Ivan Noble
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| Born | June 1967 Leeds, England |
| Died | 31 January 2005 (aged 37) London, England |
| Occupation(s) | translator, journalist |
| Years active | 1990–2005 |
| Spouse | Almut |
Ivan Noble (June 1967 – 31 January 2005) was a
Born in Leeds, he lived in East Germany working as a translator between 1988 and 1990. He then joined the BBC, originally working for them as a translator, then as a sub-editor in Nairobi. He later worked in the Science and Technology section of the BBC News website, where he was known for his love of complicated gadgetry.
He was diagnosed with
His final comment before his death ended with the statement "I will end with a plea. I still have no idea why I ended up with a cancer, but plenty of other cancer patients know what made them ill...If two or three people stop smoking as a result of anything I have ever written then the one of them who would have got cancer will live and all my scribblings will have been worthwhile."[1]
Noble died in a
Legacy
A book entitled Like a Hole in the Head (
See also
- List of notable brain tumor patients
References
- ^ Noble, Ivan (30 January 2005). "Tumour diary: The time has come". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ "BBC writer Ivan Noble dies at 37". 1 February 2005. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
External links
- Tumour Diary.
- BBC writer Ivan Noble dies at 37, includes a link to a 2004 videotaped interview
- Ivan Noble: An appreciation
- After Ivan, reflections from his wife
- Bursary memorial for Ivan Noble
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