Wu-Tang Clan's Oliver ‘Power’ Grant’s Cause of Death Revealed
Days after Wu-Tang Clan announced the passing of co-founder Oliver “Power” Grant, the cause of death was announced. The news coincided with the hip hop group’s nomination to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He was 52.
Although Grant wasn’t a performer, he was served as executive producer on their first album, Enter the Wu-Tang and also helped fund the group in the early days.
What Did Oliver ‘Power’ Grant’ Die From?
Grant died following “a courageous and hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer,” his family and Wu-Tang Clan said in a joint statement to Rolling Stone.
What Should I Know about Pancreatic Cancer?
There were approximately 67,440 diagnoses of pancreatic cancer last year. The five-year survival rate is 13.3 percent, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Risk factors include smoking, which causes about 25 percent of all cases of pancreatic cancer. Other risks include being overweight, having diabetes, environmental factors, or pancreatitis, which is inflammation of the pancreas.
This cancer type disproportionately affects Black people, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Symptoms of Pancreatic Cancer
This disease is hard to catch early because people don't generally have symptoms until it reaches later stages. Symptoms to look out for include:
- Loss of appetite
- Fatigue
- Belly pain
- Weight loss
- Yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes, called jaundice.
- Light-colored or floating stools
- Dark-colored urine
- Itching
- New diagnosis of diabetes or diabetes that's getting harder to control.
- Pain and swelling in an arm or leg, which might be caused by a blood clot