LSU has confirmed that what we have expected for the last few days has finally happened. LSU mascot Mike the Tiger has passed away following his battle with cancer.
LSU’s sixth live tiger mascot had been diagnosed with spindle-cell sarcoma last May, a type of brain cancer that had formed near his eye. It was not expected that treatment would cure him, but it was hopeful that a ground-breaking (for a tiger) round of radiation treatment at the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center would help prolong his life.
On October 5, LSU announced that the cancer had spread, giving Mike just one or two more months.