Myers toured all over the U.S. and the world with The Rockets, enjoying a partnership that endured until the time of his death, from complications from throat cancer surgery on July 17, 2006, in Dallas, Texas.
Scragg's death from throat cancer in February 2001 ended all final attempts to relive former days.
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A second related gene - rhomboid family 1 (RHBDF1) - appears to be important in head and neck cancer.
During his career he has worked on numerous research projects on the subjects of sinus disease, head and neck cancer, and hearing loss.