Deaths by...
975 Notable deaths
by stroke
René Fonck
French flying ace (1894-1953).
Born March 26th, 1894 in Saulcy-sur-Meurthe.
Died June 18th, 1953 at 59 years old in Paris (stroke).
Hisaichi Terauchi
Japanese general (1879-1946).
Born August 8th, 1879 in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Died June 12th, 1946 at 66 years old in Malayan Union (stroke).
Robert Shaw
American conductor (1916-1999).
Born April 30th, 1916 in Red Bluff.
Died January 25th, 1999 at 82 years old in New Haven (stroke).
Gustav Noske
German politician (1868-1946).
Born July 9th, 1868 in Brandenburg an der Havel.
Died November 30th, 1946 at 78 years old in Hanover (stroke).
Jane Bowles
American novelist, playwright (1917–1973).
Born February 22nd, 1917 in New York City.
Died May 4th, 1973 at 56 years old in Málaga (stroke).
Carlos Juan Finlay
Cuban physician discoverer of means of transmission of yellow fever through biological vector (1833–1915).
Born December 3rd, 1833 in Camagüey.
Died August 20th, 1915 at 81 years old in Havana (stroke).
Clarence Muse
American actor and director (1889–1979).
Born October 14th, 1889 in Baltimore.
Died October 13th, 1979 at 89 years old in Perris (stroke).
Andrei Mironov
Soviet theatre and film actor, singer (1941-1987).
Born March 7th, 1941 in Moscow.
Died August 16th, 1987 at 46 years old in Riga (stroke).
Conrad Burns
American politician (1935–2016).
Born January 25th, 1935 in Gallatin.
Died April 28th, 2016 at 81 years old in Billings (stroke). [ref]
R. M. Hare
British moral philosopher (1919–2002).
Born March 12th, 1919 in Somerset.
Died January 29th, 2002 at 82 years old in Ewelme (stroke).
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