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Singer Andy Williams, 84, has died at his home in Branson, Missouri, a year after being diagnosed with bladder cancer.
BBC: Andy Williams, Moon River singer, dies aged 84
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Popular Scottish science fiction author, Iain M(enzies) Banks, who also writes mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks (no M), has been diagnosed with gall bladder cancer, and according to his statement, has only a few months to live.
FORBES: Why Dying Author Iain M. Banks Has My Undying Gratitude
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However, if the cancer has spread more, "radical" cystectomy is carried out, and the entire bladder is taken out, along with any nearby organs that bladder cancer cells may have spread to.
BBC: Bladder cancer