Via the New York Times:
The pianist Van Cliburn, who famously triumphed at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958, has “advanced bone cancer,” a spokeswoman said on Monday.
Mr. Cliburn, 78, is undergoing treatment and “resting comfortably at home” in Fort Worth, where he is receiving around-the-clock care, said the spokeswoman, Mary Lou Falcone.