Tyler Doherty, a budding 11-year old teenager, died 2005, after 40
rounds of chemotherapy; cause of death - brain cancer. Funmi Lawal, a young
Nigerian lawyer in her late 20s, died April 2013, after a 7-year battle with cost and
disease management; cause of death - bone cancer (shoulder). Funmilayo
Olayinka, 52-year old consummate banker and cerebral deputy-governor in
South-western Nigeria, also died April 2013, 5 years post-diagnosis; cause of
death - breast cancer. Angelina Jolie Voight, 37-year old Academy Award
winner, underwent preventive double mastectomy in February 2013, to reduce
her 87% risk of getting breast cancer to 5%; the procedure entailed losing
her two naturally endowed mammary glands (breasts).
