The Custer County Chronicle reports that Walter Eagle Tail passed away after competing in a hot dog eating contest today. Earlier today, Jared Patterson announced that an eating contest competitor in South Dakota needed CPR and an ambulance. update CusterCountyNews.com has an article (which says the same thing as the facebook post).

July 3, 2014 at 9:14 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities, South Dakota | Permalink * Comments (16)

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  1. anonymous said

    July 3, 2014 @ 9:31 pm

    Its not only fucked up that the man died but nature of the death. I mean really how can family menbers explain to the people coming to the funeral paying their respects that he died competing in a hot dog contest . It might be even harder for the guy delivering the sermon

  2. anonymous said

    July 3, 2014 @ 9:37 pm

    Were they Nathans hot dogs

  3. Nostradamus said

    July 3, 2014 @ 9:42 pm

    Custer’s revenge.

  4. anonymous said

    July 3, 2014 @ 10:31 pm

    How old was he

  5. Henry Whitgney said

    July 4, 2014 @ 12:55 am

    Walter Eagle Tail was a resident of Custer SD and a Native American. He was an artist and exhibited his work at the Crazy Horse Memorial Educational and Cultural Center.

  6. anonymous said

    July 4, 2014 @ 11:32 am

    This wouldn’t have happened if he prepared with that wheat stuff to make him healthier and a better eater.

  7. Anonymous said

    July 4, 2014 @ 1:57 pm

    Wow, some of you people have no respect. The man died at a hot dog contest, would it been better if he died at his house? You medical experts know the cause of death with no medical information, very impressive. I challenge you to come to the sermon. Talk to the people who knew him, and see if “Custers revenge”, more “wheat” played a part.

  8. Send all calls.. said

    July 4, 2014 @ 2:41 pm

    Miki is now the new face of competitive eating.

  9. anonymous said

    July 4, 2014 @ 2:51 pm

    George Shea should be conducting the sermon. Despicable i say despicable

  10. Oops said

    July 4, 2014 @ 2:52 pm

    Have you guys seen her FBI indictment? Yuk. Don’t worry Rich LeLeach can explain.

  11. Anonymous said

    July 4, 2014 @ 2:53 pm

    New face? She had the most unremarkable winning total in over a decade!

  12. Nostradamus said

    July 4, 2014 @ 2:54 pm

    I see a woman heading for trouble of biblical proportion!

  13. Nostradamus said

    July 4, 2014 @ 3:23 pm

    People die every day. That is the cold reality of life.

  14. Anonymous said

    July 6, 2014 @ 5:55 pm

    I was visiting Custer for the 4th, and it was all anyone could talk about. People need to learn empathy, even if they find this comical.

  15. Anonymous said

    July 7, 2014 @ 10:32 pm

    I was there on Thursday and i watched him fall. I saw them working on him, trying to save his life. I saw a woman i can only assume wad his poor wife desperately trying to help. This isn’t something to make jokes about. It was very sad, he was somebody very special to many people. It was traumatizing for everyone there including my children. My prayers go out to his family. It put a very somber mood on the whole 4 th of July event.

  16. Sad Situation said

    July 8, 2014 @ 3:42 am

    This is very sad and I feel sorry for his family. Within another year or two we’ll see a well known major league eater succumb while practicing, which outwardly is not condoned by mle, but inwardly is encouraged, so that totals look more impressive. It will take the death of an eating star to bring this unsafe practice to light.

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