Ellen Naomi Cohen

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6. That's really interesting

That she had many fainting episodes. I had never heard that she may have had a heart defect. I had an uncle (by marriage) who died suddenly at a relatively young age from cardiac arrest because of an undetected genetic heart defect. It happens a lot more than people think. It's actually been said that those, like my uncle, who are in really great shape are more likely to die from this heart defect because their body compensates for the defect...until it can't. People who aren't in great shape usually have symptoms. It's a shame no one figured out what her fainting spells were related to.