On June 18 the Militant newspaper announced that Stu Singer had died of cancer at the age of 65 after battling the disease for 2 years. My first reaction was to wonder what kind of cancer he had. I had the same question about Alexander Cockburn who was succumbed to the disease also after a 2-year battle. When you get to be my age, you tend to have a morbid curiosity about the disease since you know that you become increasingly vulnerable the older you get. For the most part it is a geriatric illness that you hope to avoid for the simple reason that the cure—such as it is—is worse than the disease.
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