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Pus$y Galore
02-18-2009, 05:41 PM
Since I feel like a bit of a party pooper for raining on the other thread, thought it might be good if we started another thread, similar, but upbeat! I'll bet we can come up with more famous people who've beaten the disease than who've perished from it (at least in the last 20 years or so). Feel free to post any additional info, such as this person has also started the "ABC Foundation".

Me First! ;)


A celeb that I really love (yes, even her voice!) Fran Drescher!! Beat uterine cancer (that was originally misdiagnosed as endrometriosis btw) and now heads her foundation for early detection, "Cancer Schmancer"

http://www.cancerschmancer.org/
Zoneboy
02-18-2009, 05:50 PM
You must've read my mind! I was thinking about starting this topic earlier today.

Peter Falk
Ann Jillian
Arte Johnson
Jack Klugman
littlebelle
02-18-2009, 05:54 PM
Great thread Cathie! I actually read Cancer Schmanser- really great, funny, uplifting book. I highly recommend it to anyone battling cancer.

Anyway, contributing to the thread- Suzanne Summers right? I know she had breast cancer at one point (2001?) and I'm pretty sure she doesn't have it anymore.
James"Thunder"Early
02-18-2009, 06:45 PM
Rue McClanahan
Diahann Carroll
Richard Roundtree
Colleen Zenk Pinter
Janice
02-18-2009, 07:14 PM
Jaclyn Smith beat breast cancer.

A Red Sox player, Jon Lester, beat lymphoma. He was 21, and it's one of those huge uplifting stories in Boston. It was a big deal when he returned. Not a dry eye in Fenway Park. His family was there. Not long after, he hit a no-hitter.

Another Red Sox player who beat it was veteran player, Mike Lowell. Terrific guy, the greatest.

Farrah Fawcett. Not quite sure where she is in her battle, but I hope she's doing well.
catlover79
02-18-2009, 07:45 PM
^ Speaking of Charlie's Angels, Kate Jackson is also a breast cancer survivor.
Big C
02-18-2009, 08:06 PM
Ice hockey legend Mario Lemieux beat cancer (Hodgkin's Disease, to be specific).

http://www.hittheice.com/pics/8x10s/9036.jpg
Zoneboy
02-18-2009, 08:09 PM
Christina Applegate
Lance Armstrong
Merle Haggard
John Kruk
Marcia Wallace
Pus$y Galore
02-18-2009, 09:04 PM
^ Speaking of Charlie's Angels, Kate Jackson is also a breast cancer survivor.


How sad is that? Stats are 1 in 9 women get breast cancer, yet all three Angels got cancer (although Farrah's wasn't breast). What is great is that so far, all three seem to be doing very well. Last I heard, Farrah's still hanging in there in recession with whatever treatments she's on.


The biggest survivor to date so far - Lance Armstrong! And I still wear a yellow rubber bracelet proudly!
catlover79
02-18-2009, 09:12 PM
How sad is that? Stats are 1 in 9 women get breast cancer, yet all three Angels got cancer (although Farrah's wasn't breast). What is great is that so far, all three seem to be doing very well. Last I heard, Farrah's still hanging in there in recession with whatever treatments she's on.


The biggest survivor to date so far - Lance Armstrong! And I still wear a yellow rubber bracelet proudly!
Yes, I always thought that was sadly ironic - all three of the original Angels getting cancer. I think Kate had a mastectomy, if I'm not mistaken. Which reminds me, Farrah's on/off love, Ryan O'Neal, is a cancer survivor, too (leukemia).
HuntingtonM15
02-18-2009, 09:23 PM
Sheryl Crow
Janice
02-18-2009, 09:44 PM
Melissa Etheridge
Zoneboy
02-18-2009, 10:22 PM
Robert DeNiro
Joe Torre
Arnold Palmer
Nelson Mandela
Rudy Giuliani
Harry Belafonte
Bob Dole
Colin Powell
John Kerry
catlover79
02-18-2009, 10:28 PM
Carly Simon is a breast cancer survivor.
PunkyP0WER
02-18-2009, 10:41 PM
Gene Wilder, Shirley Temple, Betty Ford
Pus$y Galore
02-19-2009, 02:29 AM
Liz Taylor - Brain Tumour
Janice
02-19-2009, 02:31 AM
Liz Taylor - Brain Tumour
She also survived Richard Burton, TWICE. :lol:
Lee
02-19-2009, 03:55 AM
Barry Watson(7th Heaven) is a Hodgkins survivor and Olivia Newton-John is
a Breast Cancer survivor.
Pus$y Galore
02-19-2009, 07:04 AM
She also survived Richard Burton, TWICE. :lol:



:rofl: You're on a roll tonight Girl!! :lol: You should have phoned me!!!




And yah Lee - Olivia Newton John was the other I was trying to think of.

Eddy Van Halen - Mouth/Tongue (and did it re-occur in his lung as well?)
catlover79
02-19-2009, 08:47 AM
Barry Watson(7th Heaven) is a Hodgkins survivor and Olivia Newton-John is
a Breast Cancer survivor.
How could I have forgotten Olivia? She's one of my favorites, and has been a tireless advocate of women's health since then.
*Pleasant Tomorrow*
02-19-2009, 09:22 AM
Sharon Osbourne survived colon cancer after being told she only had a 33% chance of survival.
treky
02-19-2009, 03:31 PM
Olivia Newton-John survived breast cancer

Gary Bussey is also a cancer survivor, I think. (not sure what kind, though)
PracTz
02-19-2009, 06:41 PM
Going back further than most here, let's not forget Arthur Godfrey who was diagnosed with cancer in one lung and the aorta in 1964 yet with radiation treatment would survive more than twenty years despite having emphysema from that treatment!
LuLu Rogers
02-19-2009, 11:31 PM
Sharon Osbourne survived colon cancer after being told she only had a 33% chance of survival.

You beat me to it Ashlee! :p I think Sharon is truly amazing, beating cancer with all the odds against her. :)
LuLu Rogers
02-19-2009, 11:40 PM
Ann Jillian, Kylie Minogue and Lynn Redgrave survived breast cancer
Lance Armstrong and Richard Belzer survived testicular cancer
Zoneboy
02-19-2009, 11:41 PM
More breast cancer survivors

Edie Falco
Linda Ellerbe
Jill Eikenberry
Lynn Redgrave
Sandra Day O'Connor
catlover79
02-20-2009, 12:08 AM
Montel Williams is a survivor of male breast cancer.
Pus$y Galore
02-21-2009, 01:01 PM
Good one Cat! So often people seem to forget that men can also get breast cancer.


Christina Applegate seems to be doing very well and also took matters into her own hands and had a full mastecomy in order to prevent it from spreading since the gene seems to be in her family. Go Christina!
Cactus Jack
02-21-2009, 01:08 PM
Olivia Newton-John survived breast cancer

Gary Bussey is also a cancer survivor, I think. (not sure what kind, though)
Gary is an everything survivor :lol:
Pus$y Galore
02-21-2009, 01:50 PM
Gary is an everything survivor :lol:


LOL - actually he really is. Funny though, my opinion has changed about him since seeing him on Dr. Drew's Rehab. Much of his problems are from the brain damage he suffered after that motorcycle accident years ago.

I actually now feel for the guy. He does come across weird, but his heart's in the right place.
catlover79
02-21-2009, 02:23 PM
Good one Cat! So often people seem to forget that men can also get breast cancer.


Christina Applegate seems to be doing very well and also took matters into her own hands and had a full mastecomy in order to prevent it from spreading since the gene seems to be in her family. Go Christina!
Yeah, I remember Montel talking about it several times. As for Christina Applegate, I have come to respect her so much these past few months. She has proved she is brave and strong, despite her own health problems and the death of her boyfriend. God bless her and I hope it only gets better from here!
catlover79
02-21-2009, 02:24 PM
LOL - actually he really is. Funny though, my opinion has changed about him since seeing him on Dr. Drew's Rehab. Much of his problems are from the brain damage he suffered after that motorcycle accident years ago.

I actually now feel for the guy. He does come across weird, but his heart's in the right place.
Good point. He provided entertaining commentary on the DVD of The Buddy Holly Story. :cool: