1. Otto Muller died on 9 December 1979 as a result of a serious lung disease at the Carl von Basedow - Clinic in Merseburg .
2. On 9 . December 1979 , Otto Muller died as a result of a serious lung complaint in the Carl von Basedow clinic in Merseburg .

Select your answer from the options. Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
OPT:
(a). no.
(b). yes....I think the answer is
(b).