This year's Nobel Prize winner in medicine died on Sept. 30
Steinman was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer four years ago and died on Sept. 30, three days before the announcement.
Nobel Prizes are typically not given out posthumously. Nobel committee member Goran Hansson said the Nobel committee didn't know Steinman was dead when it chose him as a winner and was looking through its regulations. seattletimes.nwsource.com