A string of recent celebrity deaths serves as a stark reminder that cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer around the world.
Actress Carrie Fisher died Tuesday morning at age 60 after suffering a massive heart attack days earlier aboard a flight bound for Los Angeles, a family representative confirmed.
Singer George Michael died at age 53 on Christmas Day when, according to his manager, his heart "failed" him while lying peacefully in bed. Alan Thicke, "Growing Pains" actor and father of pop singer Robin Thicke, died December 13 at age 69 while playing hockey with his youngest son; Thicke had a ruptured aorta, according to his death certificate released last week.
