Stalling/starter problem, no way related, right?

Normally, I wouldn't suspect that these two problems would be related except that they first popped up concurrently.

On Friday, my wife was moving in very slow traffic (thankfully) when her 1994 Plymouth Grand Voyager (3.3) died. It wouldn't start and she had it towed back to the house where I was unexpectedly waiting to pay the tow guy. When I tried to start it, it fired right up. My guess at the time was the van got too hot and shut itself down because a) it was leaking antifreeze pretty steadily (the tubing running to the rear of the vehicle just rusted through) and b) I had a problem with the thermostat sticking awhile back and still haven't replaced it. I convinced myself this was the problem even though my wife insisted she didn't hear the "check gauges" ding or notice a high temp reading. I fixed the tubing and thermostat on Saturday.

Then yesterday came the familiar click of the solenoid at the starter when I went to start the van. My wife said that's what it did on Friday after it died and she tried to start it. It started after a few attempts, so it's not completely bad.

Obviously, I'm replacing the started ASAP, but I need some suggestions on the stalling issue, specifically if there is anything that would cause a stall that could be related to the starter going out.

Thanks, James

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