To find what’s happened to Michael Mosley quite anxiety provoking

He certainly made an impact on me with his programmes. I’ve changed many things I do because of him and he had a lot more to give. He was an extraordinary man in many ways.

It's not a world event. And your personal attack is uncalled for.

I get anxious but I actually think dropping dead sounds perfect.

I can look back at my life and things that I've done that could be foolhardy.

Assessing risk and taking sensible precautions to reduce the risk - I've walked in heat before and that was in a big city. I can't imagine what it must have been like walking in that heat - and then slowly developing heat stroke.

We can assess our risk when we do activities - and take steps to minimise the risk

This. His death was utterly preventable and I’m sure that while his family are distraught they are also angry too.

I'm far more worried by the idea of a slow death by a terminal illness, or a descent into dementia, than a sudden death tbh. I'd rather not know it was coming. As for solitary walking - I would never do that anywhere remote or at all far from home, as I am appalling at finding my way anywhere.

He might have had a heart attack or stroke though. They don't know why he died yet. Even if it wasn't a heart attack or stroke we also don't know that his advice was correct and that he had "out smarted" his genetics because he didn't get to the age most of his male relatives who did die from heart disease.

How very lovely that some people get to wake up happily, with joy and a sense of adventure, not knowing that this day will be the day that they die.

No worrying diagnosis, no drawn out suffering and decline, no heartache knowing time with loved ones is limited, and worrying what will become of them. No feelings of guilt for leaving people behind or seeing/imagining them suffer. Just living life in the moment with a joyful imagined future stretched out like an innocent illusion.

However, for the family it is incredibly tough to loose a loved on so suddenly. My thoughts are with his wife, children and brother.

I also feel like he should knew the risks. I was thinking he helped so many people so surely he had a lot of good karma but dying like this was so sad. It was in a way very unfair from this point of view.

I think this response has highlighted to me exactly why I find it so distasteful.

This isn't a 'world event'. It's one family's private tragedy. Or it would have been were it not for the fact his work as a doctor took him on to TV (how and why that happened is irrelevant).

It wasn't a terrorist attack, a war or a natural disaster. It was a family holiday that ended in tragedy because of series of events which occurred following the private and personal decisions of one infallible human. And the result of these will be felt by his entire family and anyone who personally knew him for years to come.

And long after you have found another 'world event' to ruminate over.

Moving on from the specific case (which has had far too much coverage), the reality is that any of us could die at any time. And that's fine..... if I die tonight, so what? I probably won't know anything about it. Far better than doddering on in poor health until I'm 90 or - even worse - the unimaginable horror of living forever!
We should all just make the most of how much or little time we have, enjoy ourselves, stop stressing and, above all, stop fussing about our ailments. What will be, will be.....

This is my thought too. He previously stated that there were heart problems in his family.

I totally agree, such basic and rudimentary errors. I cannot eulogise the man, its sad but compared to the many many tragic and horrific things we see happen (particularly to children and vulnerable people who do not have MM's wealth and intellect), it really is not impactful (not withstanding to his family of course).

I just think once your time's up death will get you one way or another. For example, if you get so frightened to go out if in case something happens, you may trip and fall down the stairs.
Micheal Mosley actively sought to love a long and healthy life and did everything possible. Even not taking his phone was probably deliberate as he said he often left it behind to live in the moment. Death found a way of getting him.

Very true.

Michael Mosley's death is so desperately sad and I think pretty much everyone is upset about it. I think in a way it is really sad in that he had put in a lot of work to beat his own genetics to try and live a longer, healthier life with his family and he then shared his experiences with us. It's difficult because he died as you say due a series of choices that put him on a path nobody would have expected and the fact that if even one thing had been different then the outcome might have been different is tough to get your head round, but it could literally happen to anyone. Then at the same time it is kind of comforting to know that it wasn't a heart attack or stroke because then his legacy that you can make positive changes that out smart your genetics can live on if you see what I mean?

As for everyone it is true, we never know the day and we should all be more grateful for the time we do have with our loved ones when we and they are here.

If he was feeling unwell maybe he would have sadly died that day anyway back at the hotel. My husband's work colleague said he was going for a walk as didn't feel right. An hour or so later he died suddenly in the street.

I think we’re all shocked because it was just so avoidable. People don’t generally die because they’ve gone for a 1.5 mile walk.

I can't stop thinking about this case.

I suppose if he had an umbrella it blocked his view slightly and where he was going. He may have missed a sign.

What I don't understand is when he got to the top, he must have seen that going to way he was going wasn't the right way, but he kept on going?

Maybe he ended up walking that way to see his family/friends across the bay again.

I just find it tragic.

I just can't understand why the people at that holiday resort didn't walk up to the fence or look around the premises if someone was missing.

While everyone makes mistakes his was the type of error you would expect noone over the age of 25 to make. A rookie error from someone who spent his career advising and sometimes criticising people for the way they did things.

Couldn’t agree more. Whenever death or tragedy occur it seems humans want to distance themselves and give any number of reasons why such a fate has befallen the deceased and the reasons why it would never happen to them. It could be “ I would never jet ski so it wouldn’t happen to me “ to “ I’m fit and healthy they ate too many takeaways/ it would never happen to me”. The point is it absolutely could happen to anyone at anytime. Sure some people take more risks than others but people die all the time who don’t expect to. People who don’t take risks/ people crossing the road, sitting at home, death is part of life . Let’s not pretend the poor guy did something incredibly radical here. He obviously went for a walk and took a shade with him . He got lost as a result of being taken unwell. It could happen to anyone. We just have to have acceptance that we will all die at some point. There really isn’t anything much to be done to prevent it. You can certainly try to slow a small proportion of disease but so much is outside our control accidents, crime, cancers, neurological and motor diseases. Just see each day as a bonus and try to savour the glimmers of happiness

This is a nice way to think of it x

Things happen and he wasn't expecting to die.
Always wise after the event.

Having done a lot of cliff walking in France, I can see that even if he'd realised he'd taken a wrong turn, that knowing the area he'd be better to go up and over for a quicker route to civilisation.

Like you say it's a moot point now.

So do l. I thoroughly enjoyed his podcasts and programmes and he came across so well.
Just so sad.