Deaths by...

833 Notable deaths
 by stroke

King Baggot

American actor, screenwriter and director (1879-1948).

Born November 7th, 1879 in St. Louis.

Died July 11th, 1948 at 68 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).

Andrei Voznesensky

Soviet poet (1933-2010).

Born May 12th, 1933 in Moscow. [ref]

Died June 1st, 2010 at 77 years old in Peredelkino (stroke). [ref]

Arleen Whelan

Actress (1914-1993).

Born September 1st, 1914 in Salt Lake City.

Died April 7th, 1993 at 78 years old in Orange County (stroke).

Saber Kazemi

Iranian volleyball player (1998–2025).

Born December 24th, 1998 in Gorgan.

Died November 5th, 2025 at 26 years old in Tehran (stroke). [ref]

Zbigniew Wodecki

Musical artist.

Born May 6th, 1950 in Kraków.

Died May 22nd, 2017 at 67 years old in Warsaw (stroke). [ref]

Michel Pablo

Greek trotskyist leader (1911–1996).

Born August 24th, 1911 in Alexandria. [ref]

Died February 17th, 1996 at 84 years old in Athens (stroke). [ref]

Olene S. Walker

Utah politician (1930-2015).

Born November 15th, 1930 in Ogden.

Died November 28th, 2015 at 85 years old in Salt Lake City (stroke).

James Schuyler

American poet.

Born November 9th, 1923 in Chicago.

Died April 12th, 1991 at 67 years old in New York City (stroke).

Philippa Pearce

English children's writer (1920–2006).

Born January 23rd, 1920 in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire.

Died December 21st, 2006 at 86 years old in Durham (stroke). [ref]

Solomon Feferman

American philosopher and mathematician (1928–2016).

Born December 13th, 1928 in New York City.

Died July 26th, 2016 at 87 years old in Stanford (stroke). [ref]

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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde