Sheikh Rashid, son of Dubai's ruler, dies of heart attack at age 33

[Ken Burch]

Source: USA Today

The oldest son of Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum died of a heart attack at age 33 Saturday morning, according to the United Arab Emirates' official state news agency WAM.

The deceased Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was the older brother of the emirate's heir apparent, the crown prince Sheikh Hamdan. Their father, in addition to ruling Dubai, is the vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates.

A three-day period of mourning was declared and emirate flags flown at half-mast. The burial was late Saturday. The Dubai ruler prayed over the body of his son at the burial, according to WAM.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/09/19/sheikh-rashid-heart-attack/72467880/

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Does anyone else find it a bit suspicious that this man, who was still very young and appeared from the photograph to be in excellent health, just drops dead out of nowhere from a "heart attack"?

Seems a bit Shakespearean, to say the least.

[Kelvin Mace]

1. It does happen

It is unusual, but does happen.

[MillennialDem]

3. Happened to a kid (14-16) at my high school. Not drug or extreme weight related.

[CatWoman]

7. it happened to a very good friend of mine just last weekend

I'm still in shock

[Kelvin Mace]

12. I am very sorry

Sudden deaths are very shocking and cruel. It is at these times we learn how inadequate human language is at expressing our feelings.

[Ken Burch]

16. my condolences. n/t.

[Roy Rolling]

2. Undiagnosed Congernital Defect

If not congenital, age 33 is way young.

[Ken Burch]

6. Could be that, or rheumatic fever(does anyone still get that?). Those are possibilities.

As could damage from cocaine use.

Still, there are a lot of things that can be made to look like "a heart attack".

He was the oldest brother. Could he have had a younger brother(or sister) who was chafing at the thought of a life of privileged irrelevance? Be worth it if somebody investigates this(maybe Vanity Fair).

[Frustratedlady]

4. Wasn't there another prince or titled young man who died a week or so ago? In his 30s?

Seems to me it was also sudden, but I can't recall the country or name. Maybe he was Saudi?

Darn memory.

[Brother Buzz]

28. There are about 7,000 princes in the House of Saud.

[Capn Sunshine]

5. My first thought as well.

sounds suspicious

[NonMetro]

8. It Can Happen

I knew this guy, never smoked, drank, ate healthy and exercised religiously, a regular health nut - dropped dead of a heart attack at 37. No forewarning, or anything!

[Ken Burch]

9. True. The fact that this was a royal family of great wealth, however, is what prompts the question.

Wouldn't be the first time in history a line of succession was altered by dubious means.

[libodem]

11. Kinda makes ya go

Hmmmm?

[flamingdem]

10. Intoxicants?

Just sayin'

[libodem]

13. And who even knows with recreational Viagra

In combination with stimulant style drugs? Bet there are not a lot of studies, yet.

[passiveporcupine]

14. I wonder if it was the same prince

That just fled LA to Dubai because the cops wanted him for drag racing the streets of LA in his Ferrari?

I really don't think it's the same prince, but it is odd timing.

[Ken Burch]

15. A lot of royal families would find that kind of conduct while overseas embarrassing.

Some might even consider it a sign that an heir to the throne was unworthy.

[flamingdem]

17. He did? I thought they weren't able to identify the driver

so he didn't get in trouble.

Neighbors said he does it all the time..

[passiveporcupine]

18. I think they knew who was driving, but he got out of the country too fast

I don't know if they would have followed through...it's a touchy business. And they are probably just glad he's gone. You did notice how carefully the whole situation was approached...no? No guns drawn...nobody handcuffed and beaten. They try not to beat up people with money.

[LisaL]

40. I saw name published. But it was a different guy.

[CBGLuthier]

27. Doubtful since that guy was from Qatar

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34293057

[passiveporcupine]

38. You are so right

I mixed it up. Can't remember anything from one day to the next.

[LisaL]

41. No. Different guy, different country.

[NutmegYankee]

19. The 30 year-old son of a coworker just died from a heart attack.

He had a congenital defect that usually kills in the teens, but is rarely detected.

[MADem]

20. I knew a slim, very fit appearing guy who dropped dead running at age 27. Shocked us all. nt

[Hassin Bin Sober]

39. A friend of mine's husband died on their honeymoon on the beach in Jamacia while playing volleyball.

27 years old.

[840high]

21. It happens.

[Hawaii Hiker]

22. It could have been several types of heart conditions

perhaps hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or some type of heart rhythm disturbance

[murielm99]

23. I remember someone I knew well

who died of a heart attack at 37. He knew he had heart disease. He was freshly diagnosed, and trying to help his condition. Tragic.

