Perez Hilton's friends reportedly fear that his life-threatening battle with sepsis may be part of the larger picture surrounding his recent mental health crisis. The 48-year-old gossip blogger was hospitalized Tuesday after authorities responded to multiple reports that he was livestreaming acts of self-harm from inside his Miami home. Although Hilton's close circle reportedly suspects he may be experiencing psychological complications **** ociated with surviving sepsis, an expert cautioned that no direct connection can be established without a proper medical evaluation.
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Hilton spent three weeks in the hospital in March after developing an ulcer, a perforation and sepsis. His friends now reportedly fear that the traumatic medical ordeal may have affected his mental health in the months that followed.
"His health struggles this year have been extreme. The sepsis honestly almost killed him," a source told Page Six. "I don't know if people realize just how traumatic and horrific that was for him, both physically, but also emotionally."
Post-sepsis syndrome affects up to 50% of survivors and can involve "new or worsened physical, cognitive, and psychological problems for months to years after hospital discharge," according to the Sepsis Alliance.

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NASCAR plans to honor the life of legendary NASCAR driver Kyle Busch.
There will be a celebration of life at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Oct. 9. It will be held right after the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race.
It's free to attend.
Busch died from severe pneumonia that turned into sepsis in May.
NASCAR did not release any more details.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin O'Malley, who owned and operated minor league baseball teams in California, was a part-owner of the San Diego Padres for years and a son of former Los Angeles Dodgers president Peter O'Malley, died Tuesday. He was 50.
He died from complications of sepsis while in hospice care in Santa Barbara, the elder O'Malley said.
Kevin O'Malley was in New York on business last fall when he fell ill. He returned to Los Angeles for further care, but his health gradually declined, his father told The ***** ociated Press.
His grandfather, Walter O'Malley, owned the Dodgers from 1944-79 and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as an executive who expanded MLB to the West Coast. Peter O'Malley was president of the Dodgers from 1970-98.
Kevin O'Malley worked in the Dodgers organization at Great Falls, Montana, and Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Florida, in the late 1990s. He was co-founder and owner of Top of the Third Inc., which owned and operated the Stockton Mudville Nine and Visalia Rawhide, minor league teams in Central California.

Daveigh Chase's "devastated" mom has broken her silence after her daughter's shocking death at 35.
Cathy Chase admitted she was in disbelief to learn of her "sunshine" daughter's passing after having no contact with her since 2019.
The former child star, best known for her horrifying portrayal of Samara Morgan in 2002's The Ring, had battled addiction and reportedly lived near Los Angeles' infamous Skid Row.
Her death was announced on Wednesday, June 17, by her boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, who revealed Daveigh died following a battle with meningitis and "several serious blood infections" that led to sepsis.
"I was devastated. It felt like something inside of me squeezing all of the air out of me, and at the same time, it felt like I was exploding outwardly," Cathy told the Daily Mail.

Daveigh Chase, the horror actress who crawled out of a telly in The Ring and who voiced Lilo in Disney's animated Lilo & Stitch, has died aged 35.
Chase, who also starred in the cable drama Big Love, died from sepsis following a bout with meningitis in a Los Angeles hospital, her longtime manager John Ryan Jr confirmed to BBC News on Wednesday.
Ryan said that Chase had been admitted to hospital for malnourishment before her death.
The former child star began acting at 4 years old, booking her first Hollywood job when she was 7, but she retired from acting full time in 2015, he said.
"She was the greatest. She loved cats. She worked with cat rescues with us. She was very to herself, " said Ryan, her friend and manager of 15 years, noting that Chase would often retreat to her home in Las Vegas for years at a time and turn down big studio films to do independent projects.

Former child actress Daveigh Chase has died at 35, her boyfriend told TMZ
Chase voiced Lilo in Lilo & Stitch and won an MTV Movie Award for her role as Samara Morgan in The Ring
Chase's death followed a case of meningitis and "several serious blood infections," her boyfriend wrote in a GoFundMe page
Daveigh Chase, the actress who played Samara Morgan in The Ring, has died. She was 35.
Chase, who voiced Lilo in Lilo & Stitch, reportedly died after she contracted meningitis and "several serious blood infections," her boyfriend Roy Hernandez told TMZ, who first reported the news. Her recent health issues resulted in sepsis, he said, which caused her body to shut down.

Daveigh Chase, the actor who voiced Lilo in the animated "Lilo & Stitch" and played Samara in the American horror film "The Ring," has died. She was 35.
Chase's boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, told TMZ that she had been suffering from meningitis, which led to sepsis.
TMZ also reported that Chase was hospitalized in Los Angeles in early June due to malnutrition. Additional details about her death were not immediately available.
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Austin Hill will drive in the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet for the rest of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, team owner Richard Childress said on June 6 at Michigan.
Hill has filled in for the last couple races in the No. 33 after the death of Kyle Busch last month. Busch died on May 21 from complications of pneumonia that progressed into sepsis.
Hill, 32, had made occasional starts in a part-time RCR Cup Series entry over the last three seasons to go along with a full-time O'Reilly Auto Parts Series ride. Jesse Love is RCR's other full-time ORAPS driver, but the organization picked Hill to fill the seat.
"For right now, Austin is going to drive — as far as we're concerned — the rest of the year," Childress said. "We don't want to put a burden back on everybody trying to go from one driver to the other."
Hill earned a pair of 27th-place finishes in his first two Cup Series starts with the team heading into this weekend's race at Michigan.