Punkrocker dies from dialysis complications...

[poohkari]

"Founding member of J Church and all around well-loved punk icon Lance Hahn has passed away. Hahn had been comatose since Friday, October 12th following a collapse during dialysis. According to a post attributed to Hahn's girlfriend:
as far as the doctors can tell, this collapse was due to a sudden, drastic drop in blood pressure, which in turn was probably caused by a recurrence of the infection he had had in september combined with the stress of dialysis. he received immediate cpr from medical professionals at the dialysis center, but as it took fifteen or twenty minutes to resuscitate him, he suffered neurological damage from lack of oxygen to the brain, leaving him in a coma from which he never returned.
Lance Hahn was the lead singer, guitarist, and founding member of J Church. He also wrote extensive "punk rock history" articles for Maximumrocknroll. In addition of all of this, he found time to run Honey Bear Records. Hahn was working on a compliation book of writings on anarcho-punk bands, called "Let the Tribe Increase," to be released on AK Press.

All of us at Punknews.org extend our deepest condolences to Hahn's friends and family."
http://www.punknews.org/article/26125



I read that today, and was shocked. I had no clue he was on dialysis! I havent decided whether or not I should tell Wade.







EDITED: Thread moved to proper section: "Dialysis: News Articles" - Bajanne, Moderator

[Sluff]

R.I.P Lance Hahn

[goofynina]

How tragic, God be with him and his family 

[paris]

How sad - you just never know what is going on in another's life. This disease is everywhere, yet you never hear about it. 

Thanks for posting this information.

[okarol]

This is so sad. Another news story said he had no health insurance and other bands were doing fundraising to help with his medical bills. Tragic.

[MyRenalRomance]

That's so sad about Lance Hahn. Yes, thanks for posting the info.
R.I.P. Mr. Hahn.