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More tragedy for the family of a teacher killed in the Uvalde mass shooting. The husband of slain teacher Irma Garcia has died of a heart attack. The two had been married for 24 years and have four kids.

The cause of the man's heart attack is still unknown, but his family says, he died from a broken heart.

There is something called "Broken Heart Syndrome". Health experts say it's possible to die from sudden grief. Now, we're not saying that this is what happened, but there is a possibility given the timing.

On Ask The Expert, Dr. Fahmi Farah, a Cardiologist with Bentley Heart Medical Center, joined the KRLD Afternoon News to discuss the condition.

In this week's SYSK Select episode, in the early 1990s, Japanese researchers found a strange anomaly in their study subjects, five people who had inexplicable heart attacks. From this first investigation has come a scientific mystery: Is it possible that the sudden loss of a loved one can be so difficult to bear that it can actually cause a heart attack and maybe kill you? Could the romantics be right?

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