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Bill Paxton died from a stroke following surgery

Bill Paxton died from a stroke more than a week after he’d undergone heart surgery, it has emerged.

The ‘Aliens’ star was having a valve replaced, as well as repair to his damaged aorta, but died from the stroke on February 25, 11 days after the surgery, according to information obtained by TMZ.

Paxton had suffered an aneurysm, with the surgery going ahead on Valentine’s Day.

He died at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, aged 61, the day before this year’s Oscars.

Paxton was know for a wealth of roles over a career spanning more than 30 years, in movies from ‘The Terminator’ and ‘Weird Science’ to ‘Nightcrawler’ and ‘Edge of Tomorrow’.

(Credit: Rex Features)
(Credit: Rex Features)

Director James Cameron, with who he worked on a host of movies, including ‘Titanic’ and ‘True Lies’, paid tribute to him in a touching essay published in The Hollywood Reporter last week.

“I’m still processing that he’s gone,” he wrote.

“It’s hard to fathom that such a force of nature could be snatched from the world in his prime. He leaves a void in my life that can never be filled.

“I mourn the work we will never do together and the laughs we will never share. But I’m grateful for, and celebrate, the time and the work and the adventures we did have.”

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