News broke yesterday afternoon that the beloved "90210" and "Riverdale" actor Luke Perry passed away at the age of 52, due to a massive stroke. Emergency responders were called to his house Wednesday of last week in Los Angles and taken to a nearby hospital.
Perry was surrounded by his childern, Jack and Sophie, and his fiance Wendy Madison Bauer, ex-wife Minnie Sharp, mother Ann Bennett, step-father Steve Bennett, brother Tom Perry, sister Amy Coder, along with many other friends and family.
It is still unclear what led to Perry's stroke but it is believed that it is an "ischemic strokes. That is when a blood clot prevents blood flow to the brain. Though the risk of suffering a stroke typically increases with age, a 2013 study found that roughly 15 percent of all ischemic stroke “occur in young adults and adolescents.”
In an article from Fox News, by Madaline Farber, she discussed that although strokes only affect the older individuals, it is not only a disease of the elderly the article discussed. But due to the death of Perry, it has brought awareness to the fact even young and middle-aged adults or children can be affected by this. Farber wrote that “In fact, there is evidence that stroke rates among young people are increasing in the United States and this requires additional research.”
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