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Later life
By the year 1740, Bach was starting to struggle with his eye sight but despite that Bach had went out and worked with many different people. During his final years Bach had started on a new piece called The Art of Fugue but was unable to finish it. Because of his failing sight. Due to this Bach had some surgery on his eyes which restored his vision to perfect health for a short while. When later that year it left him completely blind. During that year Bach died from a stroke and died in Leipzig on July 28, 1750. And his incomplete work The Art of Fugue was published on 1751 along with Contrapunctus 1.
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