RIP FAT BRIDE
The only thing Kim Sjostrom wanted more than a real-life reenactment of My Big, Fat Greek Wedding was the Greek-American husband who came with it: Teddy Efkarpides.
By the time the 36-year-old Davie Elementary School teacher married the 43-year-old Sunrise carpenter on Jan. 19 -- three years to the day after their first date -- she had had a Greek-themed bridal shower, gotten a ''Greek by Marriage'' T-shirt and practically memorized the movie, which played while friends did her hair and makeup before the ceremony.
''She couldn't wait,'' Efkarpides says.
The Hollywood version has a happy ending; the South Florida version doesn't. As 60 disbelieving guests looked on, Kimberly Sjostrom Efkarpides crumpled during the first dance at the reception and died in her new husband's arms.
They had been married for less than an hour
Blockages and premature hardening of the arteries, doctors told him. Logically, the wedding guests who knew her well suspected a diabetic complication -- her condition was hardly a secret -- that some sugar could fix.
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You know, this is very sad, i dislike the fat lifestyle, but this is what happens: Live unhealthy lifestyle, especially with diabetes, You will die..
