Plenty of people die of strokes in their 50s without involving drug use. It's not like he was a model of good health in general. Judging from his complaint of

Plenty of people die of strokes in their 50s without involving drug use. It's not like he was a model of good health in general. Judging from his complaint of failing eyesight the day prior to his death [1], it sounds like a common embolism. Considering Atherosclerosis is the number one cause of death in the developed world [2], it's not like we need to search for a likely cause. I'd argue that it's likely he was going to die around this age wether he used drugs or not, but the drug use gave him a more pleasurable experience throughout his years. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick#Death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick#Death [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atherosclerosis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atherosclerosis