Gluck

American

[glook] / glʊk /

noun

Alma Reba FiersohnMme. Efrem Zimbalist, 1884–1938, U.S. operatic soprano, born in Romania.
Christoph Willibald von 1714–87, German operatic composer.
Louise, 1943–2023, U.S. poet: Nobel Prize in Literature 2020.

Gluck British

/ ɡlʊk /

noun

Christoph Willibald von (ˈkrɪstɔf ˈvɪlibalt fɔn). 1714–87, German composer, esp of operas, including Orfeo ed Euridice (1762) and Alceste (1767)

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At 38 years old, Jonathan Gluck was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer—and told he might have as little as 18 months to live.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Gluck praised the verdict during an interview with The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2025

It took about an hour on a weeknight after work, and afterward, Gluck made a throwaway joke to the technician: Am I glowing from the radioactive tracer?

From Slate • May 2, 2025

In 2003 Jonathan Gluck was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, essentially a bone marrow cancer.

From Slate • May 2, 2025

They were guarded by a sixteen-year-old German named Werner Gluck.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

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