Markku Linnoila, MD, PhD, was born Veli Markku Ilari Linnoila in Helsinki, Finland, on June 10, 1947. On February 25, 1998, he died in Bethesda, Md, following a brief but courageous struggle with cancer, thus cutting short a lifetime of outstanding achievement in biological psychiatry. He is survived by his wife, Ilona Linnoila, PhD, his 4 children, Juuso, Jenny, William, and Robert, and his mother, Hilkka-Liisa Linnoila of Helsinki.