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I am a bit surprised this happened. While working until 11PM every day is mentally frustrating, I am curious as to the physical toll it actually takes on your body. Said differently, is there a difference between being awake until 11PM every night and being at the office? I've watched analysts and associates in investment banking keep up this schedule for years at a time...

Now, if you told me he was getting in at 9 and leaving at 5 every day for 6 weeks, this would make sense and I can see how this would be problematic for Ogilvy. With what we have in this article, I think he suffered from a heart condition.

I live in Uruguay, and the kind of medical checks most of the population has are so superficial, most people who have a heart condition won't know about it until it hits (I haven't had a good checkout in years either !! I should, after reading this).

I know of a case here, the guy was one of 3 managers at a toxic company, the other 2 guys quit, and he took on their burdens. He died of a heart attack, at age 34. He thought he wasn't able to quit because of his children, but the result was obviously worse for them.

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