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.
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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. 🙁
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
Lots of coke, Viagra, and booze, big surprise…at least he went out with a bang!
leave the brother alone. let him rest.
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.
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.
CLICK BAIT ?
Thought Rich always had bloods and everything tested when on steroid cycles. Surely there things would of been picked up early enough.
Vince Livaditis
Jeroen Nicol Remco van Eijden
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
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?
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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
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