The 'unpredictable' condition that killed 'devastatingly handsome' actor Cary Grant

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stroke as a "serious life-threatening medical condition" that occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off. Back in 1986 the Quad-City Times reported that the actor's stroke occurred shortly before he was meant to make an appearance at a fundraising event in Iowa, USA.

Taken immediately to St Luke's Hospital, the star's condition was described as "comatose" and around nine o'clock that evening the star was pronounced dead.

Dr James Gilson, a cardiologist who worked at the hospital, reportedly commented: "Had Grant been brought to the hospital earlier, nothing could have been done. "The only thing unusual about this case was that the man's name was Cary Grant. "DON'T MISS: Taking two vitamin supplements together found to increase cancer risk by almost 30% - BMJRumours spread that the star began to feel ill shortly before his performance at a charity event, but as he didn't want to let the charity down, he did not cancel his appearance. "He was chipper, in fact.

He made several changes of the microphones, shifted the stool where he was sitting and made some rearrangements for the screening of some of his old film clips," Lois Jecklin, director of Visiting Artists, which sponsored Grant's appearance, said of the event.