AdvertisementChristopher Hitchens On Suffering, Beliefs And DyingOctober 29, 2010NPR StafffacebookEmailChristopher Hitchens at his home in Washington, D.C. The outspoken atheist and gleeful provocateur was diagnosed with metastasized esophageal cancer in June. He says that the doctors say he has a chance of remission, but his chances of living longer than five years are slim. (NPR)