I can't recall exactly but it was about 6-12 months before he died I spoke with a clueless Piana fanboy at the gym and told him I thought Rich would be dead within 2 years. He was like, why?

I told him he was on so much shit, gear, massive rec drugs, dangerous fillers in his muscles - an obvious suicide mission. I think he was trying to kill himself, he knew it was coming soon.
Plus one of his exes said a few years earlier that docs had told him his lab values were alarming, kidneys etc, but never went to follow-up appointments.
I wonder if the average "fan" could tell how messed up on recs he was in all his videos? Probably not, even though he spoke about the dope openly.