Celebrities With Cancer

To show you that cancer doesn’t choose, here are some celebrities that have this problem.

A famous celebrity who fought cancer is Kylie Minogue. In 2005 she was diagnosed with cancer and she talked to the media only after one year.

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General Colin Powell is another one who was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003.

In 2003, the former Secretary of State underwent surgery for prostate cancer and made a full recovery.

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Suzanne Sommers was diagnosed with breast cancer. She got through the hard times with the help of a medicine called Iscador (an extract of mistletoe)

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A person with lots of problems is Edie Falco who survived breast cancer.

She has survived breast cancer, and is a recovering alcoholic, sober since the early 1990s

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Charlie Watts (Rolling Stones drummer)

All the other members are said to be concerned about Watts’ condition, but the rocker has assured them he plans to be back performing and recording with the group as soon as possible.

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I found out about these celebs from ‘about.com‘. Here are some short descriptions:

Suzanne Somers
Edie Falco
Colin Powell
Peter Jennings
Olivia Newton John
Richard Rountree
Kylie Minogue
Charlie Watts

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There are other celebrities that suffer from this disease and maybe I’ll make another post after I gather enough information on this subject. The weird thing is that the celebrities always survive…even if they say that there’s no cure for cancer…