Florida’s District Six Medical Examiner has completed Rich Piana’s autopsy, and you can read the full report at MuckRock. The cause of death still seems murky.
The most detailed part of the autopsy’s notes concerned his lungs – Rich’s lungs were swollen and filled with fluid, (bronchopneumonia pleural effusion with edema) showed apparent fat emboli and micro-abscesses, and displayed both acute and chronic inflammatory cells.
Check out the following key details:
- An enlarged heart from a “significant heart disease”
- Mild coronary atherosclerosis (plaque buildup in the artery walls)
- Fatty liver
- Congested thyroid
- Discolored and congested kidneys
- Ischemic brain tissue (i.e. brain tissue that had lost blood supply)
- Brain edema (swelling)
- Necrotic brain tissue (i.e. dead cells)
- Ascites (accumulation of protein-containing fluid in the abdomen)
The cause or manner of death was never made clear through the report.
It would be impossible to determine the real cause of death with any certainty, due to Piana’s severe heart disease and openly admitted (performance enhancing) drug use — and the fact that he survived in a coma for 18 days in the hospital.
The hospital discarded the specimens, despite an explicit request that they be retained so no toxicology tests were administered!
The report did not answer major questions other than the fact that Rich Piana had some severe health issues that lead to his death.
Rich Piana’s Complete Autopsy Report:
RIP Big Guy!
Lol. “No toxicology studies” — what a fucking joke. Who the fuck cares, users will continue to use, abusers will continue to populate hospital beds and mortuaries, both groups will continue to live in denial. Lack of transparency and denial will continue to ensure users and abusers are brutally ignorant about the drugs they consume and how to do it adequately. The black market will continue to thrive with overpriced unsafe products. The cycle of stupidity will continue and roid “gurus” will continue to ignorantly prescribe younger and younger fools.
Dick head
What a fucking retard more people are admitted into hospitals by misuse of vitamins than that of people using steroids
^ truth
More people go to the hospital for Tylenol or flintstones chewable vitamins than anabolic steroids.
Just sayin…….
Ciaran Byrne u butt hurt ignorant fool
Hate your ignorant opinion. But love your Village people style pics….youre the cowboy right ? 😊
Piana was a lot of things. Unaware or ignorant to what he was doing to himself with his lifestyle isn’t one of them.
Look at these roid users defending
Alan Crutch. Comparative fallacy. The fact that “more” people are affected by other misuse is not a dismissal for my comment. At least try a counter argument you lazy imbecile fuck.
Leigh Thomas. I am going to go to my basement curl into the fetal position and cry about your kindergarden level of insult. You go and have fun fantasizing you are being fucked by Deadpool, Bane and Batman. You nerdy little cunt.
Ooooo so mean! I bet he’s so scared right now!
Mark James Solley. Piana was a very transparent fellow, thus my comment that no toxicology report is a fucking joke. He was an abuser and if he wasn’t ignorant he would likely be alive today. I doubt he had plans to die when he did.
Mithun Giri where did u post this McDonald’s or KFC u need to hit the gym bro.
Viraj Vaghela ur not using anything anyway u never saw the inside of a gym I would guess 🤣🤣🤣😱pussy
Trump is still your president you anti firearm asshole!
Jessie Mcnemar ain’t nobody talking about trump here cunt, get the fuck outta here w that political bullshit.
Jessie Mcnemar. I actually live in a country where steroids are legal and Turd is not my president. You dumb fuck. 😄
Manuel Villalobos beauty of life u never know when is ur last second in this world I a lot of people die in deferred ways a 20 old in car crash old man heart attack a baby the just born u never know rich live how the way he wants and past away like u and we do in some point
Ciaran Byrne brave 😍🤣🤣🤣
No toxicology report was requested by his family.
Manuel Villalobos I recall distinctly many tines him voicing his awareness to what he was doing to himself.
Nothing comes up
I watched generation iron 2 a while back , then 4 weeks later he passes away. I won’t comment on his passing, opinions varie. But may you RIP rich piana. You did have a great uplifting attitude towards life. 🙁
Ya met him at Toronto pro super show just before he passed seemed like a good guy
He slammed a shit ton of gear and it did a ton of damage to his body/organs. Makes me sad because Rich was so smart in so many ways but in the area of using drugs he was not
Rich is a real dude and would want the full autopsy report.
He was a cunt and a fuckin freak did he think he was going to grow old and have grandkids with all that shit he was pumping in to him self
Konrad Hardej
Edwin Aviña
So sad… RIP RICH
Hal Whyatt Tom Lawrence
Olly Youngs
Lots of coke, Viagra, and booze, big surprise…at least he went out with a bang!
Yeah, cuz coke enlarges your heart. 😂😂😂
“An enlarged heart from a “significant heart disease”
Your an idiot! 😂
Not as much of an idiot as the one insulting the deceased whom are incapable of defending themself.
leave the brother alone. let him rest.
Waat
Waat
It’s sad that he died, it’s also interesting how seriously unhealthy some of his organs more. Makes you question how good sups really are.
Long term use of any supplements will take a toll on ur kindey an sometimes liver thats y they say to take few weeks off when u run out of 1 i personally go full month or sometimes more
Um, explain the science behind that for me^
Patrick Hörtler
Andy Brown
Andre Doe
Joel Clinton Turkalj Chad Alexander Keenan Nolen Dylan Cruckshank
Conor Joseph Tapsell look at that report cunt was fucked
Rich was a genuine guy. He lived his life how he wanted it. Play safe folks and if you can stay away from PED it’s a road to no where.
I agree! He has so many trolls out there it’s unbelievable but not once has he ever lashed out at his fans. He was always there giving out informative advice and for those that say he endorses steroids obviously doesn’t know jack shit about the man.
I disagree. There is a difference between drug use and drug abuse. Rich abused steroids. He was not competing. He had no obligations to take high quantities of steroids other than to maintain his image and his brand. He did it out of insecurity due to his body image issues. On the other hand and respective of the general population, many steroid users use streoids correctly. They dont take nowhere near as much as Rich, they cycle on and off correctly and their diets are on point. It’s like alcohol; you have people who enjoy a drink every other week… Read more »
Best risk is to stay way. Once you start the madness is hard to stop. Even moderate amounts over and over yrs on end is ludicrous. There comes a point in your life what’s important finding sources for more gear then wind up getting bad shit or do it the ol fashioned way better health better mind
“Genuine guy”. How about when he slapped the shit out of one of his fans who had autism for saying something about him on Twitter instead of being an adult
CLICK BAIT ?
Thought Rich always had bloods and everything tested when on steroid cycles. Surely there things would of been picked up early enough.
Huh? You don’t think regular blood would have detected a bad liver?
That’s what I’m saying. Things like a bad liver should of showed up in his blood tests
Not necessarily. The range is quite wide and if you’re on the bottom end, you get a pass. My best friend and training partner passed at 27 years old after hip surgery, he was battered with tests, none told them his heart would fail 2 months after the surgery.
Scary that Marcel Henry sorry for your loss.
Well it did because I remember seeing him speak at one point and mention as he aged the worse his results got with his bloods because of steroid use.but he chose to keep using..
Vince Livaditis
Jeroen Nicol Remco van Eijden
Wat een randdebiel.
Hij was wel altijd chill en eerlijk.
De rest van die zwangere mannen word ook niet oud
Chille kerel
He was a walking time bomb and sadly he knew it ,
Nathanael Johnstone Farouk Rahman Mark Sommer
Jacob Axworthy
RIP Rich!
Niall Bain
Declan Mooney
Shaun Taylor-Hurst
Soth Orn his results crazy
Damn
Still so sad 🙁 R.i.p
What happened with the white powder you’s accused him of having in your first posts about him passing or is this a miss leading article like the first one
From what i could gather basically it was a matter of time…
Wayne Johns
Shashwat Yadav Denis Virzilio Dias Yusuf Shaikh
I thought he regularly got his blood work done?
Yes and what think all whas good come on man be realistic with this life style !!
Huh
Wat verwacht je ook met zo een levenstijl
Ja klopt mja de rest van de prof bodybuilders moet ook maar eens de 50 zien te halen want die leven niet veel anders
Thijs Bruinsma prof’s staan onder begeleiding van een ziekenhuis en artsen. Zijn er namelijk genoeg die er wel voorbij zijn.
Blijft natuurlijk altijd een risico.
Generation iron had it way earlier don’t click it isn’t anything we didn’t already know
Rest In Peace Rich
Fond of tattus.
If it tells us anything, it’s that his health was fucked.
Emma Louise
Omg he was a sportsman !!!
Chris Aldgate Marshall Schey
He pushed his body too far.
To much Roid abuse
Yup steroids and growth hormone
A lot from time of death or post death, only one that matters is the heart disease, he had a heart attack
An enlarged heart from a “significant heart disease”
Simple… Excessive steroid abuse
I’m not a big fan of him, but I followed him since I knew bodybuilding. His fuck fuck fuck always irritate my ears but he always speaks the truth. May 5% Nutrition remain the same without Richard Piana.
Sam Reading