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Fleetwood Mac singer and keyboardist Christine McVie suffered from a stroke and was also diagnosed with cancer when she died last year at age 79.
Days after Thanksgiving, the music world was stunned to learn the singer of the iconic band had died following an illness.
According to People magazine, she suffered an ischemic stroke on Nov. 30. A secondary cause of death was listed as cancer that had spread, but its origin was unknown.
According to the Mayo Clinic, an ischemic stroke occurs “when the blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted or reduced, preventing brain tissue from getting oxygen and nutrients.”
When someone suffers an ischemic stroke, brain cells begin to die “in minutes.”
Such strokes are often caused by a blocked artery or the bursting of a blood vessel.
