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"&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/1028_AL_DAVIS_deathcert.pdf\"&gt;&lt;img src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/10/28/1028-death-certificate.jpg\" alt=\"1028_DEATH_CERTIFICATE\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oakland Raiders&lt;/strong&gt; owner &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://tmz.com/person/al-davis/\"&gt;Al Davis&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;died from a broken heart ... this according to his death certificate obtained by TMZ. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The document reveals three primary causes of death: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A) Ventricular fibrillation -- a dangerously abnormal heart rhythm &lt;br /&gt;B) Congestive heart failure &lt;br /&gt;C) Cardiomyopathy -- heart muscle disease&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the death certificate, Al died at the Oakland Airport Hilton at 2:45 AM on October 8th.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The document shows Al had been diagnosed with cardiomyopathy years ago ... and suffered a \nventricular fibrillation just 15 minutes before his death. Davis also \nsuffered from Merkel cell carcinoma -- an aggressive form of skin \ncancer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the doc, Davis -- who was involved with the NFL for 60 years -- underwent throat surgery just three days before his death. Davis also had heart surgery in 1996.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Al was 82 when he died.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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