AT CRUISE ON B757; PAX EXPIRED ENRTE. DOCTOR AND FLT ATTENDANT USED CPR WITH NO RESPONSE. FLT DIVERTED TO ALTERNATE FOR EMS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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XYZ WAS A PAX IN CABIN. SHE HAD JUST COMPLETED A CRUISE WITH HER HUSBAND ON THE CRUISE LINE. OTHER PAX FROM THAT CRUISE TOLD US 200+ PEOPLE WERE SICK WITH A VIRAL INFECTION ON THAT VOYAGE. XYZ SAW A DOCTOR 3 TIMES ON HER VACATION -- NOT FEELING WELL. HER HUSBAND ALSO TOLD US SHE WAS A DIABETIC. I MENTION THIS TO SUGGEST XYZ WAS NOT HEALTHY ENOUGH TO FLY. ABOUT 2 HRS INTO OUR FLT FROM MIA TO LAX; THE #6 FLT ATTENDANT WAS AT ROW XX AND NOTICED XYZ'S FACE AS 'WHITE AS A SHEET.' WHEN SHE INQUIRED ABOUT HER; HER HUSBAND SAID SHE WASN'T FEELING WELL. THE FLT ATTENDANT SHOOK HER AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. IMMEDIATELY; THE FLT ATTENDANT GOT HER TO THE FLOOR AND BEGAN CPR (AS THERE WAS NO BREATH OR PULSE). ANOTHER FLT ATTENDANT CALLED ME IN THE GALLEY REGARDING THE EMER. I BROUGHT BACK THE FIRST AID AND THE MEDICAL KIT; THE #3 FLT ATTENDANT BROUGHT THE LAERADEL MASK. WHEN WE GOT BACK TO XYZ; A DOCTOR HAD STEPPED IN TO HELP WITH THE RESUSCITATION EFFORT. HE USED THE AIRWAYS FROM THE MEDICAL KIT (WE DID NOT HAVE A DEFIBRILLATOR ON THIS PARTICULAR PLANE -- THE DOCTOR SAID THOUGH; IT WOULDN'T HAVE HELPED US BY THE POINT XYZ WAS AT WHEN FOUND). AFTER ABOUT 30 MINS OF CPR; THE DOCTOR DECLARED XYZ DEAD. WE THEN CLRED A ROW OF SEATS TO PLACE THE CORPSE; COVERED HER WITH A BLANKET AND BUCKLED HER IN. I THEN CALLED FOR A CLERGY ON BOARD AND BEGAN FOLLOWING PROCS OUTLINED IN OUR SAFETY MANUAL. ABOUT 40 MINS FROM THIS INCIDENT; WE MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LNDG IN DFW WHERE EMER MEDICAL TECHNICIANS CAME ON BOARD. THERE WAS NO RESUSCITATION EFFORT MADE AS SHE HAD CLRLY PASSED AWAY. A POLICE RPT WAS MADE WITH THE FLT ATTENDANT WHO PERFORMED CPR ON XYZ. THEN XYZ WAS TAKEN OFF WITH HER HUSBAND; CARED FOR BY GND SPECIAL SVCS.