>> he was the center of our universe as a family. >> reporter: judge eddie lovelace was a healthy 78-year-old man, worked full-time, walked three miles a day. when in the middle of september, he started feeling dizzy and slurring his speech. >> he didn't get to finish his sunday school lesson, and that individual was a long-time member of his sunday school. he said he had never witnessed that happen before. >> he was in the kitchen and he said, my legs don't work right. he said there's something wrong with my legs. >> reporter: lovelace, had had a stroke. but tolders at vanderbilt hospital told his daughter, a nurse, it was one of the strangest strokes they'd seen. >> they couldn't give me any explanation. they told me that a stroke that occurred in this area of the brain was usually seen by prolonged uncontrolled hypertension, which he did not have. no. >> reporter: lovelace died five days after being admitted to the hospital. >> it was a nightmare. >> reporter: later the doctors put it together. lovelace had been in a car accident and received three injections with steroids for back

. >>> a kentucky grandfather got a steroid injection to relieve pain, eddie lovelace, and now he's dead. he was really healthy, walked three miles a day, taught sunday school and worked full time as a judge. he's 1 of 15 that died. elizabeth cohen talked with his heartbroken family. >> lord give us the strength to go forward. >> reporter: something's missing in the lovelace house. five generations gather in mourning. >> i lost all i've got. >> reporter: eddie lovelace, husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, sunday school teacher at his church and a circuit court in albany, dead, a suspected case of fungal meningitis. >> what do you miss? >> he was the center of r universe as a family. >> reporter: judge eddie lovelace was a healthy 78-year-old man, worked full-time, walked three miles a day. when in the middle of september, he started feeling dizzy and slurring his speech. >> he didn't get to finish his sunday school lesson, and that individual was a long-time member of his sunday school. he said he had never witnessed that happen before. >> he was in the kitchen and he said,

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. >> he was the center of our universe as a family. >> judge eddie lovelace was a healthy 78-year-oldee mimes a a day when in the middle of september he started feeling dizzy and slurring his speech. >> he was in the kitchen and he said my legs don't work right, there's something wrong with my legs. >> reporter: lovelace had had a stroke. he died five days after being admitted to the hospital. >> it was a nightmare. >> reporter: later the doctors put it together. lovelace had been in a car accident and received three injections with steroids for back and neck pain. the medicine he received was likely made by the new england compounding center. after his death, these injections were recalled due to contamination that can cause strokes. now all the family can do is remember the devoted public servant, the grandfather who let his granddaughters play with barbies behind the bench while they were little while he heard court cases. >> he was the most intelligent man i've ever met. his memory was uncanny. if you needed advice, irregardless of what the subject was, you could always take his a

. >> eddie lovelace, husband, father, grandfather, great grand father, nday schoolteacher at his churchircuit court judge in albany, kentucky, dead, a suspected kay of fungal meningit meningitis. [ sobbing ] he was the center of our universe. as a family. >> judge eddie lovelace was a healthy 78-year-old man, worked full time, walked three miles a day and when in the middle of september he started feeling dizzy and slurring his speech. >> he didn't get to finish his sunday school lesson and that individual is a longtime member of his sunday school and he said he had never witnessed that happen before. >> he was in the kitchen and he said, my legs don't work right. he said, there's something wrong with my legs. >> lovelace had had a stroke. the vanderbilt said this was one of the drankest strokes they had ever seen. >> they couldn't give me any explanation. they told me that a stroke that occurred in this area of the brain was usually seen by prolonged uncontrolled hypertension, which he did not have. >> lovelace died five days after being admitted to the hospital. >> he was a nightmare.

eddie lovelace, husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, sunday school teacher at his church in albany, kentucky, dead, a suspected case of fungal meningitis. what do you miss? >> he was the center of our universe as family. >> reporter: judge eddie lovelace was a healthy 78-year-old man, worked full time, walked three miles a day when in the middle of september he started feeling dizzy and slurring his speech. >> he was in the kitchen and he said my legs don't work right. he said there's something wrong with my legs. >> reporter: lovelace had had a stroke. lovelace died five days after being admitted to the hospital. >> it was a nightmare. >> reporter: later the doctors put it together. he had been in a car accident and received three injections with steroids for back and neck pain. the medicine he received was likely made by the new england compounding center. after his death reinjections were recalled because of fungal contamination which can cause strokes. now all his family can do is remember the devoted public servant, the grandfather who let his granddaughters play wit

eddie lovelace, husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, sunday school teacher at his church,, a suspected case of fungal meningitis. >> he was the center of our universe as a family. >> reporter: he was a healthy 78-year-old man. worked full-time, walked three miles a day. when in the middle of september, he started feeling dizzy and slurring his speech. >> he was in the kitchen and he said, my legs don't work right. he said there's something wrong with my legs. >> reporter: lovelace had had a stroke. lovelace died five days after being admitted to the hospital. >> it was a nightmare. >> reporter: later the doctors put it together. lovelace had been in a car accident and received three injections with steroids for back and neck pain. the medicine he received was likely made by the new england compounding center. after his death, these injections were recalled because of fungal contamination, which can cause strokes. now all his family can do is remember the devoted public servant, the grandfather who let his granddaughters play with barbies behind the bench when they were lit

. >> judge eddie lovelace was a healthy 78-year-old man, worked full-time, walked three miles a day,r, he started feeling dizzy and slurring his speech. >> he was in the kitchen and he said my legs don't work right. he said there's something wrong with my legs. >> lovelace had had a stroke. lovelace died five days after being admitted to the hospital. >> it was a nightmare. >> later, the doctors put it together. lovelace had been in a car accident and received three injections with steroids for back and neck pain. the medicine he received was likely made by the new england compounding center. after his death, these injections were recalled because of fungal contamination which can cause strokes. now all his family can do is remember the devoted public servant, the grandfather who let his granddaughters play with r barbies when they were little. court cases. >> he was the most intelligent man that i ever met. his memory was uncanny. if you needed advice, ir regardless of what the subject was, you could always take his and trust it. >> reporter: his family looks back and asks why. >> t