Dale Roe writes about television for the Austin American-Statesman.
He's worked at the American-Statesman for 10 years and has written family movie and video game reviews as well as watched lots of TV. Dale directs, writes and performs with Austin's Gag Reflex comedy ensemble, is a freelance illustrator and has contributed stories and reviews to Macworld magazine. He lives in Round Rock with his wife, two children and a dog named Apollo who barks whenever he hears another dog bark on television.
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Austin actor Doug Taylor died, but not — as so many actors do — onstage. As Taylor tells it, he suffered a heart attack in 2002 and met up with a group of deceased kin under the shadow of a large oak tree. Three days later he awoke in the hospital to a strange twist involving his grandfather who, 300 miles away, had suffered a heart attack at the same time.
Taylor tells his story tonight on a Discovery Health special, “I Was Dead,” airing at 8 p.m. tonight on Discovery Health Channel.
Here’s a preview of the special. Taylor is the second man appearing in the clip:
Please relay to Doug how incredible his story is. I loved it! But I must tell him that the oak tree he saw in his NDE was most likely not a tree but the negative image of the inside of a heart, which looks almost exactly like a large oak tree. That's exciting and amazing at the same time! And it makes perfect sense -- especially given the heart attack his grandfather suffered and the symbolism of the heart itself. AMAZING!
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By Sophia Churchill
January 5, 2010 12:25 PM | Link to this
Please relay to Doug how incredible his story is. I loved it! But I must tell him that the oak tree he saw in his NDE was most likely not a tree but the negative image of the inside of a heart, which looks almost exactly like a large oak tree. That's exciting and amazing at the same time! And it makes perfect sense -- especially given the heart attack his grandfather suffered and the symbolism of the heart itself. AMAZING!