Pneumonia

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Lena Horne died on May 9, 2010, at age 92, in her Manhattan apartment. The immediate cause was complications from pneumonia, preceded by multiple health challenges, including he...

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Jeff Conaway died from complications of pneumonia. Pneumonia is a lung infection that causes inflammation and fluid in the air sacs, which can impair breathing and oxygen delive...

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Sylvia Browne, the well-known American psychic and author, died in November 2013. The publicly recorded cause of death was complications from pneumonia and a prior diagnosis of...

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Florence Henderson died of heart failure after complications from pneumonia. Pneumonia placed stress on her cardiovascular system, leading to acute heart failure that became the...

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George Michael died from pneumonia, officially confirmed as the immediate cause of his death on 25 December 2016. In reports following his passing, pathologists and his family s...

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In the series Peanuts media derived from Charles M. Schulz’s comic strip, Sal (full name Sara) is a recurring character who appears alongside Lucy and Linus. Across the televi...

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Legionnaires’ disease is a severe form of pneumonia caused by inhaling microscopic water droplets contaminated with Legionella bacteria. In Harlem, as in dense urban settings,...

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Ronnie Spector, the lead singer of the 1960s girl group The Ronettes, died on January 12, 2022. Her death was reported by family representatives as occurring after a short, unsp...