What was the cause of Vasily Grossman's death?
Car accident
Stomach cancer
Heart attack
Stroke
Answer
Vasily Grossman died of stomach cancer at the age of 68. He had been diagnosed with the disease in 1964 and had been treated with chemotherapy and surgery. However, the cancer eventually spread to his lungs and other organs, and he died on September 14, 1964. Grossman's death was a great loss to the literary world, as he was one of the most important Russian writers of the 20th century.
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