Many celebrity death hoaxes seem random and appear to come out of nowhere, but those who have been keeping track of Dog know that he has experienced some health complications over the past few months. Just a few months after his wife Beth Chapman died of throat cancer, Dog was hospitalized in Colorado. Reports stated that he had experienced chest pain, which led many to believe that Dog had suffered a heart attack.

Ultimately, it was reported that the episode was related to stress and blood pressure, but it was not technically a heart attack. Some theorized that Dog was suffering from broken heart syndrome, which the Cleveland Clinic characterizes as “a group of symptoms similar to those of a heart attack, occurring in response to physical or emotional stress.” Dog has certainly been struggling since his beloved wife’s death, as is evidenced by many of his tweets and public comments.