Talk:William Heath Byford

One does not really die of angina, per se
The article says he "succumbed to angina pectoris". Angina is a symptom, not a cause of death; people with angina have heart disease, and it's that (often a heart attack) that is their actual cause of death. So the article should read something like "Byford, who had suffered from angina for XXX years, died of heart disease on May 21, 1890". Or, if the reference supports it, "...died following a heart attack on ...". To my mind, it's better to plainly say "died" not "succumbed", as the latter seems like a WP:EUPHEMISM (and it's a bit of a ten-dollar word). -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 20:50, 1 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Succumbed means to die of an illness/disease which I personally found more descriptive. And I'll also be digging deeper to see if I can find a reference to what disease he had. Delqa (talk) 19:09, 15 May 2022 (UTC)