After a five-year battle with the illness, he eventually succumbed in 1996 at the age of 61.

She eventually succumbed to the illness on December 9, 2008 at the age of 66.

He succumbed to the disease at the age of 42.

After an extended battle with the disease, he succumbed in 2000, at the age of 24.

She succumbed to lung cancer in 1991 at the age of 54.

On 6 December 1999, he succumbed to brain cancer, at the age of 52.

He succumbed to the disease on the morning of August 14, 2009, at the age of 65.

He succumbed to cancer in March 2011 at the age of 52.

He held the position for only five months before succumbing to pneumonia at the age of 56.

She beat cancer back three times, but succumbed during her fourth battle, at the age of 20.