1.   Bloom died at his home in Chicago, said William Harms, a spokesman for the University of Chicago, where Bloom was professor emeritus of education.

2.   After the long, cold winter, too many early blooms were dying.

3.   Certain flowering shrubs can be improved by trimming them in the weeks after their spring blooms die, said Huffman.

4.   Two or three days later the bloom rapidly dies.

5.   Bloom died from blood loss.