How did Ayn Rand die?

Ayn Rand, the Russian-born American author known for her advocacy of individualism and laissez-faire capitalism, died of heart failure on March 6, 1982, in New York City.12

At the time of her death, she was working on a television adaptation of her 1957 novel, Atlas Shrugged. Prior to her passing, Rand had faced health challenges, including surgery for lung cancer in 1974, which limited her energy for large-scale writing projects in her later years.23