Nashville dad launches nonprofit as he fights cancer because 'it takes a gladiator to get through this' Brinley Hineman, Nashville Tennessean © Mark Zaleski / For The Tennessean Eric South, 43, sits with his wife, Leslie, his sons, Marshall, 6, left, and Charlie, 8, as he talks about his battle against an aggressive brain cancer on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. In February, South had surgery to remove a glioblastoma tumor from the left side of his brain. Since then, he has enrolled in a clinical treatment trial in Texas and is spending time with his children. ...