In 1997, Governor Don Sundquist proclaimed June 23 as Wilma Rudolph Day in Tennessee. Wilma died in her home in Nashville, Tennessee. She had been in and out of hospitals for several months after brain cancer was diagnosed.
George Harrison died on 29 November 2001 at 1.20pm. The cause of death was listed on his Los Angeles County death certificate as metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. His body was wrapped in a shawl and covered with holy oils. Twenty minutes after he passed away, staff from the Hollywood Forever Cemetery arrived to collect Harrison's body.
The leading cause of liver cancer is cirrhosis due to either hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or alcohol. In 2013, 300,000 deaths from liver cancer were due to hepatitis B, 343,000 to hepatitis C and 92,000 to alcohol.