Barbados Prime Minister Thompson dead at 48

[Haole Girl]

Source: Wireupdate.com

BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS (BNO NEWS) — Barbadian Prime Minister David Thompson died after a short battle with cancer on early Saturday morning, the government confirmed. He was 48.

Thompson died at his home in Saint Philip on Barbados at around 2.10 a.m. local time with his family by his side. He had been suffering from severe stomach pain since March, but it was not until September that doctors formally diagnosed him with pancreatic cancer.

The Prime Minister had flown several times to the United States to undergo chemotherapy at New York’s Presbyterian Hospital in order to shrink the tumor in his pancreas so it could eventually be removed. He died before the tumor could be removed.

Late last month, Thompson addressed the island nation with its roughly 285,000 citizens in a special audio address in which he, among other things, announced a reshuffle of his Cabinet and appointed Freundel Stuart as Acting Prime Minister.

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[GreenPartyVoter]

1. I'm so sorry. I've lost a family member to that awful disease. :^(

[bermudat]

2. So have I. Saw a dear friend of mine in Februay and he was as yellow as a

pumpkin. Pancreatic cancer invaded liver and biliary system. Made his transition
the following March. Still remember Michael Landon sitting on Johnny Carson's couch
talking about pancreatic cancer and his being dead a month later.

[Odin2005]

3. Panc Cancer is awful and fast! UGH!

Condolences to his family. :(