Eugene Sledge [SEP] cause of death
University of Montevallo). In 1970, he became a professor, a position he held until his retirement in 1990. He taught zoology, ornithology, comparative vertebrate anatomy, and other courses during his long tenure there. Sledge was popular with his students, and organized field trips and collections around town. In 1989, he received an honorary degree and rank of colonel from Marion Military Institute.
Biography Death.
Sledge died after a long battle with stomach cancer, in 2001. He was survived by his wife of nearly
later the HBO writers, so that he was able to provide needed information about the lives of Marines in combat for the making of "The Pacific".
Biography Personal life.
In April 1946, he married the former Mary Houston; his best man was Eugene Sledge.
Biography Death.
Phillips died in Alabama, after completing a long career and finally retiring. He died on September 26, 2015.
In media.
Phillips wrote the memoir "You'll be Sor-ree", an accounting of