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Published: November 4, 2007
Faces of West Nile: Even the 'strongest man in the world' wasn't safe from virus
CUSHING — James William Cook Sr. was the undisputed "strongest man in the world” to his children. A man who once fought his way out of a coma following a major car wreck.
So when Cook died from a mosquito bite Sept. 28 — becoming one of seven Oklahomans to die from the West Nile virus this year — his loved ones were shocked.
"A mosquito,” said Jim Cook Jr., 49, of Agra in disbelief. "It's still hard to...
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