What was the cause of Szilard's death?
Cancer
Heart attack
Car accident
Old age
Answer
Szilard died of a heart attack at the age of 63 on May 30, 1964, in La Jolla, California. He had been suffering from heart disease for several years, and had been hospitalized several times in the months before his death. His death was sudden and unexpected, and came as a shock to his friends and colleagues. He was buried in Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California.
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