French singer Barbara Weldens dies on stage in concert

[SecularMotion]

Source: BBC

The cause of her death is unclear but, according to one report, she was probably electrocuted.

Weldens, 35, had been on stage in a church in the picturesque village of Goudron, in the Lot region of the south-west, when she suffered an apparent cardiac arrest.

She had released her first album this year and had won a young talent award.

Police have begun investigating the cause of her death and have refused to speculate on the circumstances.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40667429

[forgotmylogin]

1. "probably electrocuted"???

Oh my god. It would seem if she was performing in front of people, an electrocution would be obvious--unless they mean she was "on the stage" (like a sound check?) and not in front of the audience when it happened.

There are things that happen unexpectedly. Jonathan Larson, the creator of the musical RENT who was otherwise pretty healthy, died on a morning jog from a massive aortal tear that just happened to choose the morning of his final dress rehearsal to happen. It was an undiagnosed defect that had never exhibited symptoms, or symptoms he didn't think were serious enough to get checked out.

This is why healthcare is important. Going to the doctor on a regular basis can ferret out potential ticking time-bombs within physiology that are otherwise not apparent.

[Stryst]

2. I mostly agree with your post

Other than the part about electrocution being obvious. I was a biomedical engineer at Wilford Hall for more years than I care to reveal, but having both seen and experienced strong electric shock, there's nothing to see. Someone goes stiff, seems to be in pain, falls down... its not like the movies. Or Highlander.

[forgotmylogin]

5. I just mean...

if she was fine one moment, then fell down after touching a microphone or stepping on a cable...obvious like that.

[Stryst]

8. Ah, yeah, I see that.

But if it wasn't a high amp source, she might not have any surface burns and then it would take an autopsy of her heart to tell for sure.

[former9thward]

3. Going to a doctor on a regular basis is not going to "ferret out" asymptomatic issues.

A doctor is not going to check for things like you describe without any symptoms. It would cost a fortune and that is not the real world.

[forgotmylogin]

4. Don't doctors usually do a yearly physical when one doesn't have symptoms?

I've known people who have had doctors "ferret out" a problem they didn't know they had just from noting abnormalities in a blood test and following up on that with further testing.

I mean, yeah...there's not a test for a looming brain aneurysm, but don't things like blood clots forming show elevated white cells and other changes...which then prompt more specific testing?

[former9thward]

6. Yes, and I am not saying not to go to a doctor on a regular basis.

But "birth defect" issues such as a weakness in the aorta, or something similar, are very difficult to spot. It is said that if you don't die by 40 from one of these issues you are pretty safe. But you will read about young athletes collapsing and dying on a football field or basketball court, in high school or college. Those issues are very difficult to spot with conventional tests.

[forgotmylogin]

7. Makes sense.

Hopefully, by the time someone has been to a doctor enough times they've had some kind of imaging where someone might notice something like a blood clot or an abnormality.

My mother was diagnosed and treated early for a breast tumor because they had done a scan on her abdomen after she complained of stomach pain and the tech took the time to scroll up a bit.

[Old Vet]

9. What a terrible story............

Only the good die young...........