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IN BRIEF: Actor Ryan O'Neal dies aged 82
IN BRIEF: Writer, poet and actor, Benjamin Zephaniah dies aged 65
TODAY IS: Pastry Day
TODAY IS: Techno Day
TODAY IS: National Christmas Card Day
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My younger brother died with a brain tumour at the age of 33. Twenty years after his death, the same treatments are being offered to people with his type of tumour: surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, all of which may delay the inevitable, but at a cost. I’m not unusual; most people know or love someone who suffers from a common disease for which there is no cure. In fact, compared with most people, I’ve probably got off lightly so far.
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