as "ask[ing] two hundred guineas for throwing a pot of paint in the public's face". This resulted in the famous libel trial that resulted in a jury's awarding Whistler one farthing damages. Recent research into the illness of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche has suggested that his mental illness and death may have been caused by CADASIL rather than tertiary syphilis. Likewise, the early death of the composer Felix Mendelssohn, at age 37, from a stroke has been potentially linked to CADASIL. His sister, Fanny Mendelssohn, was similarly affected. And James Dewar, best known as vocalist for Robin Trower, died age 59 from complications of CADASIL. In the movie The Sea Inside, one of the characters is stated to have CADASIL. See also Proteopathy CARASIL (cerebral autosomal recessive arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy) References Further reading In External links A patient story at The New York Times Deficiencies of intracellular signaling peptides and proteins Cerebrovascular diseases Skin conditions resulting from errors in metabolism Syndromes