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[Phantast2k]

I wonder if cancer caused him to change his lifestyle. As in: his doctor told him, "you're about to die in this much days" and he just went: "welp, fuck it then".

Who knows, I may have done the same in his place.

 

[spindashing]

Damn, man. RIP.

 

[Bronetta]

I was once in an elevator with him about 6 months ago in a Toronto hospital (Mount Sinai). He honestly looked as large as ever.

I last saw him at City Hall around then too in September. He was in an Adidas tracksuit. I wanted to go ask for a picture with him but I didn't do it as he was talking to someone and I didn't want to interrupt him. Now I'll always regret not asking.

RIP Mayor Rob Ford

 

[Acorn]

I wonder if cancer caused him to change his lifestyle. As in: his doctor told him, "you're about to die in this much days" and he just went: "welp, fuck it then".

Who knows, I may have done the same in his place.

If I got told I was gonna die I'd have allllll the drugs. Cause fuck it.

 

[jstripes]

My sympathy to those who cared about him.

 

[Syf]

I like to think he enjoyed his life, as short as it was. Certainly a charismatic and memorable figure. RIP

 

[Blader]

Whoa. I knew he had had a tumor, but for some reason I thought he had beaten it.

 

[jmdajr]

Yikes.

 

[The Interrobanger]

Fuck cancer, it took my own dad at 53...but catastrophically irresponsible, racist, impaired driving wife beaters get no sympathy from me. He's in the same category of people as Scalia.

 

[Emperor Bohe]

damn. a lot of us in Toronto did not agree with him politically, but he was still a father and had a family that loved him.

R.I.P.

 

[nintendoman58]

Oh man, RIP.

 

[The Lamonster]

So sad. Cancer is a scary, terrible thing. The type he had was rare, too.

 

[Silexx]

I wonder if cancer caused him to change his lifestyle. As in: his doctor told him, "you're about to die in this much days" and he just went: "welp, fuck it then".

Who knows, I may have done the same in his place.

From what we know, the diagnosis was made just before he was up for re-election and after the whole crack-smoking scandal.

 

[-COOLIO-]

thinking about his life in recent years feels surreal and makes me sad.

he brought a lot of what happened to him on himself, but seeing a man get slapped around by the media in brutal fashion and then almost immediately dying of cancer is a little heartbreaking.

 

[Onemic]

OMG

RIP

 

[pxleyes]

Cancer? I kind of feel bad for him it wasn't cocaine.

 

[TheCowboyPoet]

He was the hero Toronto deserves, but maybe not the one it needed. 46 is really young, this seemed to have happened really quickly, it must be heartbreaking for his family.... RIP.

 

[shortsFortallPeople]

He died of cancer.

It was cancer though

????

And damn I had no idea he was sick.

Oh whoops. the OP didn't have the reason for his passing in it at the time so i made an assumption. My bad.

but like i said, RIP regardless

 

[massoluk]

That dude was colorful to say the least. RIP.

 

[Whales]

Woa, so young..

RIP

 

[smokeymicpot]

Holy shit. RIP.

 

[TapeDispenser1000]

Damn, he has young kids too.

 

[Brinbe]

Rob definitely lived an interesting life. No matter who much I disagreed with his politics, no one deserves this fate. RIP. Really feel bad for his wife, family and his children who now have to grow up without their father.

 

[mf.luder]

Holy shit.

This man lived a wild life for Toronto.

 

[Sectorseven]

I bet he had no regrets though.

 

[Kabuki Quantum Lover]

Once I heard he was placed into palliative care, I didn't think things would improve.

RIP you colourful character. You were a questionable politician, but at least you were never boring.

 

[jstripes]

He was the hero Toronto deserves, but maybe not the one it needed. 46 is really young, this seemed to have happened really quickly, it must be heartbreaking for his family.... RIP.

Replace Toronto with Etobicoke.

I'll give him credit for truly loving his part of the city.

 

[Mr Swine]

Jesus, never knew he had cancer R.I.P

 

[Buttonbasher]

Oh shit. RIP.

 

[TemplaerDude]

Going on to smoke the great crack pipe in the sky!

 

[dankir]

RIP, didn't realize he was so young. Just read about him getting pallative care yesterday.

 

[Tuck]

Replace Toronto with Etobicoke.

I'll give him credit for truly loving his part of the city.

Scarborough, actually.

 

[thecouncil]

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/ian-carey/how-we-treated-rob-ford_b_9501928.html

It's true of many celebrities with an suffering from an addiction, problem or mental breakdown. It's a good laugh for the general public, for some reason.

'I'm Still Here' was a good example of this type of thing even if it all ended up being fake.

Lindsey Lohan, Mariah Carey, Brittany Spears. They were all just made fun of.

Who knows?

 

[BobTheFork]

Wow.

I imagine his lifestyle contributed to his death.



I'm struggling to find something appropriate to say.

RIP

 

[jstripes]

Scarborough, actually.

I live in Scarborough. Scarborough was a treasure chest full of votes for him. That's all.

 

[ssharm02]

Wow.

I imagine his lifestyle contributed to his death.



I'm struggling to find something appropriate to say.

RIP

What lifestyle

 

[Dazzler]

RIP to the mayor of my heart

 

[Galang]

What the fuck. Wow rip

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Team Ford.

 

[User 479360]

I never disliked him like a lot of people, but he had his ups and downs in the mayoral office for sure.

Rest in Peace, sir.

 

[DeathyBoy]

The future biopic should be interesting.

 

[Dennis]

RIP

That was quite young.

 

[BobTheFork]

What lifestyle

Crack and alcohol? Or do I have the wrong Ford here.

 

[TimeEffect]

Wow! I didn't know he had cancer

 

[shadowkat]

Crack and alcohol? Or do I have the wrong Ford here.

No, that's him.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Ahh shit. Too bad.

Rip Rob Ford.

 

[Kuro Madoushi]

Toronto's most famous mayor indeed.

 

[Max_Po]

RIP.... he was young.

Sad Day today

 

[CountBlack]

RIP

 

[GSG Flash]

Didn't like his politics, or even the man himself, but he was an interesting fellow and I still feel sad that he died fairly young