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“Checker Tobi” co-inventor Johannes Honsell has died of a brain tumor.
There were less than two weeks between the diagnosis and his death.
Munich – The filmmaker, author and producer Johannes Honsell died on December 27th.
He became particularly known as the co-inventor of the children's knowledge show “Checker Tobi” on KiKa and Erste.
The reason for the 45-year-old's death is said to be an extremely aggressive and rapidly growing brain tumor, as
Bild
reports.
Only twelve days passed between the diagnosis and his death.
Filmmaker Johannes Honsell dies – brain tumor probably the cause
Honsell's death sparked widespread grief.
Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), which is responsible for the children's knowledge program, said as follows: "We are losing a great filmmaker and mourning the loss of a very special person." The broadcaster also confirmed, citing Honsell's family, that the one in Rosenheim resident director succumbed to cancer.
Johannes Honsell is dead. © Instagram
According to the
picture,
the exact cause of death is a so-called glioblastoma.
Honsell is said to have had surgery shortly before Christmas.
Although he was still able to communicate with the doctors and his relatives after the operation, he fell into a coma shortly afterwards and subsequently died.
Glioblastoma is the most common malignant brain tumor in adults
The University Clinic for Neurosurgery at the Inselspital informs that there are different types of brain tumors: “Glioblastoma is the most common malignant brain tumor in adults.”
It goes on to say: “The prognosis for glioblastoma is unfavorable, so the main focus is on improving the quality of life and maximizing the patient’s survival time.”
The German Cancer Society points out that this type of tumor tends to “grow again even after aggressive therapy.”
In a glioblastoma, the so-called glial cells in the brain are affected.
“They multiply rapidly within a few weeks,” explained the medical journalist Dr.
Christoph Specht told RTL.
Therefore, deaths within a few weeks are not unusual, according to his assessment.
Symptoms of glioblastoma include frequent headaches and paralysis
The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies brain tumors into different categories.
Depending on their malignancy, they are graded from I to IV (one to four).
According to the German Cancer Society, glioblastomas are classified as grade IV and are therefore particularly malignant and grow quickly.
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Frequent headaches and ultimately symptoms of paralysis, as Johannes Honsell, the inventor of “Checker Tobi”, is said to have experienced, according to a statement from a friend to Bild, are among the typical signs of a brain tumor.
The University Hospital of Zurich informs that glioblastomas can sometimes cause headaches, “but they can also have completely different (harmless) reasons.
There can also be many other symptoms, but these are also not specific to glioblastomas.”
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