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- Michael Tilson Thomas died of glioblastoma multiforme at his San Francisco home on April 22, 2026, two months after Joshua Robison’s death.
- He announced the tumor’s return in February 2025, gave his San Francisco Symphony concert in April 2025, and had earned 12 Grammy Awards and the 2019 Kennedy Center Honor.
- Mayor Daniel Lurie and board chair Priscilla Geeslin praised Michael Tilson Thomas’s legacy and said Beethoven Ninth performances will be dedicated to him.
