According to the bandвЂ™s website, the singer and songwriter вЂњsuccumbed to complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia.вЂќThe groupвЂ™s manager, Irving Azoff, told TheWrap that FreyвЂ™s medications played a part in his deathAlso Read: Glenn Frey's Death: Hollywood Remembers Eagles LegendвЂњThe colitis and pneumonia were side effects from all the meds,вЂќ Azoff said. вЂњHe died from complications of ulcer and colitis after being treated with drugs for his rheumatoid arthritis which he had for over 15 years.вЂќWhile Azoff declined to state which medications Frey was taking, Dr. Leavey, an internal medicine specialist at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore (who did not treat Frey), told TheWrap that medications for rheumatoid arthritis or ulcerative colitis can compromise the immune systemвЂ™s ability to fight off pneumonia.вЂњThe medications used for rheumatoid arthritis or ulcerative colitis can interfere with the normal immune response needed to fight anВ infective agent, such as a pneumonia, again leading to disaster,вЂќ Leavey said.Even the disease can lead to life-threatening conditions,Leavey cautioned.Also Read: Glenn Frey's Medication Contributed to His Death, Manager Says (Exclusive)вЂњRheumatoid arthritis, itself, can produce a condition which can allow ulcerative colitis, pneumonia, or both to become serious enough to threaten a life,вЂќ Leavey noted.вЂњWhether due to the disease or the medications used to treat them, the combination of rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis and pneumonia is one which would likely require maximal medical effort to fight,вЂќ he added.Also Read: Eagles Manager Irving Azoff Mourns Glenn Frey: 'He's Gone Way Too Soon'LaRita Jacobs, a rheumatoid arthritis advocate and Platinum Ambassador with the Arthritis Foundation, explained that rheumatoid arthritis and its treatment can work hand-in-hand to make sufferers more susceptible to other ailments. Glenn Frey, who was a founding member of American rock band, Eagles, rose to prominence as their lead singer.

Glenn Frey Lewis was an American singer, songwriter, actor and founding member of the rock band the Eagles. And вЂњby farвЂќ the most commonВ treatments for the illness involve chemotherapy, which tends to weaken the immune system.вЂњYouвЂ™re kind of getting a one-two punch there youвЂ™re getting both the punch from the disease itself, which plays havoc with you and causes other problems,вЂќ Jacobs said. вЂњAnd then on top of that, youвЂ™re trying to manage all of that with drugs that can have some very serious side-effects.вЂќCompounding matters, Jacobs notes, is that people can take chemotherapy treatment for rheumatoid arthritis for years, longer than they typically do for cancer.See video: 11 Memorable Glenn Frey Musical PerformancesPneumonia, Jacobs said, is вЂњabsolutelyвЂќ a commonВ danger under those conditions, though itвЂ™s also not uncommonВ for patients to die of an infection, вЂњbecause you canвЂ™t fight it вЂ¦ everything is more dangerous to you.вЂќAnother, overarching danger attached to rheumatoid arthritis, Jacobs said, is a lack of awareness in the general population as the disease is rarely listed as a cause of death.вЂњNobody knows how many people die of complications from things like rheumatoid arthritis,вЂќ Jacobs said. вЂњItвЂ™s under the radar.вЂќDespite having grappled with such a debilitating disease for so many years, Jacobs said Frey could very well have had his functional periods, such as tours, interviews and television shows, without the public being aware.вЂњIt does wax and wane, and there can be times when youвЂ™re faking it pretty well, and nobody knows,вЂќ she explained.However, she noted, that activity would probably have come at a price.вЂњIt wouldnвЂ™t surprise me in the least if, after he finished whatever he did, he collapsed for three, four days a week,вЂќ Jacobs said.

Glen Frey Photo Credit: WikipediaFrey and Henley formed a band together while on a tour. In 1968, Frey played the acoustic guitar and performed background vocals with SegerвЂ™s single, Ramblin Gamblin Man. He studied piano at age five, later switched to guitar and became part of the mid-1960s Detriot rock scene.After graduating from Dondero in 1966, he was invited to join the four Us, a local band led by Gray Burrows who has seen him performing with the subterranean.

After the Eagles disbanded, Frey achieved solo success in the 1980s, especially with two No.2 hits.FreyвЂ™s first foray into film was his starring role in LetвЂ™s Get Harry, a 1986 film about a group of plumbers who travel to Colombia to rescue a friend from a drug lord. The Eagles broke up around 1994. Steel guitar, mandolin and dobro forming the Eagles.

Glen Frey AgeGlen Frey was born on November 6, 1948, and died in 2016, he was 67 years old.Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Glen Frey Net WorthGlen Frey had an estimated net worth of $120 million. FreyвЂ™s next film appearance was a smaller role in Cameron CroweвЂ™s third film, Jerry Maguire (1996).

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