Heart Attack News

SCLC head Creecy dies of apparent heart attack

By theGrio

1:31 PM on 07/29/2011

ATLANTA (AP) - The president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Rev. Howard Creecy Jr., has died seven months after taking office, the venerable civil rights group said Thursday.,,
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Legendary boxing promoter Butch Lewis dead at 65

By theGrio

11:00 AM on 07/23/2011

(AP) - Butch Lewis, the colorful boxing promoter who worked with Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and Michael and Leon Spinks, has died. He was 65...
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Understanding risks of heart disease can save lives

By Dr. Tyeese Gaines

8:16 AM on 05/29/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Forty percent of African-American adults have some form of heart disease, and they are 30 percent more likely to die from it than whites...
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Ex-NBA, Michigan player Robert Traylor dies at 34

By theGrio

3:13 PM on 05/11/2011

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Police said in a statement he was found dead Wednesday on the bedroom floor of his oceanfront apartment...
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Billy Taylor, ardent jazz promoter, dies at 89

By theGrio

9:39 AM on 12/30/2010

NEW YORK (AP) - Taylor died Tuesday of a heart attack in Manhattan, said his wife, Theodora Taylor. "He enjoyed his life," she said. "Music was his love"...
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High School football player dies and comes back to life

By theGrio

11:30 AM on 09/13/2010

VIDEO - Hayward Demison, Jr. says, "I love the game with all my heart, my favorite thing do do since I was little."...
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DJ Premier confirms Guru's heart attack and coma

By theGrio

1:42 PM on 03/01/2010

According to many different sources, Hip-Hop Wired has acquired information that rapper Guru has fallen into a coma after suffering cardiac arrest...
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Small steps make for a healthy New Year

By Rani G Whitfield

9:00 AM on 01/04/2010

OPINION - Those who plan to improve areas of concern in their lives by making New Year's resolutions may be more successful than those who do not.
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A year after cardiac arrest, boy now has heart full of thanks

By theGrio

6:30 AM on 11/26/2009

VIDEO - A Florida teenager has much to be thankful for this week. Fourteen-year-old Joseph Saintelus is going home from the hospital after surviving a cardiac arrest...
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Man gets life in prison for scaring woman to death

By theGrio

11:02 AM on 11/23/2009

A North Carolina man will never see the light of day again after being found guilty of scaring a 79-year old grandmother to death...
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Changing Southern culture for healthier living

By Monica Land

7:08 AM on 07/16/2009

For many, thoughts of Mississippi evoke images that are dark and prejudicial. Aside from that, critics have argued for years that Mississippi lags behind every other state when it comes to progress - economic or otherwise. But in some areas - none too glowing - Mississippi ranks number one, particularly...
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Michael Jackson and the truth about cardiac arrest

By Dr. Icilma Fergus

2:10 PM on 06/26/2009

Michael Jackson is dead at 50 from cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest simply means that the heart has stopped pumping, which results in cessation of blood flow and oxygen to the organs and tissues. The body cannot be sustained without this, unless this is induced by a physician in the operating...
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