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    James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    attending the Norfolk circuit on 2 April, Lord Abinger was suddenly seized with apoplexy, and died in his lodgings at Bury St Edmunds. A more distant relation...
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    Nicolaus Copernicus (category Pages with Polish IPA)
    1542, Copernicus was seized with apoplexy and paralysis, and he died at age 70 on 24 May 1543. Legend has it that he was presented with the final printed...
    157 KB (18,117 words) - 14:03, 16 May 2024
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    Billy Murdoch (category All articles with dead external links)
    present at the Test match between Australia and South Africa, he was seized with apoplexy during the lunch interval and died later in the afternoon. His body...
    16 KB (1,326 words) - 10:05, 24 April 2024
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    Medical cannibalism (category Articles with short description)
    sometimes mixed with chocolate to treat apoplexy. In the early 19th century, Englishmen still treated epilepsy by mixing skull with molasses. As such...
    18 KB (2,372 words) - 04:37, 1 June 2024
  • William Henry Watson (category Articles with short description)
    Montgomeryshire Spring Assizes at Welshpool, 13 March 1860, he was seized with apoplexy, and died, aged 63, at his lodging, fifteen to twenty minutes later...
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  • Ranulph Brito (category Articles with hCards)
    suffered from his rapacity. He died suddenly in 1246, having been seized with apoplexy while watching a game of dice. The name of Ranulph Brito has been...
    4 KB (510 words) - 23:25, 8 March 2021
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    Paul I of Russia (category Articles with short description)
    found that Peter III probably died due to a fit of apoplexy when exerting himself in a dispute with Prince Feodor, one of his jailers. Some historians...
    57 KB (6,592 words) - 22:06, 22 May 2024
  • Jean Grou (category All articles with dead external links)
    death, he had a bad attack of asthma. Some time after, he was seized with apoplexy and then with dropsy. His legs swelled to such an extent that he had to...
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    Robert Walker (moderator) (category Articles with short description)
    stood on the south side "opposite the water reservoir". He was "seized with apoplexy" in 1782 and was thereon in poor health, but recovered sufficiently...
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    Al Capone (category Pages with missing ISBNs)
    by his family in his home, died after his heart failed as a result of apoplexy. His body was transported back to Chicago a week later and a private funeral...
    82 KB (8,480 words) - 23:41, 1 June 2024
  • List of Greek and Latin roots in English/P–Z (category Articles with short description)
    English beginning with other letters: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V X Z Lists of Greek and Latin roots in English beginning with other letters:...
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    Chicago Outfit (category All articles with dead external links)
    due on his back taxes. Capone later died of heart failure as a result of apoplexy on January 25, 1947. In 1931, head of operations Frank Nitti was also convicted...
    110 KB (10,769 words) - 01:16, 31 May 2024
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    Muhammad VIII al-Amin (category Articles with short description)
    independence Lamine Bey was turned out of his palace along with his family. Their property was seized and several family members were imprisoned. He ended his...
    41 KB (5,641 words) - 15:02, 2 June 2024
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    Jim Hawkins (character) (category Articles with short description)
    the Black Spot, a pirates' summons, with the warning that he has until ten o'clock, and he drops dead of apoplexy on the spot. In the dead man's sea chest...
    14 KB (1,413 words) - 22:41, 13 January 2024
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    Edward IV (category Articles with short description)
    easy to describe. One contemporary attributed it to apoplexy brought on by excess, which fits with what is known of his physical habits. Another theory...
    52 KB (6,023 words) - 03:30, 27 May 2024
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    John Albion Andrew (category Articles with short description)
    first statewide police force of its type in the nation. He died early of apoplexy at the age of 49. Andrew was born in Windham (in modern-day Maine, then...
    34 KB (3,992 words) - 15:08, 30 April 2024
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    Wyatt Earp (category All articles with dead external links)
    California. On January 25, 1926, Wyatt's brother James died of cerebral apoplexy in San Bernardino, California. Earp tried to persuade his good friend,...
    194 KB (21,591 words) - 20:42, 2 June 2024
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    He Yingqin (category Articles with short description)
    suffered from apoplexy and was sent to a hospital, where, after several months treatment, he died on October 21, 1987, at the age of 97. With the nickname...
    18 KB (2,229 words) - 21:58, 25 April 2024
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    Fall of the Western Roman Empire (category Articles with short description)
    and confirmed the right of pagans to be the exclusive caretakers of their temples. Valentinian died of an apoplexy while shouting at envoys of Germanic...
    144 KB (19,296 words) - 13:20, 1 June 2024
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    Siege of Fort William Henry (category Articles with short description)
    failure of the Louisbourg expedition. Colonel Monro died in November 1757 of apoplexy, which some historians have suggested was caused by anger over Webb's failure...
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