How Did Axel Kahn Die?
Axel Kahn, a doctor, geneticist, and essayist, died of cancer on Tuesday, July 6, at the age of 76, according to the League Against Cancer, of which he had been president since June 2019. He had taken the effort to issue a press release on May 11 to "announce the catastrophic conclusion."
He then gave a series of interviews in which he stated his calm in the face of death, attesting to the "gripping" feeling we get when we know death is near: "The ecstasy of every moment of beauty is multiplied tenfold by the premise that we will never know the same again." Unheard of sensation, great happiness, ” he wrote alongside flowers and a rainbow on his Twitter thread on May 14.
Death Cause- Cancer (Death Date: 6 July 2021)
Who Was Axel Kahn?
Axel Kahn was a French scientist and geneticist. Jean-François Kahn, a journalist, was his brother. He worked in gene therapy and was a member of the French National Consultative Ethics Committee from 1992 to 2004.
He began his career at the INSERM with a biochemistry concentration. The European Commission appointed him as a counselor for biosciences and biotechnologies issues in 2002. Between 1984 to 2007, he was the head of French biomedical laboratories, and in December 2007, he was elected President of the Paris Descartes University as the lone candidate.
Tributes
⚫ Nous avions rencontré Axel Kahn en janvier dernier : «L’humus de mon corps permettra de participer, peut-être, dans la terre, à l’éclosion d’une marguerite. Et l’idée qu’il y ait un peu de molécules d’Axel Kahn dans une pâquerette, cela me réjouit.»https://t.co/QRI5LwaY9v pic.twitter.com/ituMGkyJdE
— Libération (@libe) July 6, 2021
Le professeur Axel Kahn est mort (Ligue contre le cancer) #AFP pic.twitter.com/nzbwV3im8n
— Agence France-Presse (@afpfr) July 6, 2021
L'Uniopss a appris avec une grande tristesse le décès d'#AxelKahn, incarnation de l’Honnête Homme. Son humanisme, ses engagements, sa culture doivent être une boussole pour nous. pic.twitter.com/84u9mQU1I8
— Uniopss (@Uniopss) July 6, 2021
RIP au grand Monsieur qu'était Axel Kahn.🩺💊🩸💉
— Julie♡🌷 (@sweetyjulie84) July 6, 2021
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