Gruen Von Behrens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 14-May-1977
Place of Birth: Mattoon, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 08-Sep-2015
Profession: motivational speaker
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Gruen Von Behrens
- Gruen Von Behrens (May 14, 1977 – September 8, 2015) was an American motivational speaker and victim of mouth cancer caused by smokeless tobacco.
- After his diagnosis and during his multiple treatments, he became nationally known for raising awareness against the dangers of smokeless tobacco use.
- He was a national spokesman for Oral Health America's National Spit Tobacco Education Program and participated in tobacco awareness campaigns, such as the Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids and The Truth Campaign. As part of his efforts, he spoke to high school and junior high school children in all 50 U.S.
- states and 10 Canadian provinces.
- In 2010, he testified before a U.S.
- Senate hearing about the dangers of tobacco in professional sports.Von Behrens died of mouth cancer at the age of 38.
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