Richard Dawkins suffers stroke.

[God of Mr. Hanky]

Smote by Yahweh, no doubt.

Bullshit, everyone knows Allah smote or smitten him. Cant be that age thing.

He is a bit of a stuff shirt, but still, hope he gets as well as he can. Great contributor to understanding science.

Dawkins may not be everyone's favorite public speaker, and he does like to do that a lot, but he remains first and best at explaining the workings of modern evolutionary theory, and the relation of that mechanism to the development and evolution of cultural memes, including theistic ideas. If you haven't read his books, beginning with The Selfish Gene, then you really don't know what you've missed. As a brilliant author, Dawkins will be missed when he eventually goes.