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Sydney Opera House to host memorial for Richard Scolyer
Richard Scolyer, the pathologist who died from brain cancer on June 7 at age 59, will receive a state memorial service on Monday. The Guardian reported that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, NSW Premier Chris Minns and Governor General Sam Mostyn will attend at the Sydney Opera House.
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A state memorial service for Richard Scolyer will be held on Monday at the Sydney Opera House. The Guardian reported that Scolyer, named 2024 Australian of the Year, died from brain cancer on June 7 at age 59. Scolyer worked as a pathologist and developed a treatment that activated a patient’s immune system to treat melanoma.
The Guardian reported that the service will honor his contributions to turning melanoma from a common death sentence into a largely curable disease. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, NSW Premier Chris Minns and Governor General Sam Mostyn will attend the service, The Guardian reported.
Albanese stated after Scolyer’s death that every day this remarkable man – the cancer specialist who became his own subject – took us into his confidence and he lifted us all in the process.
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