Any apoptotic process in a myeloid cell, a cell of the monocyte, granulocyte, mast cell, megakaryocyte, or erythroid lineage. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15330259 GOC:mtg_apoptosis GOC:add http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11292031 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17133093 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000763 ]