Mark Tatum The Man Without A Face A kentucky man was left with almost no face after he contracted a rare fungal infection with a 50 percent mortality rate. mark tatum was in his early 40s when he contracted the infection, which can develop after contact with things like soil or rotting food. after tatum developed the infection, dr wayne k. stadelmann, a plastic surgeon with the. Mark tatum, right, embraced haley burton, 5, as haley’s dad shawn burton and jade humphrey, 9, background, looked on. shawn is mark’s nephew and jade is a second cousin to mark. they were greeting him after a press conference at the university of louisville hospital. mark’s facial disfigurement was corrected with a prosthesis.
Mark Tatum Also Known As The Man Without A Face Passes Away From Published: nov. 8, 2002 at 7:37 pm pst | updated: aug. 12, 2008 at 12:33 pm pdt. (above photo) mark tatum now, with his new prosthetic face. (below) tatum after the toxic mold destroyed his face. Added: mar 12, 2010. find a grave memorial id: 49631837. source citation. mr. mark tatum, also known by many as the man without a face, passed 4:00 cst saturday, february 26, 2005 at the medco center of franklin, kentucky. tatum lost his eyes, upper jaw, and nose to a fungal infection called mucormycosis infection in 2000. Mark tatum wasn the victim of toxic mold, which ultimately, lost him his face. tatum had been dubbed ‘the man without a face,’ since he lost his eyes, nose and upper jaw, due to a fungal infection in 2000. mark tatum was an exceptional phenomenon because he lived beyond medical expectations and had even been fitted with a new prosthetic face. A boy, struggling to pass the entrance exam to his late father's alma mater and virtually ignored by his mother and two sisters, asks justin mcleod, a solitary ex teacher with a tragic past, to tutor him. as the two apply themselves to the task at hand, they build a friendship with the power to heal the wounds of their past. more.
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