Deaths by...
783 Notable deaths
by stroke
Ryszard Kukliński
Polish brigadier general, and spy for nato during cold war times.
Born June 13th, 1930 in Warsaw.
Died February 11th, 2004 at 73 years old in Tampa (stroke).
Mikao Usui
Founder of reiki (1865-1926).
Born August 15th, 1865 in Gifu Prefecture.
Died March 9th, 1926 at 60 years old in Fukuyama (stroke).
Boots Randolph
American musician.
Born June 3rd, 1927 in Paducah. [ref]
Died July 3rd, 2007 at 80 years old in Nashville (stroke). [ref]
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist (1874-1929).
Born February 1st, 1874 in Vienna. [ref]
Died July 15th, 1929 at 55 years old in Rodaun (stroke). [ref]
David Blackwell
American mathematician.
Born April 24th, 1919 in Centralia.
Died July 8th, 2010 at 91 years old in Berkeley (stroke). [ref]
Mohammed Abdel Wahab
Egyptian singer, actor and composer.
Born March 13th, 1898 in Cairo.
Died May 4th, 1991 at 93 years old in Cairo (stroke). [ref]
Foday Sankoh
Sierra leonean warlord (1937-2003).
Born October 17th, 1937 in Tonkolili District.
Died July 29th, 2003 at 65 years old in Freetown (stroke).
Andy White
Drummer.
Born July 27th, 1930 in Glasgow.
Died November 9th, 2015 at 85 years old in Caldwell (stroke). [ref]
Agnes de Mille
American dancer and choreographer (1905–1993).
Born September 18th, 1905 in New York City, Harlem.
Died October 7th, 1993 at 88 years old in New York City (stroke).
Zarah Leander
Swedish actress and singer.
Born March 15th, 1907 in Karlstad church parish. [ref]
Died June 23rd, 1981 at 74 years old in Oscar Parish (stroke). [ref]
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir