About a month after the announcement of the passing of Tim "Eater X" Janus, the New York Times has published an obituary for him. His sister, Tess McNair, said that Janus was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2023 which resulted in truncation of his Foreign Service job in Mexico City.

October 14, 2026 at 11:40 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Tim "Eater X" Janus | Permalink * Comments (10)

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  1. anonymous said

    October 15, 2026 @ 1:53 am

    Lung cancer? I dont believe he ever even smoked So much for the theory that it was related to competitive eating

  2. ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)

    October 15, 2026 @ 7:47 am

    Andy Kaufman was another non-smoker who died early of lung cancer, but he was in smoke-filled comedy clubs of the 1970s

  3. anonymous said

    October 15, 2026 @ 8:08 am

    thats prob th deal second hand smoke I live in a building where some people smoke and it travels fromtheir apt to my bathroom or kitchen . One lady who finally dropped dead at 92 smoked to the day she croaked . Management turned deaf ear when i complained so i calmly knocked on her door and told her please stop smoking or else i will grab the cig and shove it down your throat Second hand smoke no joke Last check she died in nursing home Goodbye good riddance

  4. anonymous said

    October 15, 2026 @ 9:16 am

    Tim never smoked he hung out in many bars inhaling smoke from smokers or he might have gotten it from his co workers as a custom agent

  5. anonymous said

    October 15, 2026 @ 12:25 pm

    If i was a betting man i would say there are two and only two Mr Shmelkin haters that still congregate on this site because their family life is filled with misery and grade school mentality One who invested in rather expensive but noticeable hair plugs and the other one who resembles a gorilla that looks like he spray painted his scalp black if you notice in that video there is no hairline on the shorter golstein scalp just a mop of fake hair with an overabundance of just for men hair coloring

  6. anonymous said

    October 15, 2026 @ 1:49 pm

    the comment about going to the celeb of life just for free food is totally uncalled for

  7. Anonymous said

    October 15, 2026 @ 8:08 pm

    Lucky that his cancer wasn’t directly related to competitive eating. Would have been a real bad look for the sport if he had gastric or esophageal cancer.

  8. anonymous said

    October 15, 2026 @ 8:34 pm

    so deceased comp eaters are Tim Janus, Charles Hardy Stephanie Torres , Juliet Lee & Bryon Beard all names mentioned death was not related to competitive eating Boyd Bulot 2005 death undetermined

  9. anonymous said

    October 15, 2026 @ 8:36 pm

    Gavonne will probably kick the bucket real soon but he was never a comp eater so his death doesnt count

  10. anonymous said

    October 16, 2026 @ 8:47 am

    agree 808

  11. anonymous said

    October 16, 2026 @ 9:01 am

    Brian Dudzinski a very good eater quit compt eating altogether His water traing attempts of 3 gallons in one sitting nearly killed him ended up in emergency room He was also diagnosed with cancer but the type of cancer was not made public could have been esophageal for all we know Last check on FB his last post was 2022 and he hasnt responded to comments as well and that includes birthday wishes Same applies to Stephanie Wu whom i belive is deceased

  12. Patty Cake said

    October 16, 2026 @ 9:26 am

    Gavonne is gonna kick your ass, you disgusting piece of filth. The next time you show up at a contest in NYC your ass is grass.

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