Bone Cancer
Deaths
| 8 Feb 1957 |
Mathematician John von Neumann dies from bone cancer related to radiation exposure in close proximity to atomic bomb testing, Washington, DC. |
| 6 Apr 1992 |
Founder of Wal-Mart, Sam Walton, dies of multiple myeloma, Little Rock AR. At time of death, his 38% of Wal-Mart equalled a market value of $20B. |
| 20 Dec 1996 |
Astronomer Carl Sagan dies of pneumonia related to his bone marrow cancer (myelodysplasia), at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle WA. |
| 22 Jun 2002 |
Insipid advice columnist Ann Landers (real name, Esther Pauline Lederer) dies of a multiple myeloma, at her home in Chicago IL. |
| 22 Oct 2002 |
Former DCI Richard Helms dies of multiple myeloma. |
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