The nihilistic character Bazarov in Ivan Turgenev's Fathers and Sons dies of pyaemia. Miller Huggins, manager of the New York Yankees, died of pyaemia while managing the team during the 1929 season. Blind Boy Fuller died at his home in Durham, North Carolina on February 13, 1941 at 5 p.m. of pyemia due to an infected bladder, gastrointestinal tract and perineum, plus kidney failure.