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By\u00a0Erin Elizabeth<\/p>\n

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(Note from Erin<\/strong>: To read the unintended series of holistic doctor deaths, now at 80,\u00a0you can click here.<\/a>\u00a0We\u2019ve included a timeline, photos, sources, stories, and links. Many were friends or colleagues of Dr Mercola and mine, and we both miss them terribly.)<\/p>\n

Second update:<\/strong>\u00a0According to the obituary I read, Dr Winer did not have a wife or kids- although he did have cats (who I hope are adopted). I have also had some family write me and those updates are in the story.<\/p>\n

It is with a heavy heart that I bring you the sad news of the death of self-described holistic doctor, author, speaker, radio show host, James Winer, of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (just minutes from where I used to live).<\/p>\n

He was not just a legend in Pennsylvania, but far beyond, and known throughout the world as his friend says below in the video. I\u2019ve had patients write me from college age to the elderly (maybe more than any other death).\u00a0He was loved by all.<\/p>\n

Initially, Dr James Winer\u2019s office staff would not say publicly how or where he died, at least not that we could see. They stated they didn\u2019t want people calling the office asking questions, and, understandably, they\u2019d update folks later.<\/p>\n

But then our story came out 11 hours after their announcement (I wanted to give some time) and other sites followed suit.<\/p>\n

Within hours of our story, I\u2019m told the staff was inundated with so many more inquiries that they had to respond:\u00a0Dr Winer<\/strong>\u00a0had died of cardiac arrest, in Florida.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He was visiting the sunshine state, a place where we\u2019ve already lost so many holistic doctors in recent months.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have talked to someone I am 99% sure is a relative and they explain Dr Winer was found on a sidewalk. He didn\u2019t have an ID on him at the time. So he was brought in as a John Doe and they say he had a heart attack. He was missing for days alive, but they didn\u2019t know where. It appears he never regained consciousness, but local relatives were able to get there before he died and hold his hand when he passed just days ago.<\/b><\/p>\n

They said that the medical examiner said there was no need for an autopsy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are also looking for clarification about the peculiar comment by a female patient who told us she was recently waiting to see him speak in PA. When he didn\u2019t show up they were told he was stuck in traffic, then the event was\u00a0canceled. However, it seems he may have already been dead.\u00a0We will update you on that when we have more info.<\/p>\n

We have many cases of our own close friends whose prominent spouses or immediate family died. One example would be the famous best selling Manhattan author and holistic MD, Nick Gonzalez (see recap either #8 or #9 \u2013 we had 2 on the same day<\/a>). They initially stated it was a heart attack with Dr Nick, but then, since there had been many deaths I\u2019d written about, even his own wife (now our friend), decided to do an autopsy.<\/p>\n

Despite initial belief, they said it was\u00a0not a heart attack after all<\/strong>\u00a0with Dr Nick.<\/p>\n

I have met celebrity doctor Nick Gonzalez\u2019 wife Mary Beth Gonzalez, on several occasions and in multiple states around the US.\u00a0I\u2019ve even had dinner with her a few times and just had the pleasure of sitting next to her at an award ceremony last month in Florida where she was accepting an award on her late husband\u2019s behalf for his great work (I was shocked to receive one as well that night).<\/p>\n

We are truly sorry for the loss of a great life.<\/p>\n

Two of the last posts Dr Winer ever made were about the doctor deaths I have written about. Sadly, it wasn\u2019t my site where I have spent two and a half years putting the timeline together day by day as more die. It was some site just sharing my story and selling something with an infommercial video which is really awful. It\u2019s in very poor taste and the families of the doctors and I are sad and even angry to see those ads still up by whoever is behind them. We wish he\u2019d seen my stories instead with 78 doctors at the time, then 79 last week, and now, 80.<\/p>\n

Dr Winer also shared a story from my other half (going on nine years)\u00a0Dr Mercola, ironically about heart health:<\/p>\n

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Dr Winer\u2019s post made just days before he died about holistic doctors dying mysteriously<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Another story\u00a0Dr Winer posted days before he died by Dr Mercola, who I\u2019ve been with over 8 years.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n