John Howard Griffin - Death and Rumored Effects of Oxsoralen

Death and Rumored Effects of Oxsoralen

John Howard Griffin died in Fort Worth in 1980 at age 60 from complications due to diabetes.

It has been erroneously claimed that the large doses of Oxsoralen Griffin used in 1959 eventually led to his death from skin cancer. Griffin did not have skin cancer; the only negative symptoms he suffered due to the drug were temporary and minor. The worst, arguably, were fatigue and nausea.

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