Uneducated or not, if sitting on a chair or playing on so long (3 days!!) that you do not even realise your cardiovascular system collapsing or your brain passing out, then that is - well, to me its a candidate for a Darwin Award.
Even an epileptic or depressive patient feels and reports on such physical symptoms.
Tragic is the reaction of the other guests in that cafe when the guy was shaken by spasm or what it was: they did not react at all. Maybe a case for the state attorney...?