Adrian Sudbury | Journalist, blogger, 27
Adrian Sudbury, 27, a British journalist who blogged about his fight with cancer and campaigned for more bone-marrow donations, died in his sleep Wednesday in London. His death was announced on the blog and in the Huddersfield Examiner, the newspaper he worked for as an online journalist when he fell ill in November 2006.
Adrian Sudbury, 27, a British journalist who blogged about his fight with cancer and campaigned for more bone-marrow donations, died in his sleep Wednesday in London. His death was announced on the blog and in the Huddersfield Examiner, the newspaper he worked for as an online journalist when he fell ill in November 2006.
Baldy's Blog - http://go.philly.com/baldy - was Mr. Sudbury's life - and death - laid bare, documenting sad milestones such as leaving his apartment and returning to his parents' home, the breakup of his longtime relationship, and his realization that his disease was terminal.
The blog earned Mr. Sudbury the 2007 Weblog Award for best health blog and the Guild of Health Writers Award for best online work. He was named multimedia journalist of the year by Press Gazette, Britain's journalism industry newspaper. - AP