came across smarmy and self involved.

Bloom was overzealous about war.