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Mar 5, 2020 · At first, his sister-in-law thought he was mentally ill; medical science being what it was in the 1930s, no one realized he was suffering from a malignant brain tumor until it was very much too late. Surgery was performed in the early hours of July 11, 1938, on what was probably a glioblastoma, but he died later that day, age 38.
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Aug 12, 2017 · George Gershwin (born Sept 26, 1898) was one of the greatest American composers in history. He died, aged 38 years on July 11, 1937, after surgery for his brain tumour. His olfactory hallucinations, a sign of temporal lobe epilepsy, had begun in early 1934, 1–3 but he continued active musical works despite the gradual deterioration of his ...
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George Gershwin (/ ˈɡɜːrʃ.wɪn /; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs " Swanee " (1919) and ...
On the early evening of July 9, 1937, Ira Gershwin, George’s brother and lyricist, came to visit him and discovered that George had been sleeping until 5:00 p.m. that day. ... He died a few ...
Mar 8, 2019 · A paper published in 1979 in the American Journal of Pathology by pathologist Louis Carp — “George Gershwin – Illustrious American Composer: His Fatal Glioblastoma” — has been a standard reference for the type of brain tumor that caused Gershwin’s demise. 12 An editor’s note at the end of the paper indicates that Dr. Carp died before the publication of the article, which was ...
Sep 22, 2024 · George Gershwin (born September 26, 1898, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died July 11, 1937, Hollywood, California) was one of the most significant and popular American composers of all time. He wrote primarily for the Broadway musical theatre, but important as well are his orchestral and piano compositions in which he blended, in varying degrees ...
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Apr 12, 2001 · When composer George Gershwin died in July 1937 at age 38, doctors said the cause was brain cancer. But a new examination of Gershwin's autopsy slides has cast doubt on that diagnosis. Host Bob ...
