The Los Angeles County coroner's office will be reviewing conservative muckraker Andrew Breitbart's unexpected death at age 43. Breitbart was on a midnight walk last night near his home in Westwood, where he lived with his wife Susannah Bean Breitbart and their four children. more ›

A violent smash-and-grab style jewelry heist at a local department store last night was witnessed by a woman who suffered a heart attack during the robbery. The victim was inside the Macy's at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza Monday night when at least four armed robbers barreled into the jewelry department a few minutes shy of closing time. more ›

The big rig that struck multiple vehicles while traveling northbound on the 405 freeway yesterday evening was driven by a man who lost control while suffering a heart attack, confirms LA Now. more ›

Director John Hughes, 59, has died, according to TMZ. He was in New York City on a trip taking a morning walk when he suffered from a heart attack today. Hughes' movies--some of them that he wrote, director or both--many of them based in around Chicago, included classics such as Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Home Alone and Planes, Trains & Automobiles. After stepping back from the film industry, he resided in Northern Illinois on a functioning farm, enjoying his time with a family and supporting independent art, notes Variety. R.I.P., John Hughes and you were right when you wrote this line for Ferris: "Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." more ›

Earlier this month, Robert Korda's family used the internet to round up help to find a missing loved one. Van Nuys resident and Los Angeles Philharmonic veteran Robert Korda never showed up to work after suffering a heart attack the night before. But when his body was brought to the coroner's office, sans identification, fingerprint databases were used and he was erroneously identified as Robert Norda, not Korda. That prompted a manhunt over next few days until the misspelling was figured out. In an article about Korda's memorial tribute in August, the Daily News explains that Korda died while doing some do gooding: more ›

Michael Jackson, reportedly suffering from a heart attack, was rushed to a local hospital from his Holmby Hills rental estate during the twelve noon hour today. When paramedics arrived around 12:26 p.m., the 50-year-old pop star was not breathing, reported the LA Times. "The call came in because a person was not breathing," said an LAFD official. "When the team arrived, they saw that CPR was already in progress by someone at the home. The person not breathing was transported to UCLA Medical Center and remains there." He was taken to UCLA Medical Center just a few minutes away from the home. more ›

Model Bettie Page, 85, died last night from pneumonia after being hospitalized last week in Los Angeles for a heart attack. more ›

The girl not from next door, Bettie Page, has been hospitalized in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack on Tuesday. The 85-year-old former model remains "critically ill," her agent says. She is reportedly in a coma. more ›