Kim Sjostrom wanted a real-life version of the film "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," which played in the background as friends fixed her hair and makeup before her own marriage ceremony, but less than an hour after she and Teddy Efkarpides were wed, Sjostrom crumpled in her husband's arms during a Greek song that means "Love Me" and died.I don't recall that happening in the film.
At 36, Sjostrom was dead from heart disease. She had a previous cardiac episode in her 20s and was a poster child — literally — for juvenile diabetes. During the couple's first dance, Sjostrom complained of being lightheaded. Efkarpides thought his wife, a diabetic, needed sugar, but she collapsed. Wedding guests, paramedics and doctors at a nearby hospital were unable to revive her.
John Henry had the same fate, but thankfully he wasn't wearing a wedding dress when he kicked the ironic bucket. What kind of folklore would that make? At least the most special day of her life was her last - talk about going out on top!
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