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783 Notable deaths
by 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]
Benson Fong
American actor (1916-1987).
Born October 10th, 1916 in Sacramento.
Died August 1st, 1987 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).
Ragnar Frisch
Norwegian economist.
Born March 3rd, 1895 in Christiania. [ref]
Died January 31st, 1973 at 77 years old in Oslo (stroke).
Pyotr Kapitsa
Soviet physicist.
Born July 8th, 1894 in Kronstadt. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1984 at 89 years old in Moscow (stroke). [ref]
Leslie Banks
Actor (1890-1952).
Born June 9th, 1890 in Liverpool. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1952 at 61 years old in London (stroke). [ref]
John Lomax
American musicologist and folklorist (1867–1948).
Born September 23rd, 1867 in Goodman.
Died January 26th, 1948 at 80 years old in Greenville (stroke).
Arthur Janov
American psychologist.
Born August 21st, 1924 in Los Angeles.
Died October 1st, 2017 at 93 years old in Malibu (stroke). [ref]
Keizō Obuchi
84th prime minister of japan (1937-2000).
Born June 25th, 1937 in Nakanojō.
Died May 14th, 2000 at 62 years old in Juntendo University Hospital (stroke).
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