[Recursion]

24. It does happen, but, yeah, that's a little weird (nt)

[Princess Turandot]

25. I had a cousin in good health die at 38, presumably from a heart attack...

they attributed it to an uncommon arrhythmia that screwed up the electrical functioning of the heart, one of the conditions that gives rise to 'sudden adult death syndrome'. The heart stops working but the muscle itself isn't damaged, so it can't be diagnosed definitively after death.

The arrhythmias can be detected in life if they know what they're looking for but 30-somethings w/o family histories of cardiac problems aren't usually given ekgs etc.

[Lychee2]

26. "That's a damned shame."

That's what Harry Truman said when they told him God was dead. He said, "That's a damned shame; I'm always sorry to hear about it when somebody dies."

(This story may be apocryphal.)

[yeoman6987]

29. Happens daily

Did you forget the sarc tag or something?

[aceofblades]

30. Perhaps not.

Everyone's perspective and knowledge about such things can be different. As a physician, it's been helpful for me to realize that, as it encourages me to try to determine how I present information to my patients.
Edit: Sorry, I meant that as a reply to the post above mine

[AngryAmish]

31. The entire middle east is highly inbred

Ruling families even more. Metabolic disorders are highest in the world.

This could be a throne struggle. Or maybe he just snorted a fuckton of cocaine.

[LisaL]

42. Maybe he had one of those mutations that cause cardiomyopathy.

[OakCliffDem]

32. Live fast, die young, and have a good looking corpse

Money, money, money!
What would you give to have his money?

[writer not writing]

33. Could be one of those lead heart attacks

You know, when someone puts several ounces of lead directly into someone else's heart?

[Sunlei]

34. He loved horses & was very well known competitor in the horse sports. RIP

[darkangel218]

35. He was a very handsome guy

And so young

RIP

[bigwillq]

36. My friend died at 33 this summer

From a heart related issue. It does happen.

[lavenderdiva]

37. I do find this weird but

from the article it seems that his younger brother had already been named the heir apparent. So, I don't know what the motivation would have been to 'off' him?

[TexasBushwhacker]

52. If the younger brother felt threatened

that his older might attempt a coup after their father dies, he could have made a preemptive strike, so to speak.

[closeupready]

43. A comment to the Daily Mail expose today sums it up for me:

"Privileged, pampered, and pointless."

In contrast to people like Whitney Houston who gave us a body of work which was beautiful and enduring, what did he do for the world? Take?

I like the story, "The Journey of Ibn Fattouma", written by Nobel-prize winning novelist, Naguib Mahfouz. To paraphrase a bit of dialogue in the first section, the protagonist (Fattouma's son of the title) asks the local imam, "What good is Islam when so many people are sick, hungry, poor, needy amongst the incredible wealth of a society with members who claim to be muslim, are incredibly wealthy but miserly and do nothing about any of these problems?"

[crim son]

47. There are millions of people who do little or nothing to better the world.

A young man has died and I'm certain his family is grieving. Your post is uncharitable.

[Jesus Malverde]

44. Some are claiming he was killed in Yemen.

"Sheikh Rashid and a number of other UAE forces were killed in a Yemeni forces' Katyusha attack in Ma'rib province and reports on his death as a result of a heart attack are only aimed at deceiving the Emirati people who are demanding withdrawal of the UAE troops from Yemen," the Yemeni Press quoted informed sources as saying on Sunday.

The UAE news websites had claimed that Sheikh Rashid had died of a heart attack.

The Arab-language al-Ain news website, meantime, quoted people close to Ansarullah as confirming that Sheikh Rashid has been killed in Ma'rib.

Sheikh Rashid was the eldest son of Sheikh Mohammed. Rashid's brother Sheikh Hamdan is the Crown Prince of Dubai.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13940630000440

[taught_me_patience]

45. Cocaine

and a life of gluttony would be my guess.

[crim son]

46. My daughter's best friend

died while running at 22, from heart failure. She was an incredible young woman and very fit. As many have indicated above, it happens and it's always a terrible thing.

[BigDemVoter]

48. Too much cocaine?

[wordpix]

51. wondering the same

[whatthehey]

49. Strange. Lots of "it just happens sometimes" here.

No I'm not a conspiracy nutcase or pathetically ignorant so I know sometimes it just does indeed, happen seemingly at random based on a huge number of possible defects or conditions.

So what's strange?

That it can NEVER, ever, even once, "just happen" to anyone overweight.

Then it's ALWAYS the weight that did it, and the self-inflicted, sinful laziness and gluttony that caused the weight gain too, because nothing else ever can.

So DU armchair MDs, stir yourselves and find out (ok, guess) why BMIs over, say, 28, prevent any of these things that "just happen" to thin young active folks from "just happening" to the more girth-enhanced, because apparently they never do.

[librechik]

50. Hey, it beats "dying of thirst"

nothing to see here. Move along. n/t

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