<P> On the night of July 9, 1937 Gershwin collapsed in Harburg's house, where he had been working on the score of The Goldwyn Follies . He was rushed back to Cedars of Lebanon, and fell into a coma . Only then did his doctors think that he was suffering from a brain tumor . Leonore called George's close friend Emil Mosbacher and explained the dire need to find a neurosurgeon . Mosbacher immediately called pioneering neurosurgeon Harvey Cushing in Boston, who, retired for several years by then, recommended Dr. Walter Dandy, who was on a boat fishing in Chesapeake Bay with the governor of Maryland . Mosbacher then called the White House and had a Coast Guard cutter sent to find the governor's yacht and bring Dandy quickly to shore . Mosbacher then chartered a plane and flew Dandy to Newark Airport, where he was to catch a plane to Los Angeles; however, by that time, Gershwin's condition was critical and the need for surgery immediate . In the early hours of July 11th doctors at Cedars removed a large brain tumor, believed to have been a glioblastoma, but Gershwin died on the morning of July 11, 1937, at the age of 38 . The fact that he had suddenly collapsed and become comatose after he stood up on July 9, has been interpreted as brain herniation with Duret haemorrhages . </P> <P> Gershwin's friends and fans were shocked and devastated . John O'Hara remarked: "George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don't have to believe it if I don't want to ." He was interred at Westchester Hills Cemetery in Hastings - on - Hudson, New York . A memorial concert was held at the Hollywood Bowl on September 8, 1937, at which Otto Klemperer conducted his own orchestration of the second of Gershwin's Three Preludes . </P> <P> Gershwin was influenced by French composers of the early twentieth century . In turn Maurice Ravel was impressed with Gershwin's abilities, commenting, "Personally I find jazz most interesting: the rhythms, the way the melodies are handled, the melodies themselves . I have heard of George Gershwin's works and I find them intriguing ." The orchestrations in Gershwin's symphonic works often seem similar to those of Ravel; likewise, Ravel's two piano concertos evince an influence of Gershwin . </P> <P> George Gershwin asked to study with Ravel . When Ravel heard how much Gershwin earned, Ravel replied with words to the effect of, "You should give me lessons ." (Some versions of this story feature Igor Stravinsky rather than Ravel as the composer; however Stravinsky confirmed that he originally heard the story from Ravel .) </P>

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