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David M. Bailey, American singer-songwriter, died from glioblastoma.he was , 44

David M. Bailey was an American singer/songwriter died from glioblastoma.he was , 44. He released 20 total albums between 1997 and 2010, primarily playing Contemporary Christian Music.

(February 26, 1966 – October 2, 2010)

Biography

David M. Bailey was the son of Presbyterian missionairies and was raised in Beirut, Lebanon. He spent some of his youth in Germany where he learned to play the guitar, played in some bands, and began writing songs. Upon returning to the United States , he attended Grove City College; he then got married and entered corporate America.

He soon was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma brain tumor that was to have killed him in 6 months. He quit his job and decided to tour and write songs as long as he could. In 2003, he was one of half a dozen winners at the Kerrville New Folk Competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival.^[1] In late 2008 David was diagnosed with a recurrence of Glioblastoma . On November 20, 2008, Bailey had surgery to remove a cyst and new tumor.^[2]^[3]^[4] His trials with the initial occurrence of glioblastoma, and the initial recurrence in 2008, were discussed Sanjay Gupta's book "Cheating Death". On October 2, 2010, Bailey died from complications due to the cancer.^[5]

Other

While living in Grove City he became fond of the New Wilmington Missionary Conference, and performed there for many years. His children have grown up going as well.
His music has been compared to that of James Taylor, Jim Croce and Cat Stevens.^[4]^[6]