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764 Notable deaths
by stroke
Cornell Woolrich
American author and screenwriter.
Born December 4th, 1903 in New York City. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1968 at 64 years old in New York City (stroke). [ref]
Yasmin Ahmad
Malaysian film director.
Born January 7th, 1958 in Kampung Bukit Treh. [ref]
Died July 25th, 2009 at 51 years old in Petaling Jaya (stroke). [ref]
Nigel Kneale
British screenwriter.
Born April 18th, 1922 in Barrow-in-Furness. [ref]
Died October 29th, 2006 at 84 years old in London (stroke). [ref]
Molly Peters
British actress and model (1942-2017).
Born March 15th, 1942 in Walsham le Willows. [ref]
Died May 30th, 2017 at 75 years old (stroke). [ref]
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer (1894-1955).
Born February 1st, 1894 in New Brunswick. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1955 at 61 years old in New York City (stroke). [ref]
Oveta Culp Hobby
Us army officer and government official (1905-1995).
Born January 19th, 1905 in Killeen.
Died August 16th, 1995 at 90 years old in Houston (stroke).
Dorothy Fields
American librettist and lyricist (1905-1974).
Born July 15th, 1905 in Allenhurst. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1974 at 68 years old in New York City (stroke). [ref]
Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky
Ukrainian and soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology.
Born March 12th, 1863 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1945 at 81 years old in Moscow (stroke). [ref]
Ragnar Frisch
Norwegian economist.
Born March 3rd, 1895 in Christiania. [ref]
Died January 31st, 1973 at 77 years old in Oslo (stroke).
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