Lyle Yingling died of a broken heart.

He had congestive heart failure, but his family and close friends contend that the news of his beloved wife’s death led him to heaven to be with her. picked by suebe 7 months ago

Consider someone who has just died of a heart attack. His organs are intact, he hasn't lost blood. All that's happened is his heart has stopped beating—the definition of "clinical death"—and his brain has shut down to conserve oxygen. But what has actually died? picked by super 3 years ago

Myra Nicholson (December 14, 1894 – September 20, 2007) was the oldest living Australian and the eleventh oldest validated person in the world following the September 15, 2007 death of French doyenne Marie-Simone Capony. picked by punthe 2 years ago

Actress Natasha Richardson died from bleeding in her skull caused by the fall she took on a ski slope, an autopsy found Thursday. The medical examiner ruled her death an accident, and doctors said she might have survived had she received immediate treatment. Update to this post. picked by equinox 8 months ago