caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
ivan noble 31 january 2005 london , england 1990 -- 2005 leeds , england june 1967 almut ivan noble - bbc journalist.jpg ivan noble
 ivan noble translator , journalist
ivan noble

ivan noble -lrb- june 1967 -- 31 january 2005 -rrb- was a british journalist who worked for bbc news online and became well known for his diary documenting his fight against cancer .
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 , before working 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 glioblastoma multiforme on 29 august 2002 , and wrote about his battle against the cancer on the bbc news website in a series entitled `` tumour diary '' .
noble continued to write stories for the series until 30 january 2005 , the day before he died .
the tumour left him with serious visual impairments on the right side .
in december 2004 , having completed several courses of chemotherapy , and after a brief remission , his tumour started to grow again .
noble enjoyed a huge amount of public support during this period .
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 . ''
noble died in a london hospice aged 37 .
he was survived by his wife , almut , and two children -lrb- a son and daughter -rrb- .
