broken heart

“He died of a broken heart, and these people saying he had something to do with it — it’s just cruel and needs to be shut down.”

The family of Holly Bowles, 19, said it was with "broken hearts" that they confirmed her death, more than a week after she fell ill in the tourist town of Vang Vieng.

Jones' family said in a statement Sunday evening, “Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we must share the news of our father and brother Quincy Jones’ passing.

“Tribute is paid to all grandmothers, great-grandmothers, mothers and traditional healers who in times past could cure everything from a broken heart to clinical illnesses with the help of herbs, flowers, bark, etc.”

Her mother — Foster’s grandmother — “died four and a half months later from a broken heart,” she said.