The news that Lamar Odom is already dead spread quickly through Twitter right after he was found Unconscious on Tuesday Afternoon at Dennis Hof's Love Ranch in Las Vegas.
According to TMZ, a witness from the bothel said that he was partying with some girls and had taken 10 Reload pills over the course of three days prior to his collapse. The FDA has already warned that these pills are dangerous because they contains sildenafil, an active ingredient in Viagra, that can lower heart pressure to dangerous levels.
In another report, TMZ said that an episode of "Keeping with the Kardashians" triggered the incident at the brothel. According the witnesses, Lamar Odom appeared normal until he got a call from someone about the KUWTK show. The women who were with Lamar then revealed that he went ballistic over how he was portrayed at the reality TV show.
When the news about Odom broke, rumors of his death were quick to dominate the media. According to RumorFix, #RIPLamar became a trending topic on Twitter the day after he was found unconscious in Las Vegas. Even two celebrities, NBA star J.R. Smith and Lil Wayne got tricked by this twitter trend, with Lil Wayne tweeting, "R.I.P LO Dam man. My blessings to ur fam and friends."
But the death rumors aren't true, although Odom is still in a critical condition. Odom was taken to a nearby hospital by an ambulance and they were able to stabilize him along the way. At the first hospital he was intubated before he was transported to a second hospital in Pahrump where he is still in a coma.
Odom is still alive but his breathing is being assisted by machines as his heart and other organs are failing. Lamar Odom's ex-wife Khloe Kardashian, accompanied by her mother Kris Jenner and sister Kim Kardashian, flew to Las Vegas to be at his bedside.
The rumors that the NBA star is already dead, which quickly spread through Twitter, are not true. For now he is still unconscious in a critical condition.
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