Ivan Noble | |
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 Ivan Noble | |
| Born | June 1967 Leeds, England |
| Died | 31 January 2005(2005-01-31) (aged 37) London, England |
| Occupation(s) | translator, journalist |
| Years active | 1990–2005 |
| Spouse | Almut |
Ivan Noble (June 1967 – 31 January 2005) was aBritish journalist who worked forBBC News Online, and became well known for his diary documenting his fight against cancer.
Born inLeeds, he lived inEast Germany working as a translator between 1988 and 1990. He then joined the BBC, originally working for them as a translator, then as a sub-editor inNairobi. He later worked in the Science and Technology section of the BBC News website, where he was known for his love of complicated gadgetry.
He was diagnosed withglioblastoma multiforme on 29 August 2002, and wrote about his battle against the cancer on the BBC News website in a series entitledTumour Diary. Noble continued to write stories for the series until 30 January 2005, the day before he died. The tumor left him with seriousvisual impairments on the right side. In December 2004, having completed several courses ofchemotherapy, and after a briefremission, his tumor started to grow again. Noble enjoyed a huge amount of public support during this period.
His final comment before his death ended with the statement "I will end with a plea. I still have no idea why I ended up with a cancer, but plenty of other cancer patients know what made them ill...If two or three people stop smoking as a result of anything I have ever written then the one of them who would have got cancer will live and all my scribblings will have been worthwhile."[1]
Noble died in aLondonhospice aged 37. He was survived by his wife, Almut, and two children (a son and daughter).[2]
A book entitledLike a Hole in the Head (ISBN 0-340-86428-1), which chronicles Noble's fight with cancer, was released in May 2005. Abursary was established by theBBC in Noble's memory; it will provide annual funding for a newly qualified journalist to work at the science and technology desk of the BBC News website for six months. The first recipient of this bursary wasRebecca Morelle.
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