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The Basics: When Did Gene Kelly Die?

Posted by Kelli on Aug 5, 2011 in biography, family, featured, Gene Kelly: The Basics, videos | 12 comments

This entry is part 1 of 16 in the series Gene Kelly: The Basics.In July 1994, Gene Kelly suffered the first of two strokes. Although doctors at UCLA’s Medical Center labeled it “mild,” the stroke kept him in the hospital for nearly seven weeks. Gene suffered another, much smaller stroke in Feburary 1995. “He was neurologically stable, aware, and conversational,” the Associated Press reported the following day. But sadly, Gene would never fully recover from this...