Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Actress Lucille Ball died April 26, 1989 from an abdominal aortic aneurysm. At the time of her death, she was in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center recovering from emergency surgery performed just six days earlier because of a dissecting aortic aneurysm near her heart. Ball was at increased risk, as she had been a heavy smoker for decades.
Joseph LaPage
Ball's body was soon found, and an investigation was launched to determine who had killed her. At one time, LaPage was arrested for the crime thanks to Geo M. Lang, who had been inquired about the departure of a train by LaPage, who had scratches on his face. He was brought before Sheriffs Newton and Swift, who inquired about the murder, but as they had no evidence and the hired detective from Boston had also seen other people in the district at the time of the murder, LaPage was released and others were investigated. In the end, nobody was convicted of the murder, and the Ball family moved to California, where Mr. Ball soon passed away.