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On the list of possible diagnoses was some type of brain tumor but Gershwin refused a spinal tap, which might have revealed tumor cells in the cerebrospinal fluid, because he did not want to ...
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 ...
- Takahiro Mezaki
- 2017
Jan 1, 2016 · Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, where composer and pianist George Gershwin died of a brain tumor, on 11 July 1937. The Brain Surgery Because of the seriousness of the case, they decided to call none other than Professor Harvey Cushing, who refused because he had retired from work 11 , 43 ; he counseled the intervention of Dr. Walter Dandy, one of his best pupils.
- Davide Bagatti
- 2016
Mar 8, 2019 · The heading of the article ran: “George Gershwin, Composer, Is Dead: Master of Jazz Succumbs in Hollywood at 38 After Operation for Brain Tumor.” Although rumors that Gershwin might be seriously ill had appeared in a Hollywood gossip column written by Walter Winchell, New Yorkers and the public at large had little preparation for his untimely and tragic death.
George Gershwin died in 1937 of a glioblastoma of the right temporal lobe. He had been in psychoanalytical care for some time and was hospitalized a few weeks before his death, when he was thought to have a functional illness. The controversies about George Gershwin's death, duration of neurologic symptoms, and problems in diagnosis are discussed.
- A Silverstein
- 1999
Jul 21, 2021 · George Gershwin (1898–1937) was one of the most influential American composers of the 20 th century. Likewise his swift, comet-like, career progress from a high school dropout to an iconic composer of the 20 th century: “The man who said he had more notes in his head than he could write down in a hundred years died suddenly … in Hollywood”.
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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.
