A pharma student at the University of Pittsburgh died suddenly from an “unknown cause” last month, leaving friends and family in disbelief.
QUICK FACTS:
- 25-year-old Dr. Lindsay Ann Heck passed away unexpectedly and with no known cause last month, leaving her friends and family stunned.
- “Lindsay was the light of everyone’s life, her smile lit up a room, and her laughter was contagious,” Heck’s obituary read. “She was a loyal friend and trusted confidante to everyone she loved. Lindsay loved fiercely and lived her life always putting others before herself.”
- Heck earned a PhD in pharmacy from the University of Pittsburgh and “was called into the arms of the Lord, unexpectedly on December 20, 2022.”
- The young woman was a fellow in the university’s Community Pharmacy Practice Development and Research Fellowship, and passed away after her sister attempted to administer CPR.
25-YEAR-OLD DOCTOR DIES SUDDENLY LAST MONTH:
“She loved teaching students, doing research, running multiple vaccine clinics and sharing her passion and knowledge with others,” Heck’s obituary read.
BACKGROUND:
- Earlier this month, 46-year-old Las Vegas resident Alicia Groeblinghoff died after going into cardiac arrest at the gym.
- The woman’s friend, Michele Morgan, told a local news outlet that Groeblinghoff had no history of heart issues before she “suddenly, without warning, collapsed at the gym and suffered a massive cardiac arrest.”
- Outkick founder and sports writer Clay Travis said earlier this week the prevalence of the number of deaths among healthy young people lately is unlike anything he has ever witnessed.
- “In the world of sports, we need deep-dive investigations into whether the COVID shot is leading to more deaths of young, otherwise healthy people,” Travis said.
- “Now, I have been writing and talking about sports for 20 years, nearly,” he continued. “I don’t remember stories like this happening. I don’t remember stories about athletes walking on college campuses and suddenly dropping… But the number of high school, college, even pro-athletes who are suddenly just dropping all around the world seems to be a fairly substantial trend.”
