12 year old girl has a heart attack in her sleep and dies ? Okay, this man s wife... the man works with my father... she went to a funeral today for a 12 year old girl. Here is what happened- ~The girl came home from cheer-leading practice, and told her mom she was going to lie down because her legs hurt. The girl went to sleep, and when her mom checked on her, she was dead. The doctors or paramedics said she had suffered a heart attack. ~How and why did she have a heart attack, she is only 12? ~Why did she die... she was only 12, she had so much more to live for, she didn t deserve it...