A brain tumor. Neurosurgery being in it's infancy at the time, the operation was very risky, and Gershwin did not survive it. Gershwin's idol, Ravel, died just a few months later, immediately after his own neurosurgery.
After he was hit by a golf-ball on one of the Hollywood courses.
George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937 at the age of 38.
George Gershwin was a famous American composer and pianist. Although he died of a brain tumor at the young age of 38, he accomplished a lot. Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris are among his best known and best received works.
George Gershwin. He had a temporal lobe tumor, and had a classic aura of a terrible smell for years before his final event. Most likely he bled into a low grade glioma and in the right setting could have been saved. Others believe he had a high grade glioblastoma.
He never married, probably because he was so busy creating a new American music style. But he did have a couple of "girlfriends" during his lifetime. He died when he was 38 of a brain tumor, and never was engaged.
It was discovered in 2000, a year or so before his death.
The clown had an ANEURYSM while I was dancing with him. An aneurysm is not to be confused with a tumor.
George Costacos died on November 17, 2008, in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany of complications from a brain tumor.
George Pembroke died on June 11, 1972, in Los Angeles, California, USA of complications from a brain tumor.
Shel Silverstein's daughter, Shoshanna, tragically died of a cerebral aneurysm at the age of 11 in 1982. It was a devastating loss for Shel Silverstein and had a profound impact on him.
Brain Tumor Society was created in 1989.
Brain Tumor Foundation was created in 1998.