So Roger Ailes died after falling and hitting his head. Cue Alex Jones.

[Siwsan]

I don't visit any right wing sites, or listen to any right wing radio, but I'm guessing the conspiracy theory should start flying, fast and furious, any second now. No doubt his childhood diagnosis of hemophilia won't even hit their radar

[kimbutgar]

1. Could it be a Putin take down?

[Siwsan]

4. It sounds like he was in a pretty precarious health situation, to begin with

I remember my mom taking quite a few falls, during her last years. Thankfully she never broke anything, or never hit her head.

[kimbutgar]

9. My mother fell down her front stairs and cracked her skull

She had dementia and though she lived another 7 years she never was the same again.

[Siwsan]

11. My mom fell and injured her arm. She also had dementia, and she never recovered from the fall

It was a nasty injury, but no breaks. She rapidly went downhill, and died about a month later.

At about the same time, my aunt fell and broke her hip. She lasted 9 months, after that. 2015 was rough.

[sharp_stick]

2. Damn those Clintons

I can't wait for the conspiracy wackos to start going out of their minds.

[louis-t]

3. "Yes, but he fell and struck the right side of his head"

"Why are the bruises on the left side of his head?"
I shouldn't make jokes. My aunt fell down the stairs last month and broke her neck. She died a few hours later.

[Siwsan]

8. Falling is such a common cause of injury and death, for the elderly

Especially when they hit their heads.

[greymattermom]

13. I'm a neuroscientist

and did the first basic research on the reason for worsened outcomes after brain injury in the elderly. It's heartening to see that folks know about this.

[Siwsan]

16. I lived through it with my mom, dad and my aunt

Falls pretty much expedited their deaths.

[gopiscrap]

5. so fight fire with fire

come up with our own conspiracy theory such as Murdoch had Ailes rubbed out because old Roger about to spills the beans regarding Fox and it's culture and practices

[gratuitous]

6. They're still trying to explain Justice Scalia's death

I mean, who ever heard of an overweight 78-year-old smoker of sedentary lifestyle and perpetually bilious attitude toward life just suddenly dropping dead of a heart attack? No, something else must be involved! The same nonsense will be unpacked and used to explain the sudden, baffling death of Roger Ailes, the very picture of a healthy 77-year-old.

[dalton99a]

7. Ailes fell down because Obama tripped him.

[louis-t]

10. Thanks, Obama.

[Doreen]

15. Obama killed them both, didn't you know?

[librechik]

12. there's already a thread here suggesting Murdoch did it to shut Ailes up about collusion with Trump

so if it's here, it's elsewhere.

[Initech]

14. It was a conspiracy by the illumanati to install a puppet regime in Fox News!

And it's all part of the liberal media conspiracy to turn us into gay wizards by putting chemicals in the water supply and hiring out of control immigrant farm workers to put poison in our foods! Grow your own food and filter your water to save yourselves!!!! I WILL KICK YOUR ASS IF YOU TURN US INTO GAY WIZARDS!!! I WILL SEND YOU TO THE FIERY DEPTHS OF HELL!!!!! I am sorry to our Christian affiliates - I am a Christian. I will not let that happen again.

/Alex Jones impersonation

[Phentex]

17. I think his wife poisoned him first

retirement wasn't good for either of them