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Max Ritvo, poet who chronicled cancer battle, dies at 25

Max Ritvo, poet who chronicled cancer battle, dies at 25

LOS ANGELES — Max Ritvo, a poet who chronicled his long battle with cancer in works that were both humorous and searing, has died.AP This March 19, 2016, photo released by Victoria J.H.Ritvo shows her husband, Max Ritvo, in Ojai, Calif.Ritvo died Tuesday morning at his home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, his mother, Ariella Ritvo-Slifka, said Friday.Ritvo was diagnosed at 16 with Ewing's sarcoma, a rare cancer that affects bones and soft tissue in children and young adults.


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Max Ritvo, poet who chronicled cancer battle, dies at 25

Max Ritvo, poet who chronicled cancer battle, dies at 25

Max Ritvo, a poet who chronicled his long battle with cancer in works that were both humorous and searing, has died.Ritvo died Tuesday morning at his home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, his mother, Ariella Ritvo-Slifka, said Friday.Ritvo was diagnosed at 16 with Ewing's sarcoma, a rare cancer that affects bones and soft tissue in children and young adults.Treatment brought about a remission that permitted Ritvo to finish high school and attend Yale University, where he performed in an improv comedy group.


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Charter drafter dies of liver cancer

Charter drafter dies of liver cancer

An army general who sat in the National Legislative Assembly and was a member of the Meechai Ruchupan-led Constitution Drafting Committee, Niwat Sripen, died on Sunday from liver cancer.Gen Niwat SripenGen Niwat was pronounced dead at Gen Phramongkutklao Hospital at 4.20pm.The former director-general of the Judge Advocate General's Department had been treated at home and hospitals in the past few months.On Aug 19, he suffered chest pain and passed out while attending a budget meeting at Parliament Building 3.