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238 Notable deaths
by brain cancer
Johnnie Cochran
American attorney (1937–2005).
Born October 2nd, 1937 in Shreveport.
Died March 29th, 2005 at 67 years old in Los Feliz (brain cancer).
Susan Atkins
American convicted murderer from california (1948-2009).
Born May 7th, 1948 in San Gabriel.
Died September 24th, 2009 at 61 years old in Chowchilla (brain cancer).
John von Neumann
Hungarian and american mathematician and physicist (1903–1957).
Born December 28th, 1903 in Budapest.
Died February 8th, 1957 at 53 years old in Washington, D.C. (brain cancer).
Wes Craven
American filmmaker (1939–2015).
Born August 2nd, 1939 in Cleveland.
Died August 30th, 2015 at 76 years old in Los Angeles (brain cancer). [ref]
Yves Saint Laurent
French fashion designer (1936–2008).
Born August 1st, 1936 in Oran. [ref]
Died June 1st, 2008 at 71 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (brain cancer).
Edward Herrmann
American actor, director (1943–2014).
Born July 21st, 1943 in Washington, D.C..
Died December 31st, 2014 at 71 years old in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (brain cancer).
George Gershwin
American composer and pianist (1898–1937).
Born September 26th, 1898 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died July 11th, 1937 at 38 years old in Hollywood (brain cancer). [ref]
Margaret Brown
Survivor of the sinking of the titanic (1867–1932), women's rights activist, philanthropist.
Born July 18th, 1867 in Hannibal.
Died October 26th, 1932 at 65 years old in New York City (brain cancer).
Terence McKenna
American ethnobotanist and mystic (1946–2000).
Born November 16th, 1946 in Paonia.
Died April 3rd, 2000 at 53 years old in San Rafael (brain cancer).
Celia Cruz
Cuban singer (1925–2003).
Born October 21st, 1925 in Havana, Vereda Nueva, La Habana.
Died July 16th, 2003 at 77 years old in Fort Lee (brain cancer).
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner