Editing Jim Fixx (section)

==Death==
Fixx died on July 20, 1984, at age 52 of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]], during his daily run on [[Vermont Route 15]] in [[Hardwick, Vermont|Hardwick]].<ref name=lmtfdwr/><ref name=obitnyt /> The autopsy, conducted by Vermont's chief medical examiner, Eleanor McQuillen, revealed that [[atherosclerosis]] had blocked one coronary artery 95%, a second 85%, and a third 70%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.marathonandbeyond.com/choices/emmett.htm|title=Marathon & Beyond -- The web site for marathoners and ultrarunners.|website=www.marathonandbeyond.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title = Calvin Fixx| newspaper=The New York Times | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1950/03/04/archives/calvin-fixx.html | date = 4 March 1950 | access-date = 15 December 2016}}</ref>

In 1986, [[exercise physiologist]] [[Kenneth H. Cooper|Kenneth Cooper]] published an inventory of the risk factors that might have contributed to Fixx's death.<ref>Kenneth Cooper (1986, 1987). ''Running Without Fear: How to Reduce the Risk of Heart Attack and Sudden Death During Aerobic Exercise''. Bantam Books.</ref> Granted access to his medical records and [[autopsy]], and after interviewing his friends and family, Cooper concluded that Fixx was genetically predisposed—his father died of a heart attack at 43 after a previous one at 35,<ref name=NYTobit>
{{cite news
| title = Calvin Fixx
| newspaper=The New York Times
| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1950/03/04/archives/calvin-fixx.html
| date = 4 March 1950
| access-date = 15 December 2016}}</ref> and Fixx himself had a congenitally enlarged heart—and had an unhealthy life: Fixx was a heavy [[cigarette smoking|smoker]] before beginning running at age 36, had a stressful occupation, had undergone a second [[divorce]], and gained weight up to 214 lb (97&nbsp;kg).<ref>Chin, Francis (September 2006). [http://bystander.homestead.com/run_heart_attack.html "When fit people get heart attacks"]. Bystander.</ref> Medical opinion continues to uphold the link between moderate exercise and longevity.<ref name=bloomberg.com>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=email_en&refer=&sid=a4emdcRyNi3M|title=In the Long Run, Older Runners Live Longer, 21-Year Study Finds|author=John Taddei|access-date=August 11, 2008|work=Bloomberg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128132202/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=email_en&refer=&sid=a4emdcRyNi3M|archive-date=28 January 2015}}</ref>