After a protracted illness he died on December 9, 1961 at 45 years of age.

His wife died in 1994 after a protracted illness.

Similar effects are seen with the death of a parent from a protracted illness.

And now his wife of many years has died, after a protracted illness.

Her husband died three years later, after a protracted illness from inhaling the gas.

She underwent protracted illness and a spiritual crisis in 1826.

A son from his first marriage died in 1921 following a protracted illness.

He died of pneumonia, aged 35, following a protracted illness.

In 1972, Buzzati died of cancer after a protracted illness.

I was frightened, in the way one might fear a potentially serious and protracted illness.