Mel Agee was a very good college (Illinois) and pro football player that just couldn't cut off the weight after the NFL and it is sad news for this health blog but it also brings up a few pointers for folks to remember especially as we get older and get on with our years the importance of a good diet. I personally espouse a paleo diet but if you are not into that you should definitely think about cutting out some of those refined sugars and carbs. Bread mostly.
Get those nuclear stress tests done on a regular basis friends. Mel was very young and evidently had a heart disease. The tests only take a couple hours and will show most heart problems and then further testing and treatment will save your life so that you can watch your friends and family grow older with you.
Only 39 years old this is to young to pass from an unhealthy heart, a great loss for his family.

I really enjoy the concept of change. It something that everyone needs to grasp at one point in their life. Everything changes. I read a book about how to deal with stress, and it continued to speak of change. If you're stressed, don't worry; that will change. It always helps to know that whatever funk you're in, will change. Of course, this mentality also works conversly. If you feel great, don't get used to it, for it will change. So there really is no way to think of it as fortune or fate, change just happens. Something may seem great to you but sooner or later, something will change. There will be a new pop band on the music charts, there will be new wallpaper in your bathroom after you move out, there will new products to replace todays "best antioxidant" on the market. Things change people. There is no use in denying or rephrasing. Change. It could happen to any of us at any time. For now, we are alive. That, too, will change.