OC Council Candidate Dies Of Heart Attack
MISSION VIEJO (CBS) — One of a dozen candidates running for three spots on the Mission Viejo City Council died of an apparent heart attack, authorities said Tuesday. William Barker, 72, died at home...
View ArticleFlight Attendant Who Died In The Sky Returns To California For Burial
NEWARK (AP) — The body of a New Jersey flight attendant who suffered a fatal heart attack during an overseas flight on New Year’s Eve is being returned to the U.S. The family of Emoly Balades says the...
View ArticleProducer Bernd Eichinger Suffers Deadly Heart Attack In LA
LOS ANGELES (AP) — German movie producer, director and screenplay writer Bernd Eichinger, who produced well-known films “The Neverending Story” and “Downfall,” has died. He was 61. Film production firm...
View ArticleMedical Board Of California Investigates Doctor When 2 Patients Die After...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Medical Board of California is investigating a doctor who implanted the Lap-Band weight-loss device in a woman who had cardiac arrest after the surgery and died three days...
View ArticleOC Plastic Surgeon Agrees To Probation After Deadly Vaginal Procedure
ANAHEIM (AP) — An Orange County plastic surgeon accused of mishandling a procedure that left a 39-year-old woman dead has agreed to accept 35 months of probation. California Medical Board documents...
View ArticleMenifee Woman Killed By Van After Finding Husband Dead
MENIFEE (CBS/AP) — Police say a Menifee woman returning from church was killed by her own van while rushing to her husband who had just died from a heart attack on their garage floor. The North County...
View ArticleSecond-Hand Stress Could Lead To Serious Health Problems
LOS ANGELES — You have heard of second-hand smoke, but how about second-hand stress? As it turns out it is as contagious as the common cold but with much more serious consequences. “There’s the...
View ArticlePasadena Fire Veteran, 53, Dies Of Apparent Heart Attack At Upland Gym
PASADENA (CBS) — A 32-year Pasadena Fire Department veteran who was looking toward retirement died Tueday of an apparent heart attack. Kevin Moore, 53, went into cardiac arrest while at a gym in...
View ArticleDriver May Have Suffered Heart Attack Before Deadly Crash
LONG BEACH (CBS) — An autopsy is pending Sunday on a Lakewood man who may have suffered a heart attack before a deadly wreck that claimed the lives of his wife, 11-year-old son and a family friend....
View ArticleFormer CBS News Vice President Lane Venardos Dies
MAUI, Hawaii (CBS/AP) — Former CBS News vice president Lane Venardos has passed away at the age of 67. A spokesman for CBS says Venardos died Friday after suffering a heart attack in his home in Maui,...
View ArticleCheerleader, 16, Collapses At Game And Dies At Hospital
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — A 16-year-old cheerleader at Washington Prep High School collapsed at a high school football game in Southwest Los Angeles and died at a nearby hospital. Washington Prep principal...
View ArticleFormer Laker Cedric Ceballos Has ‘Series of Small Heart Attacks’
PHOENIX (AP) — Former NBA All-Star Cedric Ceballos has been hospitalized after what his publicist called “a series of small heart attacks.” Publicist Crystal Guy says Ceballos was scheduled to undergo...
View ArticleLAX Officers Save Heart Attack Victim’s Life
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Two airport officers are being praised this weekend after saving the life of a woman who apparently suffered a heart attack at a terminal at Los Angeles International Airport...
View ArticleStudy Finds Aspirin Therapy Not For Everyone
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Many adults take one aspirin a day to prevent heart attacks or stroke. But a new study has found that only people at high or moderate risk for those diseases should be taking...
View ArticleGroom’s Father Rescued By Mother-Daughter Duo
MARINA DEL REY (CBS) — A Marina del Rey wedding ceremony turned into a life or death drama after the father of the groom took a tumble on his family’s big day. For Dante and Marshawn Stevenson,...
View ArticleDick Clark Dies From Massive Heart Attack At Age 82
SANTA MONICA (CBS) — Television and radio personality Dick Clark died Wednesday after suffering a massive heart attack. “Entertainment Icon Dick Clark passed away this morning (Wednesday) at the age...
View ArticlePalmdale Mayor Recovering After Suffering Heart Attack
PALMDALE (CBS) — Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford is in good condition after suffering a heart attack over the weekend. A news release issued by the city of Palmdale said Ledford underwent an angioplasty to...
View ArticleTommy Lasorda Treated At Hospital For ‘Mild’ Heart Attack
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Dodgers Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda is resting at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York after suffering a “mild” heart attack on Monday. Doctors inserted a stent to...
View ArticleLasorda Released From Hospital After Suffering Mild Heart Attack
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda was released from a New York hospital Thursday morning, three days after suffering a mild heart attack. A Dodgers spokesman said...
View Article‘Jeopardy!’ Host Alex Trebek Suffers Mild Heart Attack
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) — Longtime “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek was recovering Sunday after suffering a mild heart attack in Los Angeles. Sony Television spokeswoman Paula Askanas said Sunday that Trebek...
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