heart attack

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A cardiac arrest, which is different from a heart attack, can happen for a number of different reasons.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

There was also tragedy in their family life -- in 2016 their eldest daughter, Laurence, died aged 58, after a heart attack and having suffered with anorexia since 1974.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

The last sitting California governor with facial hair in his official portrait was James “Sunny Jim” Rolph, a cheery Republican with a toothbrush mustache who died of a heart attack in office in 1934.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Hagi was appointed Romania's manager for the second time in April, taking over from Mircea Lucescu, who died at the age of 80 following a heart attack.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

I’m too young to have a heart attack, right?

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh