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Mar 8, 2019 · On the morning of Monday July 12, 1937, New Yorkers who had just suffered through five days of a heat wave that left thirty-eight people dead, awoke to read on the front page of the New York Times about the death of George Gershwin, a native son of their city.
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Mar 5, 2020 · Born in 1898 in Brooklyn, Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz (for such was his name) was identified early as a genuine musical prodigy. Here's how he died.
Aug 12, 2017 · In Gershwin's case, the high intracranial pressure due to a large tumour might have caused transtentorial herniation and Duret haemorrhage, which made him comatose and paretic, and intracranial pressure was further increased by cerebral aqueduct obstruction, resulting in acute papilloedema and retinal haemorrhage.
- Takahiro Mezaki
- 2017
Nov 5, 2017 · SO WHAT caused Gershwin’s tragic death? Hadassah neurosurgeon Dr. Ido Paldor examined pink-tinted slides from the autopsy and medical reports that have been published.
Sep 26, 2018 · The cause of his untimely death was most likely glioblastoma, the same type of brain cancer that killed Senators Edward M. Kennedy in 2009 and John McCain this September.
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- Dr. Howard Markel
When Composer George Gershwin crumpled in Hollywood last fortnight, doctors called it overwork. Last week, when he collapsed again they found a cystic tumor growing fast in his brain. Doctors...
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Final illness. Early in 1937, Gershwin began to complain of blinding headaches and there were signs he was suffering coordination problems. He was diagnosed with a brain tumour. An operation was unsuccessful, and Gershwin died on 11 July at the age of 38. 15 images.
