You're not morbid. In the case here, let's just note that many famous people haved died as a result of aortic dissection (immediately or not). It's worth knowing how common it is so it can be avoided or detected. Keeping your blood pressure under control helps reduce its incidence, for example.
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.0...
"Ideal blood pressure targets to reduce risk of aortic dissection may be even lower than the threshold of hypertension."