Your character is going along in his daily life when suddenly he complains of a shooting, radiating pain in his left shoulder and arm. Within seconds he staggers, clutching at his chest while his face turns bright red, then he drops like a stone to the floor, unconscious and probably dead. Congratulations: your character's just had a Hollywood Heart Attack. May be consciously averted in modern medical dramas if the writers care. Examples of Hollywood Heart Attack include: