In 2010 Christopher Hitchens announced that he had been diagnosed with esophageal cancer. He underwent treatment and remained an outspoken atheist amid suggestions of a possible deathbed recantation. He died on December 15, 2011, of pneumonia. He was 62 years old. A memorial was held the following year, and attendees included Sean Penn, Salman Rushdie, Christopher Buckley, David Remnick, and Francis Collins.
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