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Why did so many actors die of "heart attacks"

posted 4 years ago by Adam60z (3781)
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I've looked up many actors age and cause of death and so many actors (especially from the '40s-'60s) died in their 40s supposedly of heart attacks. I mean I know acting is a stressful profession, but really?! Is it possible some of them were murdered and listed as heart attacks? Of course the smoking, drinking, etc. didn't help. Anyway here's a short list of some of them:
Cleo Moore age 48: heart attack
David Janssen age 48: heart attack
John Candy age 43: heart attack
Chris Penn age 40: enlarged heart
Brittany Murphy 32--heart attack
James Gandolfini 51- heart attack

[–] cj3333 (1046) 4 years ago

Probably all the coke and other hard drugs

[–] Otter (24464) 4 years ago

Cocaine can cause heart attacks, or strokes, just so you know.

And it's certainly something the public will believe if the deceased is a middle-aged man and the survivors don't want to release the real cause of death, middle-aged men don't have as many heart attacks as they used to but they still happen.

PS: As for Murphy, who was neither a man nor middle-aged, well, people are STILL arguing about the cause of death.

[–] JohnDoeNN (90) 4 years ago

Stressful life.
Penn, Candy and Gandolfini dou to weight problem. Brittany duo to drugs.

[–] CoreyHaimFan (1031) 4 years ago

Brittany Murphy got pneumonia, likely from mold in her house.

As for heart attacks, correct me if I am wrong, heart disease is the #1 cause of death for Americans.

It wouldn't be any different for actors.