A week ago champion golfer Seve Ballesteros, known for his “swashbuckling” style and for winning five major titles in his sport, died of complications of brain cancer. He was only 54.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-seve-ballesteros-20110508,0,477261.story
His unfortunate death is worth noting, in that it demonstrates the difficulty of beating brain cancer, which appears to be a particularly resilient strain of this disease.
Ballesteros died in the Spanish fishing town where he was born, Pedrena.
His cancer was discovered after he became dizzy, and then unconscious for a short period, while in a Madrid airport in October 2008. Ballesteros had four operations to cut out his malignant brain tumor.
He was handsome, and had a dramatic career, even if it was brief. He stunned when, at age 22, he won the 1979 British Open. He did it “with a birdie he crafted on No. 16 despite teeing off into a temporary parking lot, where the ball landed 2 feet from a car,” according to The Los Angeles Times.
RIP Seve.
