Notable Cases
Long-time U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) died of malignant glioma. The course of his illness suggests GBM. After his initial seizure and subsequent diagnosis in May 2008, he chose aggressive treatment and survived 15 months.
2001 World Rally Championship winner Richard Burns was diagnosed with it after suffering a blackout while traveling to the 2003 Wales Rally GB. He died on 25 November 2005, four years to the day after winning the WRC Championship
Doctors diagnosed composer George Gershwin with a glioblastoma multiforme in 1937. However, recent studies indicate that this diagnosis may have been incorrect. Some believe it may have been a Pilocytic astrocytoma.
Mo Mowlam (Secretary of State for Northern Ireland May 1997 - October 1999) - had a mild form of glioma on left frontal lobe.
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