Sentences with phrase «year died of»

But when it came to making art, he was largely self - taught, as demonstrated by this winsome group of small, disheveled ceramic sculptures that he made the year he died of liver cancer.

In that spirit, Naveen Sangji, sister of Sheri Sangji, the technician who last year died of injuries from lab fire at the University of California (UC), Los Angeles, made the issue of lab safety part of the official observances in April that marked Workers Memorial Day in Washington, D.C. Annual commemorations of job - related deaths have taken place for years, across the nation and abroad.

Some 150,000 people per year are diagnosed with colon cancer and 55,000 per year die of it.

Penny, who is the food - and - beverage manager at the Honolulu Club, became a widow in 2000 when her husband of 28 years died of cancer.

An estimated 75,000 cats every year die of mammary gland cancer and research shows cats spayed before their first heat cycle have a 91 percent lower risk of developing it.

This year the dying of the river will take place on 12 March.

And yet, it is estimated that between 1 and 1.5 million people each year die of influenza or its related complications.

Not exact matches

«One of his repeated phrases was «the best,»» David Jr. recalls of his dad, who died last year at age 101.

Radiohead and Atoms for Peace frontman Thom Yorke last year described the service as «the last desperate fart of a dying corpse,» while pop megastar Taylor Swift pulled her entire catalog from Spotify in November.

Tens of thousands of Americans die every year from old - fashioned air pollution, generated by electric power plants that burn fossil fuels.

I had the chance to meet the mother of Amanda Todd [the 15 - year - old B.C. girl who died by suicide in 2012 after being harassed and blackmailed online], an amazing woman.

Ethiopian lawmakers likewise recently invoked the 2012 case of a neglected Ethiopian 13 - year - old girl who died of hypothermia and malnutrition in the U.S. to justify their new ban on international adoptions.

President Donald Trump's staff did not want him to attend last year's White House Correspondents» Dinner, because they were «terrified that he would die up there in front of a seething and contemptuous audience.»

Not all powerful business families implode: When Paul Desmarais died last year, his sons, Paul Jr. and André, succeeded in dividing responsibilities over the vast financial services firm with little evidence of acrimony.

Of 60,000 adoptees from Russia to the U.S., only 19 have died from abuse or neglect in the last 20 years, according to The Christian Science Monitor.

There's really no other way United could respond to the terrible mishaps and horrible press it went through earlier this year, starting with the death of Kikito the French bulldog, and culminating with the revelation of the fact that almost half of all pets that die on planes, die on United.

They can also push retirees into higher tax brackets — especially when a spouse dies and their income transfers to the surviving spouse, or the surviving spouse dies and all of the estate becomes taxable in the year of death.

Albert Latner, the family patriarch who amassed a fortune in the construction business, died earlier this year, meaning that after years of bickering, the family will have to settle matters on their own.

More than 2,600 pedestrians are injured from motor - vehicle - related accidents in B.C. every year, and as many as 67 of those die as a result.

While the launch of a new driving safety app, for example, might not grab readers, the fact that nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, and that more than 20 million are permanently injured, will.

Four years ago, Strisower's daughter Jessica almost died of a bacterial lung infection that was resistant to antibiotics.

I only ever talked to Si, who died over the weekend at age 89, a handful of times in my two years at WWD.

Squier died of pneumonia that same year, but his company thrived.

But unlike Adams, who died several years before the 1825 election of John Quincy Adams, Bush saw her son run, and win.

Since the death of Kim Jong - il, the North Korean dictator who died one year ago today, there's been hope and speculation that new leader Kim Jong - un would open his country to the West through bold economic reform.

O'Riordan's publicist announced on Monday morning that the 46 - year - old singer had died in London, though the cause of her death has yet to be made public.

If a US Googler dies, the surviving spouse or domestic partner gets 50 % of their salary every year for the next decade, reports Forbes» Meghan Casserly.

Rick George, who helped pioneer Canada's oil - sands industry during two decades at the helm of Suncor Energy Inc., died on Tuesday after a year - and - a-half battle against acute myeloid leukemia.

One year after Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs died, the world saw one of his last passion projects quietly launched in the Dutch shipyard of custom yacht builder Feadship.

After experiencing years of abuse from family members and friends, Winfrey ran away from home and bore a child at age 14 who died shortly after birth.

«Five days before my mother died, she gave me a journal that contained 10 years» worth of prayers and words of wisdom she had been writing down,» says Taylor.

Remarkably, many of these corporate leaders and companies are still working from the playbook developed by Johnson & Johnson over 35 years ago, when people began dying due to cyanide being maliciously injected into Tylenol pill capsules.

It took years for Radiohead to agree to put its music on Spotify in 2016, after frontman Thom Yorke once called it «the last desperate fart of a dying corpse.»

Ailes, who resigned from his positions as chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network amid sexual harassment allegations last year, has died.

The two others who died were 31 - year - old Erik Weissman and 37 - year - old Raphael Teken, both of Cambridge.

(There was also speculation last year that Disney may try to acquire Vice outright, but those rumors have died down of late.)

Her mother died a few years ago, the father of her two - year - old died of the disease shortly after their daughter was born.

While she was finishing her last year of college, her mother died suddenly of lung cancer.

Summer after summer, year after year, we fork over countless dollars to catch the latest iteration of an ancient story: the sky is falling; the Earth is dying; bring on the end of the world.

Aghdam, a 39 year - old San Diego resident, is believed to have died from a self - inflicted gunshot wound to the chest at one of YouTube's buildings, according to a law - enforcement source and multiple news reports.

Lots more people today can go online in some fashion than were able to a decade ago, so, what, we wait 20 years for the olds of today to die off so the olds of tomorrow have smartphones?

The study found that adults who sat for 11 hours or more per day had a 40 % increased risk of dying in the next three years than those who sat for less than four hours a day.

While more people died in air accidents in 2014 than the average in recent years, the number of fatal accidents compared with the total number of flights was a record low, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

«Half of our Y Combinator batch died that year, like almost instantly,» Doshi recalls.

He was helped in the realization by remembering a close friend who had died of pancreatic cancer the year before.

And records are being hit all the while — just the latest impressive sign of resilience for the 8 1/2 - year bull market that refuses to die.

Months later, the company's heir apparent, 55 - year - old Edward Gilligan died suddenly of a blood clot.

Those with chronic health conditions who are dying for lack of proper care are not counted as official hurricane deaths, but the island's forensics institute reported 472 more deaths in September compared with the previous year.

The disorder eats away at motor functions and disrupts voluntary muscles; patients usually die within three to five years of the first symptoms as they lose their ability to breathe.

For Reynolds, who has spent five years and some $ 4.5 million, including most of his own savings, on his quest to change lives, do - or - die time is fast approaching.