Title: George Gershwin
Content: the early hours of July 11 doctors at Cedars removed a large brain tumor, believed to have been a glioblastoma, but Gershwin died on the morning of July 11, 1937, at the age of 38. The fact that he had suddenly collapsed and become comatose after he stood up on July 9, has been interpreted as brain herniation with Duret haemorrhages. Gershwin's friends and fans were shocked and devastated. John O'Hara remarked: "George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don't have to believe it if I don't want to." He was interred at Westchester Hills Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson,

Title: Richard Kogan (physician)
Content: but Gerwhwin composed with the window open." At 38 Gershwin died of a brain tumor. Physicians had missed the signs of the tumor, which was not diagnosed until the day he died. He had gone to a hospital, complaining of headaches, and lapsed into a coma. Later a glioblastoma was found on his temporal lobe. He had been showing symptoms: he interrupted rehearsals, complaining about smelling burning garbage, and he had trouble with his coordination. But people may have missed the signs because he never stopped working; he was composing music until the last week of his life. "What fascinates

Title: George Gershwin
Content: was admitted to Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles for observation. Tests showed no physical cause and he was released on the 26th with a diagnosis of "likely hysteria". His troubles with coordination and mental acuity worsened, though. On the night of July 9, 1937 Gershwin collapsed in Harburg's house, where he had been working on the score of "The Goldwyn Follies". He was rushed back to Cedars of Lebanon, and fell into a coma. Only then did his doctors think that he was suffering from a brain tumor. Leonore called George's close friend Emil Mosbacher and explained the

Title: Ira Gershwin
Content: culture, the prize will be given annually to a composer or performer whose lifetime contributions exemplify the standard of excellence associated with the Gershwins. He married Leonore (née Strunsky) in 1926. He died in Beverly Hills, California, on 17 August 1983 at the age of 86. He is interred at Westchester Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. Leonore died in 1991. Ira Gershwin Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershowitz, December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century. With

Title: Roy Bargy
Content: record George Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F (in an arrangement by Ferde Grofé; with Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orchestra). From 1943 until his retirement he was music director for Jimmy Durante. Roy Bargy died in Vista, California at the age of 79. Roy Bargy Roy Fredrick Bargy (July 31, 1894 – January 16, 1974) was an American composer and pianist. Born in Newaygo, Michigan, he grew up in Toledo, Ohio. In 1919 he began working with Charley Straight at the Imperial Piano Roll Company in Chicago, performing, arranging, and composing. He was the leader, pianist and arranger of the

Question: How old was George Gershwin when he died?
Answer: 38