Re: Why did Doyle die so young? (Sir A.Conan Doyle died at the age of 71)

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 > [...]      Why did Doyle   die   so young?
 >            He was so rich, and was a Medical Man.
 > 
 > 
 > >>> Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died on July 7, 1930 at the age of 71.

Doyle was a smoker who died of a heart attack at 71. This is completely
unremarkable, and still happens today even if patients get on
cholesterol-lowering medication early and have everything managed according to
best medical practice.

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‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
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