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As the irreversibility of anencephaly is widely understood in the medical community, he argued that the decision to continue futile care only resulted in the repetitive diversion of medical equipment. [6] Keene's cardiac death occurred on April 5, 1995, at Fairfax Hospital, at age of 2 years 174 days. [1]
Jaxon Emmett Buell (August 27, 2014 – April 1, 2020) was an American child known for being born missing about 80% of his brain due to anencephaly. [1] He surpassed doctors' expectations, who predicted he would not live to see his first birthday. He actually lived over five-and-a-half years.
Anencephaly is the absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp that occurs during embryonic development. [1] It is a cephalic disorder that results from a neural tube defect that occurs when the rostral (head) end of the neural tube fails to close, usually between the 23rd and 26th day following conception. [ 2 ]
Warren “Red” Upton, the 105-year-old World War II US veteran who was the oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese surprise bombing of Pearl Harbor, died on Christmas Day, according to Sons ...
Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 105. Upton was surrounded by his "loving family" when he died on Wednesday, Dec. 25 following a "short ...
Oldest confirmed survivor of the COVID-19 pandemic (9 February 2021) Lucile Randon DC ( French: [ly.sil ʁɑ̃.dɔ̃] ; 11 February 1904 – 17 January 2023), also known as Sister André (French: Sœur André ), was a French supercentenarian who, until her death at the age of 118 years, 340 days, was the world's oldest verified living person ...
Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medalist, has died at age 103 following a recent hospitalization. Keleti, who was hospitalized on Christmas Day in critical ...
Leon Botha (4 June 1985 – 5 June 2011) was a South African painter and disk jockey. He was known for his close association with the hip hop group Die Antwoord, as well as for being the second of the world's longest-lived persons with progeria before Sammy Basso who was one of the oldest survivors of the disease.