Celebrities who died after crash dieting

Mario Lanza as well.

Mama Cass

I remember on a very special episode of Full House, when DJ was crash dieting and fainted. Does that count?

I knew I'd forgotten some

Mama Cass also had a heart problem, right? I seem to recall she'd collapsed a few times and was dieting to try to improve her health.

[quote]Zero Mostel, Oliver Hardy, Joseph Kearns, and Laird Cregar

Who? Who? Who? And who? Celebrities of the Silent era?

Mary Frann

r6 got lost on the way to TikTok

Luther Vandross—it’s believed his yo yo dieting contributed to his death given his medical issues.

Mama Cass after crashing that sandwich into her mouth.

[quote]Joseph Kearns

I did not know this. I looked it up and apparently he went on an all-Metrical diet and then had a stroke after losing 40 pounds in 6 weeks.

They also probably knew doctors who gave them the gooooood diet pills, which were actually reaaaaalllly bad.

Homeostasis is a thing.

How many died because they never dieted?

That actor on Knot's Landing who passed away after losing all that weight on the watermelon diet. Riley something or other...

I think there was an Indian actress who died a couple years ago from being on the keto diet.

*Mishti Mukherjee

r16 pre-diabetes is high in the Indian community (both feather and dot), so without proper exams first, keto can be dangerous.

R18 She was 27, I have no idea of her medical history.

Don't forget about me, OP!

Cass Elliot starved herself after she left the Mamas and Papas. Fasted four days a week, only drinking water. It ruined her health.

I wonder if the adhesive from the bindis negatively affect the health of those Indians who wear them? 🔴 Wearing feathers is much more organic. 🪶

r19 she ended up with kidney failure, if i recall.

With proper measures, the keto diet can be can be utilized with diabetcs but they need to monitor their ketone levels to reduce the likelihood of serious complications, and pre-diabetics depending on their health can be at higher risk of complications as well.

R23 So was she diabetic or pre-diabetic, or no?

Falconetti from The Passion of Joan of Arc.

How do you know if you're pre-diabetic?

Elevated glucose levels that don't hit the threshold for diabetes but are a precursor for it.

I was prediabetic last year so I changed my eating habits, cut out sugars and lost 60lbs and am no longer in that danger zone.

Thanks r27

[quote] Who? Who? Who? And who? Celebrities of the Silent era?

Let me get this straight: you're [bold]proud[/bold] that you don't know who Zero Mostel and Oliver Hardy (of Laurel & Hardy) are, and you're trying to shame [bold]someone else[/bold] for actually knowing who they are?

Unbelievable.

Did Mama Cass die as a direct result of her crash diet?