25 year old guy dies while playing Wii Fit

Posted Mar 30, 2009 at 3:01PM by Glenn M. Listed in: Wii Tags: Nintendo
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Wii Fit - Image 1Tim Eves enjoyed fishing, played drums in a band, and had an active lifestyle. But one day, while "jogging" on Nintendo's Wii Fit game, right in front of his girlfriend and another friend, he suddenly stopped, slumped on the floor, and he was dead just minutes later.

He just got off the phone with his mom, June, when he died, saying he was playing with the Wii. "We spoke to him on the phone when he was playing on the Wii machine. He told us he had just ordered himself a kebab and was sitting there with a glass of port," she said. "But a little while after he had put the phone down, he collapsed for no reason. It was completely out of the blue."

Tim died March 4th after returning from Portugal, where he celebrated his mom's 50th birthday. "Tim packed so much into the 25 years that even if he had lived another 25 years he couldn't possibly have made any more friends," his dad Alan said.

The cause of death is still unknown, but his family has been told that it may have been Sudden Adult Death Syndrome. It's rather curious though as to what exactly triggered Tim's death, especially when he was doing something that was supposed to be healthy.



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Via Telegraph

 
 
 

Comments

by emcp - 2009-03-30 16:03:45
mmm

it could also be the notorious Death syndrome
by Nyutan - 2009-03-30 17:09:32
I believe...

He lived his life to the fullest so much that he did what he needed to so he didn't have to stay as long.
by Lethal_NFS - 2009-03-30 17:11:13
WTF?

The story says he died while on the phone. The title says he died while playing the Wii. He could have been taking a dump prior to the phone call and this story would be called "Man dies while on the crapper"
by - 2009-03-30 17:30:44
he was playing the wii when he died

"But a little while after he had put the phone down, he collapsed for no reason. It was completely out of the blue." - quoted from his mother, which is also on the article
by Lethal_NFS - 2009-03-30 20:46:19
ummmm

So he put the phone down and died. Sounds like he was on the phone to me. He was playing the Wii. "He told us he had just ordered himself a kebab and was sitting there with a glass of port,"
by Musev - 2009-03-31 00:41:23
...

I suppose you belive in god and the tooth fairy too.
by HIMFan - 2009-03-31 10:49:56
Lethal_NFS is right.

Or close to it, it's hard to tell. Mainly cause the mother said she talked to him while he was on the "Wii Machine" and then IMMEDIATELY after she says that in her quote she says that he was sitting there with a glass of port. So what it is mom?! Was he playing his Wii Machine or was he waiting for his kebob and sitting with his glass of port? Not to mention if his girlfriend and his other friend saw him just collapse onto the floor while playing then their story is conflicting with the mother's...I suspect foul play. :)
by Mister Common Sense - 2009-03-31 12:12:26
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Does this mean you have an equal chance of dying while on the bath scale? I mean, Wii fit is just an interactive bath scale.
by djman855555 - 2009-03-31 12:12:45
ah

wii sucks so bad this kids heart couldnt take it anymore. anyways death would be a sweet release for anyone who plays the wii
by ptspyder - 2009-03-31 14:47:37
Alright, Ill say it

See, the Wii kills.
by Tekkenlord - 2009-04-01 14:27:33
xD

the Wii is like the videotape from the ring movie only u dont die by an ugly little girl but from a really ugly game xDDDDD

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