Real Life ‘Blue Man’ Paul Karason Dies

Paul Karason, the man who's skin turned blue after treating himself with colloidal silver for a skin condition, has died. He was 62.Karason became famous after making appearances on television talking about how his long-term use of the colloidal silver may have led to his skin turning blue.

A story in the Huffington Post reported that Karason had recently suffered a heart attack and stroke and had been treated for pneumonia but did not give the cause of death.

In this 2007 interview with CNN, Paul Karason talks about his use of colloidal silver.