Brother Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

My mother died happily of a stroke in her seventies.

— Doris Lessing

My dad died of a stroke.

— William Shatner

My father was unwell when I was 11, had a stroke at 14 and died when I was 18. My mother going to work…

— John Caudwell

Mum died on a Saturday - apparently that's quite common. Dad already had dementia, and my brother and I had to let him know…

— David Baddiel

Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday; I can't be sure.

— Albert Camus

As I flew back from New Zealand to bury my mother, it occurred to me that no matter how harrowing her loss was and…

— James Nesbitt

My mother died of a stroke in 1974, and for a long time, I blamed myself. She was utterly devastated when I told her…

— Miriam Margolyes

I had known a couple of people who had died, but the loss of my mother contained something of the profoundly unknowable.

— Andrew Solomon

I suffered a stroke in 2002 that made everything else in my life that happened to that point pale in comparison.

— Bret Hart

I lost my sister Telsche to ovarian cancer in 1997 and my grandparents on my mother's side both had cancer but well into their 70s.

— Charley Boorman

My dad had a stroke. It's one of those life-changing events. It was right around the time I was turning 40. We were doing…

— Corbin Bernsen

My mom died on Christmas morning 1997. It was sudden and completely unexpected.

— Steve Doocy