Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr.: key obituary facts
Is Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr. dead? Yes. Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr. died on June 22, 2026, at age 93.
Cause of death: Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr.'s cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr. known for?
He was known as American physician and researcher.
More about Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr.
Born: 1 January 1933.
Place of birth: Boston.
Gender: male.
Occupation: physician.
Nationality: United States.
Education: Harvard University, Duke University School of Medicine, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard College.
Awards: Charles S. Mott Prize, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research.
Joseph F.
Fraumeni Jr., an American physician and medical researcher whose work helped define inherited cancer risk, died on June 22, 2026. He was 93.
Born in Boston on Jan. 1, 1933, Fraumeni studied at Harvard College, Duke University School of Medicine and the Harvard School of Public Health. He went on to medical training at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center before joining the National Cancer Institute, where his research with Frederick Pei Li helped identify families with a heightened susceptibility to cancer. Their work later led to the characterization of Li-Fraumeni syndrome and to discoveries involving inherited mutations in the p53 tumor suppressor gene. Fraumeni’s career brought honors including the Charles S. Mott Prize, election as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and an AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research.