Posted on 03/21/2021 8:32:38 AM PDT by DFG
Texas Roadhouse founder and CEO Kent Taylor has died by suicide aged 65.
The restaurant chain announced the tragic news in a Facebook post, saying Taylor died on Thursday after experiencing from severe post-coronavirus symptoms, including tinnitus.
'Kent battled and fought hard like the former track champion that he was, but the suffering that greatly intensified in recent days became unbearable,' Taylor's family said in a statement.
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A tragic loss. I love Texas Roadhouse.
But this headline is a damned train wreck. COVID did not cause his suicide. He’s likely been battling demons for a LONG time, and the COVID LOCKDOWNS likely contributed to his demise.
It will still classified as a China Virus Death.
He had severe untreatable tinnitus. It drives a fair number to suicide.
If COVID caused the tinnitus, it indeed could have driven the suicide.
This is well documented in the Audiology profession.
Tinnitus leads to suicide?!
You’re right, there were undoubtedly other serious issues here. Let’s start with the lockdowns and the effects on his business. It’s not rocket science.
How sad. I’m very sorry about the loss to all his friends and family.
Texas Roadhouse was a good deal for what you paid and it always did a good biz. The Palm it wasn’t but you were not paying Palm prices. Sad to read.
That’s news to me re: tinnitus leading to suicide. I’ve had moderate to severe tinnitus for years and just ignore it and go about my life. Hearing loss in one ear, doctors don’t know the cause.
That’s news to me re: tinnitus leading to suicide. I’ve had moderate to severe tinnitus for years and just ignore it and go about my life. Hearing loss in one ear, doctors don’t know the cause.
This restaurant is always packed, very hard to get reservations. Great chain, excellent food. The warm rolls itself would be a meal.
Don’t know why all my posts this morning are doubled.
I have tinnitus.I’ve been told by Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary,a very famous eye,are,nose and throat hospital,that,in my case at least,it’s connected to moderate hearing loss. I suppose that mine isn’t the most serious case that can be found but I find mine annoying...but not a reason to contemplate suicide.
Color me doubtful. We wouldn't have many veterans if that was the case. I have lived with severe untreatable tinnitus for 53 years from a close rocket hit. It's maddening at times, frustrating as your hearing is crap a lot of the time. You do learn to put it more into the background though. I'm just skeptical that it would drive any normal person to off themselves. We live with a lot of other things much worse than tinnitus like chronic pain, nerve damage etc.
There wAs a sad case iof news reporter had lasik surgery. The pain was so intense she suicided and she had small children.
They only mention tinnitus and not any other "severe" post-covid symptoms he may have had. Some people do not come out of covid the same, and experience issues months later.
Prayers for his family and loved ones... we lost a good man.
The ONLY people white liberal 'elites' condemned because of this virus is traditional Americans who dare to call this the China virus. No 'apology' has been called for from the Chinese...that would be 'racist'. We we can call the Brazilian variant by it's location and the UK version by it's location. Looks like corrupt white liberal elites in DC are afr4aid of offending ONLY the Chinese government.
People don’t become suicidal in a matter of a few days or weeks. I’ve seen family members and friends absolutely ripped apart by depression and anxiety. They’ve suffered for YEARS and the COVID lockdowns have given them nothing to look forward to, nothing to run to for help. It’s wall-to-wall fear.
I had a best friend, a Marine who saw 5 TOURS of duty. Squad members wiped out. Survivors guilt like you read about it psychology texts. He suffered from tinnitus from a decade of war fighting. When he took his life, it was from despondence. From being surrounded by death. Tinnitus was never mentioned as anything but an inconvenience.
This man was already depressed. He was already dealing with demons. Tinnitus didn’t push him to suicide.
“He had severe untreatable tinnitus.”
Crickets.
I hate to hear of anyone suffering like that. Tinnitus is one of those afflictions can seem quite minor, until it happens to you and the doctor can’t do anything about it.
Another condition that is known to cause people to ‘lose it’
would be Eye Surgery complications.
**April 1, 2019, Jessica Starr, a popular Detroit meteorologist killed herself eight weeks after undergoing corrective eye surgery. She had a procedure called SMILE surgery: ‘Small Incision Lenticule Extraction, seen as being less invasive than Lasix surgery. The pain during recovery is ongoing in some patients.
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