--- ---  # Official: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Died of Heart Attack  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Feb 14, 2016 7:43 PM UTC  Antonin Scalia in Washington, DC on Oct 5, 2011. Antonin Scalia in Washington, DC on Oct 5, 2011.Pete Marovich—Corbis  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Feb 14, 2016 7:43 PM UTC U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia [died of a heart attack](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/02/14/official-scalia-died-heart-attack/80375798/), according to a Texas judge. Scalia’s official cause of death will be listed on his death certificate as myocardial infarction, or a heart attack, Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara told [WFAA-TV](http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/texas-news/scalia-to-have-autopsy-in-texas-according-to-state-law/42898331) on Sunday. The 79-year-old conservative jurist also suffered several chronic ailments, including a shoulder problem, and underwent an MRI last week, Guevara said. The county judge said she was told there were no signs of foul play when [Scalia was found dead on Saturday at a resort](http://time.com/4220770/antonin-scalia-influence/?xid=homepage) in West Texas. She told the news station she pronounced him dead over the phone at 1:52 p.m. on Saturday. “I felt comfortable what I knew was going on with him physically,” she said. “After I did my job, yes, I kept playing it over and over in my mind and thought, ‘Oh my God. History is being made in Presidio County,’” she added. “It’s something I’ll never forget.” Justice Antonin Scalia Died of Heart Attack, Official Says ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4224440/antonin-scalia-heart-attack/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4224440/antonin-scalia-heart-attack/"},"headline":"Official: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Died of Heart Attack","datePublished":"2016-02-14T19:43:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:13:34.794Z","description":"Scalia also suffered several chronic ailments","url":"https://time.com/4224440/antonin-scalia-heart-attack/","keywords":["Supreme Court"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf26a778e2717cc9/69887d94196cf44aba03a533/42-30014274.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf26a778e2717cc9/69887d94196cf44aba03a533/42-30014274.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Supreme Court Justices Testify On Capitol Hill","caption":"Supreme Court Justices Testify On Capitol Hill","creditText":"Pete Marovich—Corbis","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/supreme-court/","name":"Supreme Court"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4224440/antonin-scalia-heart-attack/","name":"Official: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Died of Heart Attack"}}]}] ```