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7:08 pm - 10/05/2010

DAN GORDON-LEVITT, BROTHER OF JOSEPH, HAS PASSED AWAY - UPDATED: CAUSE OF DEATH



CAUSE OF DEATH: DRUG OVERDOSE. HE DIED MONDAY MORNING AT 3:58AM. MORE HERE: http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/51745108.html

UPDATE FROM FACEBOOK - SOURCE THX TO invisible_cunt

Burning Dan, we will miss you.
you were a shining light for our entire community
and although I know you would want us to smile, dance, and flow
I'm going to take a few moments to be sad for your passing.

For everyone who has not heard, Dan passed peacefully and unexpectedly Sunday night. In addition to founding and running Flow Temple, Dan was a celebrated poi-oneer who constantly challenged our thoughts on both how the tools could be used, and what good you could bring to the world through your art form.

He was also an incredibly sweet soul.

When we have information on a memorial service, we will pass it on.

Love you Dan.



FROM JGL'S TWITTER:



Msg from JGL + vid of Dan's spinning fire awesomenessCollapse )
nappyxheadedxho 6th-Oct-2010 12:57 am (UTC)
His tumblr
http://burningdan.tumblr.com/
ociousity 6th-Oct-2010 01:03 am (UTC)
it's scary to think that he was here just a day ago and now he's not DDDD:
mercibeaucul 6th-Oct-2010 01:19 am (UTC)
That's what I find so sobering. A few hours ago - almost a few minutes ago, really - he was a human being just like all of us here, out there somewhere, doing something. And now he's just gone... he's not here anymore. It makes you really vividly aware of the concept of mortality.

His poor, poor family.
klunker 6th-Oct-2010 12:57 am (UTC)
oh man, i'm sorry :(
mschatterboxxx 6th-Oct-2010 12:57 am (UTC)
OMG. RIP Dan. This is awful. My condolences to his family and friends. So heartbreaking.
kimberlli_jv 6th-Oct-2010 12:57 am (UTC)
That is so fucking sad and unexpected. RIP to his brother. I hope it didn't have anything to do with his whole fire-twirling stuff, because I know that some people wouldn't mind dying doing what they love, but damn death-by-fire ranks up high on the "painful ways of dying."
justmyowl 6th-Oct-2010 12:57 am (UTC)
what causes someone to pass peacefully but unexpectedly?
darkanddusty 6th-Oct-2010 12:58 am (UTC)
Coma, maybe? :(
zutxalors 6th-Oct-2010 12:59 am (UTC)
Complications from pneumonia. That's the only relative peaceful, but sudden cause of death I can think of.
sekhmet2 6th-Oct-2010 01:03 am (UTC)
That happened to a client of my office; he'd had pneumonia but they thought he was getting better. One day he didn't show up to work, and a friend of his went to check on him and found him dead in his bed. He said the guy was on his side, blanket pulled up to his chin, head on his pillow and looked like he was asleep, so it must have certainly been quick and peaceful.
invisible_cunt 6th-Oct-2010 01:04 am (UTC)
since when is pneumonia fatal in young, relatively healthy people?
i had pneumonia as a child.

i know it's very dangerous in elderly people though....
youth_depraved 6th-Oct-2010 01:04 am (UTC)
sometimes people just don't wake up from sleeping. it happened to a friend of mine that i worked with. his heart just stopped one night and he never woke up, doctors said it was the most peaceful way one can go. he was only 16 at the time :/
tx5mym5 6th-Oct-2010 01:08 am (UTC)
Brain aneurysm? The worst part is that you get headaches days before you die.

Maybe some sort of blot clot or embolism.
shift_from_here 6th-Oct-2010 01:17 am (UTC)
An aneurysm.
royalantares 6th-Oct-2010 12:59 am (UTC)
RIP. The world is sad.
ostia_pyrosis 6th-Oct-2010 12:59 am (UTC)
So young? :(

Thats horrible. I couldn't imagine life without my younger sister - she's my best friend. Poor family :(
ociousity 6th-Oct-2010 01:00 am (UTC)
DDDDDDDD: RIP rastrent!JGL, condolences to JGL & his family.
riookierin 6th-Oct-2010 01:00 am (UTC)
WTF?!

Rest in peace, man.
generationxwing 6th-Oct-2010 01:00 am (UTC)
Oh my god, that's so sad. RIP. This has made me honestly sniffly.

But y'know what? When I go, I hope there's someone who loved me enough to say simply "She was fucking awesome."


I doubt there is, but we'll see.

yssim999 6th-Oct-2010 01:13 am (UTC)
i'll say it bb.
mercibeaucul 6th-Oct-2010 01:21 am (UTC)
This post has got me so emotional that your comment made me tear up.
sekhmet2 6th-Oct-2010 01:00 am (UTC)
So sad to hear that; my thoughts go out to JGL, his family and his brother's friends. What a tragic thing to have happen, especially to someone so young. :( RIP.
drinkingstars 6th-Oct-2010 01:00 am (UTC)
I feel so ridiculous, I don't know these men at all, but I felt like vomiting when I read this. Poor, poor, wonderful sweet Joe and his awesome brother. How could this happen??? DDDDDDDDDD:
lovemee12 6th-Oct-2010 01:01 am (UTC)
Oh no. :( At least he went peacefully.
_quietriot_ 6th-Oct-2010 01:01 am (UTC)
R.I.P :(
martinisnmakeup 6th-Oct-2010 01:03 am (UTC)
I've just been reading the comments and following this, unsure of what to say. I've been wondering why this is bothering me so much and I just realized it's because he reminds me a lot of my brother. Sad stuff.
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