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Dying of a Broken Heart

By Robin Bates | Published: June 3, 2022

The husband of a Uvalde shooting victim died of a broken heart. Henry Fielding mentions the sickness in “Tom Jones.”

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Dying of a Broken Heart

By Robin Bates | Published: January 1, 2017

Two 18th century items: Henry Fielding believed that it was possible to die from a broken heart, which some speculate explains actress Debbie Reynolds’s death after her daughter Carrie Fisher died. And prankster Jonathan Swift has a characteristic list of New Year’s resolutions.

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