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767 Notable deaths
 by heart failure

Marie Doro

American actress (1882–1956).

Born May 25th, 1882 in Duncannon.

Died October 9th, 1956 at 74 years old in New York City (heart failure).

Setsuko, Princess Chichibu

Japanese princess; wife of yasuhito, prince chichibu (1909–1995).

Born September 9th, 1909 in Walton-on-Thames.

Died August 25th, 1995 at 85 years old in Tokyo (heart failure).

Billy Goldenberg

American composer and songwriter (1936-2020).

Born February 10th, 1936 in Brooklyn.

Died August 3rd, 2020 at 84 years old in New York City (heart failure). [ref]

Dorothy Tree

American actress, voice teacher and writer (1906-1992).

Born May 21st, 1906 in Brooklyn.

Died February 13th, 1992 at 85 years old in Lillian Booth Actors Home (heart failure).

Sergei Lyapunov

Russian composer and pianist (1859–1924).

Born November 30th, 1859 in Yaroslavl.

Died November 8th, 1924 at 64 years old in Paris (heart failure).

Fran Crippen

American long-distance and open water swimmer.

Born April 17th, 1984 in Bryn Mawr.

Died October 23rd, 2010 at 26 years old in Fujairah (heart failure). [ref]

Ekaterina Maximova

Russian ballet dancer (1939-2009).

Born February 1st, 1939 in Moscow.

Died April 28th, 2009 at 70 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]

Mel Ramos

American artist (1935-2018).

Born July 24th, 1935 in Sacramento. [ref]

Died October 14th, 2018 at 83 years old in Oakland (heart failure). [ref]

Marc Daniels

American television director (1912-1989).

Born January 27th, 1912 in Pittsburgh.

Died April 23rd, 1989 at 77 years old in Santa Monica (heart failure).

Robert Adler

American physicist and inventor (1913–2007).

Born December 4th, 1913 in Vienna. [ref]

Died February 15th, 2007 at 93 years old in Boise (heart failure). [ref]

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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon