sentences:  She died of glioblastoma, the same cancer she was studying, on July 18, 2002.Elisabeth Targ was born on August 4, 1961, daughter of Russell and Joan Targ, granddaughter to William Targ and niece to chess world champion Bobby Fischer.Targ skipped two grades before completing public school, graduating from Palo Alto High School at the age of fifteen and earning her undergraduate degree and her medical degree at Stanford University.