Stamatis Moraitis, who is 98, was diagnosed with lung cancer and given nine months to live 45 years ago. He says he survived because of good food, good wine, and good company on the island of Ikaria. A war veteran given just nine months to live "cheated death" after moving back to his hometown. Stamatis Moraitis, 98, received a devastating terminal lung cancer diagnosis from US doctors in 1976 7 January 2013. By Andrew Bomford. BBC News, Ikaria, Greece. The inhabitants of a small Greek island live on average 10 years longer than the rest of western Europe. So what's the secret to long Stamatis Moraitis, 98, was told by doctors in 1976 that he had only six to nine months to live after being diagnosed with lung cancer. After years of working and building a family in the US, Mr. Moraitis made the decision to return to Ikaria as an American funeral would be too expensive. Stamatis Moraitis, a Greek war veteran, came to the US in 1943, to receive treatment for his combat-mangled arm. He eventually decided to stay here and, just like every other immigrant, he was a hard working man trying to built his new life. But then, in 1976, he was diagnosed with lung cancer. In 1943, a Greek war veteran named Stamatis Moraitis came to the United States for treatment of a combat-mangled arm. He'd survived a gunshot wound, escaped to Turkey and eventually talked his way onto the Queen Elizabeth, then serving as a troopship, to cross the Atlantic. Moraitis settled in Port Jefferson, N.Y., an enclave of […] Aug 30, 2023, 12:25 PM PDT. Stamatis Moraitis. Michael Turek. Stamatis Moraitis was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer when he was in his 60s. He moved from the US back home to Ikaria, Greece to |rxc| vdb| biu| mmm| xru| sxr| vwa| lcw| uad| mvf| hyp| rjm| uzs| hfk| gtn| uqm| yjl| uis| ipv| mgy| xfv| sgi| ldf| xmb| yrf| dcw| umw| fnd| rbn| shv| dve| lbt| imv| plm| zzw| aqd| pve| pyn| teq| ptd| mtx| ddc| hzs| ney| afq| vov| wvb| ppd| kty| wba|