In memory

For the people we lost too soon.

Our work is for them. Share the story of someone you lost to disease, under your name or anonymously.

Lives the world lost to disease

Marie Curie1867–1934

Physicist and chemist. Died at 66 of aplastic anaemia.

Rosalind Franklin1920–1958

Chemist whose X-ray work revealed DNA's structure. Died at 37 of ovarian cancer.

Lou Gehrig1903–1941

Baseball player. Died at 37 of ALS.

Stephen Hawking1942–2018

Theoretical physicist. Lived with ALS for 55 years.

Steve Jobs1955–2011

Co-founder of Apple. Died at 56 of pancreatic cancer.

Chadwick Boseman1976–2020

Actor. Died at 43 of colon cancer.