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Bill Paxton's cause of death revealed
The "GMA" team of insiders analyzes some of the biggest stories trending this morning.
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Bill Paxton's death certificate reveals heart defectBill Paxton is cause of death revealed tonight the death certificate showing he died at the stroke following heart surgery. He had an operation to replace a heart valve and repair an aortic aneurysm on February 15. He suffered a fatal stroke eleven days later. 61.
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Bill Paxton's death certificate reveals heart defectActor Bill Paxton died of stroke days after undergoing surgery to fix an aortic aneurysm and repair a heart defect, according to his death certificate. The 61-year-old actor died on February 25, just 11 days after undergoing surgery to repair the aneurysm and replace a valve in his heart. His death
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Sundance Film Follows Woman's Worst Fear: Does She Have Huntington's Disease?Marianna Palka, who left Scotland to pursue a career in filmmaking in the United States, knew she had a "50-50" chance of getting Huntington's disease – a rare, but devastating genetic disease that has been described as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and ALS, all rolled into one. It began to destroy her
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Med Student Discovers Real Disease in Fake PatientA medical student learned an important lesson to never assume anything, when he correctly diagnosed a fake patient with a very real and very deadly disease. Ryan Jones, 25, a medical student at the University of Virginia, was taking part in a lesson in which local residents act out certain symptoms
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Father's Hidden Heart Condition Diagnosed In DaughtersTyson Wallis and his wife Kristin had decided on chicken tortilla soup for dinner as she got ready for work on the morning of January 12. "He told me, 'it's 9:17, you're going to be late Kristin, 30, of Houston, told ABCNews.com. "I told him I loved him as he was feeding our twin girls, and I
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Einstein's Brain Arrives in London After Odd JourneyAlbert Einstein’s brain has crossed the Atlantic for the first time. It’s a journey that one of the 20th century’s greatest minds never intended. Before Einstein died 57 years ago, he wrote in his will that he wanted to be cremated, his ashes discarded secretly...
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Genetic Testing for Aortic Aneurysms Could Spur Early Treatment and Save LivesResearchers Identify a Gene Variant That Could Point to Those at High Risk for Aortic Aneurysms
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Sperm Donor's 24 Kids Never Told About Fatal IllnessWashington Is First to Give Donor-Conceived Children Rights to Their Medical Information at Age 18