Actor Burt Lancaster suffered from two 'major' conditions before death - 'Steep decline'
msn.comstroke, while visiting a friend in Orange County, USA. The serious incident proved the last in a series of physical maladies that had befallen the star who appeared in more than 70 films.
Having always been proud of his body, physically, health wise it has let him down on numerous occasions. As written in The Telegraph: "By the time Lancaster starred as a small town doctor in the sentimental baseball movie Field of Dreams, his health was in steep decline".
Firstly, due to a long habit of chain smoking, the star developed heart disease. The Mayo Clinic explains that heart disease describes a range of conditions that affect the heart, it includes:The type of heart disease an individual has causes varying different symptoms, but the main symptoms that individuals can expect include:Coronary heart disease, as the NHS explains, is caused by a build-up of fatty substances in the coronary arteries, interrupting the heart's blood supply.
Over time, the walls of these arteries can become furred up with fatty deposits. This process is known as atherosclerosis and the fatty deposits are called atheroma.
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