"Italian cyclist Marco Pantani died of a heart attack following a cerebral oedema and also had damaged lungs. Pantani, a former winner of the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia, both in 1998, was found dead, aged 34, on Saturday in a hotel room in the Adriatic coast town."
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February 17, 2004 (cycling)
Pantani dies of a heart attack
"Italian cyclist Marco Pantani died of a heart attack following a cerebral oedema and also had damaged lungs. Pantani, a former winner of the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia, both in 1998, was found dead, aged 34, on Saturday in a hotel room in the Adriatic coast town."
This is truly shocking news. Read here for more details.