Massive Stroke

massive stroke: Sharons death at age 85 occurred almost exactly eight years after the former Israeli general was felled by a massive stroke in January 2006. He had been comatose ever since, according to The Star. His doctors began to speak in increasingly gloomy terms and Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, a blunt, acerbic soldier and politician who once dominated his country, died Saturday at a hospital near Tel Aviv. Sharons physical prospects began to deteriorate quickly on Jan. 2, a decline brought on by kidney failure and a serious blood infection. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.