Glen Ellyn Man Organizes ‘Cancerpalooza’ in Wife’s Memory

The LiveLikeKatie (LLK) Foundation, an organization founded by Glen Ellyn resident Scott Vogg to honor the memory of his wife Katie, who died of bile duct cancer in 2011, will hold their first-ever “Cancerpalooza” fundraiser in Glen Ellyn on Sept. 21, the Suburban Life reports.

According to the paper, the event—a music festival featuring several bands, including Vogg’s own and headlined by the Michael Heaton Band—will raise money for the study of rare upper abdominal cancers (like cholangiocarcinoma, which both Katie and Vogg’s best friend’s father died from) at the University of Chicago. 

“I hope it brings a reminder that you have a choice regarding how you live life,” Vogg told the paper. “I just happen to think the message of Katie’s passing was maybe we should live the way she did, which was to live selflessly.” 

"There's literally zero public funding for these very rare cancers,” he added to the Daily Herald. “What we're trying to do is inspire people to find some answers to cancer… I hope that people will realize cancer cuts across everybody and we need to stop it.” 

Tickets to the event are $50; more information is available at the LiveLikeKatie and Cancerpalooza websites.

Read more at the Suburban Life and the Daily Herald websites.