Can a person be scared to death?

SOURCE: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=scared-to-death-heart-attack, http://current.com/health/89772583_can-a-person-be-scared-to-death.htm

20-year-old Larry Whitfield broke into and hid out in the home of Mary Parnell. The police say he didn't touch her but the 79 year old woman died from a heart attack caused by terror.Prosecutors say that he can be charged for her murder under the state's so-called felony murder rule, which allows someone to be charged with murder if he or she causes another person's death while committing or fleeing from a felony crime such as robbery—even if it's unintentional.

she could have died from any really bad scare that she could have gotten soon even a cat knocking over her trashcan is she was close to it could have given her a heart attack so he should not be charged for her murder but the robbery as well as the breaking and entering

There is an increased chance of death with people that are older during break ins and robberies