Coronary Coincidence

We're in the Cardiovascular block now and I was just listening to a lecture on risk factors for atherosclerosis. The prof had a quick mention about a 40 yr old male who died of a heart attack during an innocent game of hockey. He said that this could only most likely be possible at that age if the patient had a genetic predisposition to accumulating high LDL (the bad cholesterol) in his blood and therefore had greater risk for developing lipid plaques and calcifications along his coronary arteries leading to a blockage in blood flow to the heart. Myocardial infarction can lead to a heart attack. I was sitting and listening and I remembered that about 3 yrs old, my Grade 6 teacher Mr. G (as we would all call him) died playing hockey one night with his friends. They were playing late at night and no one could resuscitate him in time. Mr. G was my favourite teacher of all time. He can say with great certainty that it was him who inspired me to really love learning. That it could be fun. His favourite saying would be "it's something like a phenomenon" (this was a hit song back in the day on the radio).