Wynn died in 1999 from a stroke and heart problems at the age of 82. He had suffered from a heart attack in 1973. He had been hospitalized in November 1998 for an aortic valve replacement and had been treated for heart problems for several years. He died in the early morning at his home in Fort Worth, Texas.
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