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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 81 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Bullshit, there's no way that asshole had a heart.

[–] Gregorech@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

It tried to break free and failed.

[–] Uglyhead@lemmy.world 45 points 10 months ago

It’s unclear how long Kissinger experienced the acute symptoms of congestive heart failure, or if he reflected on the unfathomable death in the wake of his decisions. But he was able to live to the exceptional age of 100 — much longer than most of the victims of his policies, if not all of them.

I can’t imagine he did.

[–] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 28 points 10 months ago (2 children)

An old man has heart problems, go figure. How deeply unexpected

[–] redeyedstranger@lemmy.world 45 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I, for one, am shocked he had a heart at all.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The congestion was probably an overabundance of daggers from people who wished him dead.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

I think it was just hate.

[–] zhunk@beehaw.org 4 points 10 months ago

I'm surprised to learn that he had a heart

[–] dylanmorgan 23 points 10 months ago

That’s a weird way to phrase “possessing not blood but pure concentrated evil running through his veins.”

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 23 points 10 months ago

He still had one?

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 7 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Henry Kissinger, the late secretary of state under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford whose decisions are linked to millions of deaths around the world, died of congestive heart failure, according to police reports newly obtained by Rolling Stone.

According to Greg Grandin, the Yale University historian and author of the 2015 biography Kissinger’s Shadow, Kissinger’s foreign policy decisions under Nixon and Ford led to the premature deaths of an estimated three to four million people around the world, in countries including Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Chile, and Argentina.

Kissinger remained highly active in the months leading up to his death, attending centennial birthday celebrations put on by various elite institutions.

The police report from the day of Kissinger’s death reveals that he died in the presence of an internal medicine doctor, Alphonse Altorelli.

The police report notes that the Connecticut state attorney’s office opted to not open an investigation, “based on the fact that he was in the presence of a doctor, and due to his age.”

It’s unclear how long Kissinger experienced the acute symptoms of congestive heart failure, or if he reflected on the unfathomable death in the wake of his decisions.


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[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

He got high cholesterol from eating too many children