After surviving nearly eight months with pancreatic cancer -- the same disease that killed his own father four years ago -- my dad passed away quietly at home this morning. My three siblings and I were able to spend the last few days with him,...
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Pancreatic cancer snuffs about 33,000 Americans each year; with any luck, the 6-10 hours of surgery my father is enduring today in Charlottesville, Virginia, will keep him from adding to.