Apr 1 2009Guy Dies Playing Wii Fit, Sadly Not April Fools
25-year old England native Tim Eves collapsed and died while playing Wii Fit with his girlfriend and best friend. I am officially never working out again.
Tim Eves was 'jogging' on a Wii Fit games console as Emma Tuck and Lewis Hickin looked on, when he slumped to the floor.
The family were told he could have been killed by Sudden Adult Death Syndrome. Also known as Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome, it is a disorder of the electrical system of the heart.Those with the condition are vulnerable to an abnormal heart rhythm. During exercise the heart may stop pumping out blood, causing the brain to become deprived of blood and sudden death. The condition is estimated to kill 500 people a year.
Well Tim, I hope you're enjoying that great Wii Mii parade in the sky. Rest in peace, buddy.
'Healthy' man, 25, collapses and dies playing Wii Fit game [mailonline]
Thanks to Pat and Nathan, who vow to create public service messages about the inherent risks of exercise.
Reader Comments
1. tangelax - April 1, 2009 1:01 PM
April First!
2. Dave180! - April 1, 2009 1:02 PM
Thats really a shame.
3. macca411 - April 1, 2009 1:09 PM
im joining the writer exercise steals lives twinkies give life (wolfing down a twinkie)
4. gizmoduck - April 1, 2009 1:20 PM
weakling
5. Pete - April 1, 2009 1:29 PM
I'm not sure what to make of this. His heart had an electrical system? Still not sure about the April Foolsness of it.
6. Pat - April 1, 2009 1:37 PM
Working out kills people! Two famous cases in point: Doug Adams (author of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy") who died at the gym and Stephen King who nearly died on his daily walk.
7. jollyrogue - April 1, 2009 1:41 PM
It's not an april fools :P its been circulating gaming sites for a few days now.
8. catch22 - April 1, 2009 1:48 PM
eat fit, stay healthy...die anyway
9. Moose knuckle - April 1, 2009 1:53 PM
do you need a nunchuck to play "Wii Reaper"?
10. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - April 1, 2009 2:11 PM
"Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome" = We don't know WTF killed him.
11. naas - April 1, 2009 2:39 PM
aahhh it was bound to happen sooner or later, people die doing all sorts of shit you wouldn't think you could die from.
Soon someone's probably going to die commenting on geekologie, and like most of us I hope it's softlicious
12. JJtoob - April 1, 2009 2:49 PM
Wow, I'm turning 25 in 27 days. And I've been thinking about working out. I think I need to check my heart's electrical system. Ok, multimeter, check. Inserting into the heart, cheaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh! ...
13. JJtoob in next world - April 1, 2009 2:51 PM
Well, I guess I don't have to worry about that anymore. Oh snap, someone did die commenting on here. Wow, I got pretty good wifi signal here, who knew.
14. Galtacticus - April 1, 2009 2:57 PM
*Gasp* Is this for real?
15. Rhialto - April 1, 2009 2:58 PM
Too much working out isn't good?
16. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - April 1, 2009 3:31 PM
@11
Hmm... I call softdick a sack-o-shit and I get flamed. You hope for for his untimely demise and nothing happens. I think softdick is suicidal. Good. Fück 'em, that's why.
17. Daisy - April 1, 2009 3:32 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fgake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never BAck Down where Max and 3 friends who were track atheletes went to the olympics and rode the bobsled.
18. dib - April 1, 2009 3:44 PM
@8... its "eat healthy,stay fit, & die anyway" you tard!
19. LSDiesel - April 1, 2009 3:52 PM
How embarrassing
20. naas - April 1, 2009 4:04 PM
Shumway my good friend, I don't sincerely wish death upon anyone in all seriousness - my thinking with that comment just went along with the topic & my loathing his presence.
I don't want to hate softlicious honestly, but after giving a few reading chances to some of his several rants & clicking on some of his links it's defined his diaper fetish freakness & that fact that he's a fecofeliac.
Even his name reflects this, (when he's not logging in as poop-on-my-small-shaft) - otherwise why else would someone post youtube links to women wearing diapers & pictures of other peoples shit so often?
I don't read anything that turdsucker types anymore just like I never did spam artist when he used to be here good riddance.
That's my story & that's what I'll tell em back home.
21. nurrrr - April 1, 2009 5:06 PM
@18...
"calling the XXXXXL novelty tshirt design police!!!!"
22. Delgo - April 1, 2009 9:45 PM
He should have exercised for a few weeks before playing the game.
23. fulllovegirl - April 2, 2009 4:03 AM
From now on, we LGBT have our own zone---seekbi.com. This is the first and largest platform for us. Do not forget to join it. WOW WOW WOW, it's free!!Come on!!
24. SmokingGirl - April 2, 2009 8:04 AM
@naas...
The word you were looking for is "corpophiliac", not fecofeliac.
I share because I care.
25. naas - April 2, 2009 10:18 AM
ha I was looking for that word, along with paraphiliac. It's just gross
26. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - April 2, 2009 2:03 PM
Taco Bell anyone?