Roloff family friend and Little People, Big World cast
member Mike Detjen dies

post from reality blurred on 06 June 2008 08:28:38 AM. © reality blurred

Mike Detjen, a friend of the Roloff family who appeared on Little People, Big World, died Wednesday after having a heart attack. Mike was injured in the trebuchet accident that was featured on the show last year. In a letter posted on their web site, Matt Roloff wrote that "Mike was rushed to the hospital from his soccer club board meeting. At the time, it was believed he was having a heart attack. ... Coherent and alert, Mike was rushed into emergency surgery for a torn aorta. An aortic dissection is very serious, but the prognosis was that they would...

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