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    Luke Perry and John Singleton remind us that strokes can strike younger adults too

    by Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times May 07, 2019 4 minutes

    Sudden weakness on one side of the body. Slurred speech. Loss of vision. Trouble with balance. Severe headaches.

    These are signs of a stroke. If it happened to someone close to you, would you know what to do?

    After the age of 55, the risk of a stroke doubles every decade, but younger people can be at risk too. In recent weeks, both 52-year-old actor Luke Perry and 51-year-old director John Singleton died after suffering a stroke.

    Strokes occur when blood isn't able to flow through the brain. More than 795,000 Americans have a stroke each year, and just over 146,000 of them die as a result, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That

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