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He died while trying to shit. It wasn't the constipation per se that killed him it was the stress on his heart caused by pushing too hard.
If you close your airway and bear down in an attempt to force defecation you run the risk of a sudden blood pressure drop and even a potential heart attack. With Elvis's heart weakened by years of pill addiction, this Valsalva maneuver was his undoing.
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Earl of Chesterfield
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Francis Bacon
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