Lottery winner dies suddenly....

[TTmonkey]

Britain’s biggest lottery winner dies after short illness. A few months after announcing plans to divorce....


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7831417/B...


I hope he went out with a bang and had spent some serious money.

[Gecko1978]

I seem to recall they set up a charity and were very pro SNP. Sad to die relatively young and to hear of their separation but proves what I have always felt money won't make you happy but gives you freedom to do what you like.

[Thankyou4calling]

Everyone dies suddenly!

One second you are alive, next second you are dead.

That’s how it works.

[Penelope Stopit]

Thankyou4calling said:

Everyone dies suddenly!

One second you are alive, next second you are dead.

That’s how it works.

Interesting

[Byker28i]

71 - decent age for scotland? Average life expectancy is 77

[anonymous-user]

Being Scottish he probably still has every last penny sat in his bank account.

[RDM]

Elatino1 said:

Being Scottish he probably still has every last penny sat in his bank account.

Apart from all the millions he gave to charity, even more if you class Partick Thistle as a charity 8*)

But you carry on, pathetic stereotyping is always hilarious.

[loskie]

Let's be honest here. The pair of them looked like heart attack candidates if you see the photos of them from the day they won the lottery.
A sad but true reflection of the health of the Scottish population.
Just walk down any Scottish high street and look around.

[anonymous-user]

Not a lotto fun for him, RIP big guy as least you got to live your dream.

[TTmonkey]

In their lottery reveal film, where they are seen celebrating, her body language to his advances for a celebratory kiss are weird.

[soad]

loskie said:

Let's be honest here. The pair of them looked like heart attack candidates if you see the photos of them from the day they won the lottery.
A sad but true reflection of the health of the Scottish population.
Just walk down any Scottish high street and look around.

[p4cks]

Thankyou4calling said:

Everyone dies suddenly!

One second you are alive, next second you are dead.

That’s how it works.

You don't half post some st on here

[Thankyou4calling]

p4cks said:

You don't half post some st on here

Really? I’ve posted a fact!

[Welshbeef]

From the press reports they did give money to local charities and (even though I don’t agree with their political standing) invested a lot to the SNP.

They had 38 years of marriage then things changed after the lotto win.

I’d personally have hired a full time personal trainer to get me into the best shape I could be. But hey as long as you enjoy yourself what does it matter

[p4cks]

Thankyou4calling said:

p4cks said:

You don't half post some st on here

Really? I’ve posted a fact!

Not quite. Someone diagnosed with incurable cancer lives a long, slow death. There's nothing 'sudden' about that. On the other hand, people who die from SADS or say a car accident very much die suddenly.

I don't know if you meant to come across like that or not so I'm sorry if I've jumped the gun, but you sounded like an absolute prick saying that.

[StevieBee]

Thankyou4calling said:

Everyone dies suddenly!

One second you are alive, next second you are dead.

That’s how it works.

Sometimes but not always.

There's a woman in the US that was declared deceased some years ago yet he family kept her on life-support because despite her passing the various 'dead tests' she continued to menstrate. Many other similar examples.

[Thankyou4calling]

p4cks said:

Not quite. Someone diagnosed with incurable cancer lives a long, slow death. There's nothing 'sudden' about that. On the other hand, people who die from SADS or say a car accident very much die suddenly.

I don't know if you meant to come across like that or not so I'm sorry if I've jumped the gun, but you sounded like an absolute prick saying that.

Someone diagnosed with cancer doesn’t have a long slow death.

During cancer they are alive until the second they are dead.

They are living with cancer ( or anything else) then they’re dead.

[p4cks]

I think we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one.

[Thankyou4calling]

p4cks said:

I think we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one.

Fair enough

[StanleyT]

I don't know why anyone is surprised. You're statistically more likely to die on any given day than win the lottery............so the odds came in on one and then the other gets called........no surprise there.


A friend won a million on the Lotto about 15 years ago. He stayed "private". Some of the advice given to him was along the lines of:
- Whilst we want you to go public to publicise the Lotto, be prepared for the stresses that come with suddenly having a lot of money and it being made public. Apparently there is a very high rate of divorce and alcoholism / drug abuse / liver failure compared to the general population in post Jackpot Lotto winners. ca 30% go public and 50% of them are in some sort of trouble in the next 5 years.
- Of those that choose not to go public, a little mentioned option rather than take all your cash in one go is turn it into an annuity to pay out (which is what my mate did) over many years / life. Then get on with a quiet, less stressful more fulfilling life. This group has a much lower rate of divorce (*) and alcoholism / drug abuse / liver failure compared to the general population in post Jackpot Lotto winners.



(*) mate did get divorced soon after the win - they were already living separately. The lotto winnings didn't count as an asset "earnt" in the marriage so as she was equally as well off as him prior and their house was 50:50 bought, no kids etc he got to keep the lot. You've never seen such a woman scorned when she found that out!