Wilma Rudolph Brain Cancer
Friday, May 16th, 2008
Wilma Rudolph died of cancer in 1994, she had been diagnosied with brain and throat cancer, saddly she isn’t the only famous person to have to battle the diease, here’s a list of high profile brain cancer fighters:
• Lyle Alzado, 43, Football Player
• Lance Armstrong, Seven-time Tour de France Champion
• Lee Atwater, 40, Chairman, Republican National Committee
• James Batten, 59, CEO, Knight Ridder Newspapers
• Becky Bisoulis, 56, Fashion Designer
• Johnnie Cochran, 68, Defense attorney
• Dan Duva, 44, Boxing Promoter
• John Galsworthy, 66, Nobel Prize-winning Novelist
• George Gershwin, 36, Composer
• Scott Hamilton, Olympic and World Figure Skating Champion
• George Harrison, 58, Lead guitarist, The Beatles
• Dick Howser, 50, Manager, Kansas City Royals
• Reginald Lewis, 53, CEO, TLC Beatrice
• Bob Marley, 36, Reggae Singer
• Frank Edward “Tug” McGraw, 59, Professional Baseball Player
• Megan O’Connell, 30, International Model
• Slim Pickens, 64, Actor
• Dan Quisenberry, 45, Pitcher, Kansas City Royals
• Lou Rawls, 72, Singer
• Pete Rozelle, 70, NFL Commissioner
• Mark Ruffalo, Actor
• Gene Siskel, 53, Film Critic
• Deke Slayton, 47, Astronaut
• Dawn Steele, 51, First Female Hollywood Movie Studio Executive
• Annette Strauss, 74, Former Dallas Mayor
• Robert Swanson, 52, Biotechnology Pioneer & Founder of Genentech
• Mike Synar, 45, U.S. Congressman
• Elizabeth Taylor, Actress
• Michael Walsh, 51, CEO, Tenneco