Alan Thicke’s death raises question: When should seniors hang up their skates?
A cardiologist says there’s no right age for someone to hang up their skates in the wake of Alan Thicke’s death from a heart attack after playing hockey with his son.
The Canadian actor died Tuesday in Los Angeles at the age of 69.
Dr. Todd Anderson, director of the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta and spokesman for the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation, said he tells healthy patients to enjoy activities such as hockey.
“I caution them about doing it to extremes, you know go out and enjoy yourself, get some activity, but don’t play like you’re 25,” Anderson said. “For other individuals that have significant heart disease, then I tend to discourage that kind of activity.”