Story Created:
Feb 18, 2009 at 7:00 PM EDT
Story Updated:
Feb 19, 2009 at 8:18 PM EDT
FORT MYERS, Fla. - John Kanzius, a part time Sanibel Island resident died Wednesday afternoon at Health Park Hospital in South Fort Myers.
He was a retired Erie television and radio station owner and engineer.
Kanzius grabbed the world’s attention by inventing a device that kills cancer cells.
Kanzius died from pneumonia, a complication from two rounds of chemotherapy he had recently undergone.
Kanzius was 64.
Donation Information:
Sanibel Captiva Trust Company
2407 Periwinkle Way
Sanibel, Florida 33907
Checks should be made out to Sanibel Captiva Trust Company, FBO Targeted Radio Wave Therapy Fund, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Donations are tax deductible.
