Jessye Norman, Grammy-Winning Opera Singer, Dies at 74
@Applewood @musiclady "Norman died in New York Monday morning from septic shock and multi-organ failure secondary to complications of a spinal cord injury she had sustained in 2015, according to the statement."
Multi-organ failure can kill fast.
When I was an Associate School Psychologist, for a public school, the school had a Psychologist in private practice on contract with the school. He was a friend of mine, a man in his 40s, since we did the same type work in the school system, but I didn't know him in a social way where we visited outside school.
In the summers, I sold real estate, was a real estate broker. One summer, he and his wife were going to move from Houston to the NASA area where I lived in that school district. The three of us met together for me to show them houses for sale. After looking at houses, I took them to lunch at a place that also sold beer/wine/mixed alcoholic drinks. They totally surprised me by drinking alcoholic drinks until the bill was near $50 just for the alcoholic drinks.
We found a home they wanted and I helped them get the loan for the house, etc. Less than a year from that time, he was taken to hospital and died from multi-organ failure due to his alcohol intake for years. I did not know he was that far gone due to alcohol as he did not appear drunk in his work for the school. It was hard for me to believe this nice man was dead because it happened so quickly. How could this Psychologist with his knowledge, not know he was killing himself with alcohol? I went to his funeral a few days later, still stunned he was dead.
Septic shock also happens when the blood becomes infected and the infection is carried to all organs and they fail, causing death.
