Die Of/From

[Samantha293]

a) "He died of cancer."
b) "He died from cancer."

"Die of" and "die from" the same?

[Mylanguageclick]

I think it's to suffer from an illness but to die of an illness.

Regards,

[Afit]

Die of and die from

[Mylanguageclick]

I think it's "to die of something" or "to die for something" but not "from".

Regards.

[Afit]

Did you click on my link?

[TheParser]

a) "He died of cancer."
b) "He died from cancer."

"Die of" and "die from" the same?

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(1) This website has some excellent threads on this matter.

(2) Please go to the search box at the top and type in:

Die of/from

[Mylanguageclick]

Did you click on my link?

I thought it was not possible to say "from" but you are right Afit, I found this too:

die - definition of die by Macmillan Dictionary

Regards and sorry for not having clicked on your link before