was raised as a Roman Catholic, became a member of the Disciples of Christ Memorial Christian Church. During his April 2010 annual physical exam, he was diagnosed with having inoperable prostate cancer at an already advanced stage, with distant metastasis, and began chemotherapy treatment. Mike Canjar died on May 7, 2012. References External links "Why Optimal Betting is not Optimal" by R. Michael Canjar, 2nd Annual Skaff Memorial Lecture, 2011 University of Detroit Mercy website 20th-century American mathematicians 21st-century American mathematicians American gambling writers People from Detroit 1953 births 2012 deaths University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni