--- title: Justice Antonin Scalia Died of Heart Attack, Official Says description: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died of a heart attack, according to a Texas judge. canonical: https://time.com/4224440/antonin-scalia-heart-attack/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-14T19:43:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T09:13:34.794Z article:section: Politics og:title: Official: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Died of Heart Attack og:description: Scalia also suffered several chronic ailments og:url: https://time.com/4224440/antonin-scalia-heart-attack/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf26a778e2717cc9/69887d94196cf44aba03a533/42-30014274.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3600 og:image:height: 2025 og:image:alt: Supreme Court Justices Testify On Capitol Hill og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Official: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Died of Heart Attack twitter:description: Scalia also suffered several chronic ailments twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf26a778e2717cc9/69887d94196cf44aba03a533/42-30014274.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Official: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Died of Heart Attack > Sponsored content. 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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.” ```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"}}]}] ```