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Longtime NASCAR driver Bobby Hamilton, winner of the 2001 Talladega 500 and champion of the 2004 Craftsman Truck Series, died Sunday of cancer. He was 49. Hamilton was diagnosed with head and neck cancer in February 2006 after a malignant growth was found when swelling from dental surgery did not resolve. Despite his diagnosis, Hamilton [...]
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Magnus Magnusson, former host of the BBC quiz show Mastermind, died just days ago after a four-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He died peacefully at his Glasgow home at the age of 77. Magnusson, a journalist, author, and presenter, is best known for his 25 years of work on Mastermind, a show he called an [...]
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Mike Evans was the actor who played Lionel on All in the Family and The Jeffersons. He died of throat cancer on December 14Th, he was only 57. Evans also helped create and write for the sitcom Good Times. It was one of the first TV sitcoms that featured a primarily black cast. His last [...]
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Angelina Jolie is making even more headlines than usual as she speaks openly about falling in love with Brad Pitt. She also confirmed that her mother is battling ovarian cancer. Jolie says in an interview with CNN host Larry King that her 56-year-old mom, Marcheline Bertrand, is doing good and she expects her to win [...]
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Emmy award-winning actor and curmudgeonly patriarch of Everybody Loves Raymond Peter Boyle, who recovered from a stroke almost two decades ago, passed away last night after a battle with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow. On Everybody Loves Raymond, Boyle played the inflexible, narrow-minded, and often abrasive yet somehow lovable Frank Barone, whose [...]
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WWE wrestler and a legend, ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper, have announced on his website that he has been diagnosed with lymphoma cancer. The cancer was found when Piper had a benign tumor removed from his back. The WWE legendary star will begin treatment to battle the disease immediately, and this afternoon released a short statement via [...]
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Dr Abdul Qadeer has satisfactorily recovered from prostate cancer surgery as the minor complication has been overcome with medical treatment. The Pakistani scientist who confessed to leaking nuclear weapons technology to North Korea, Iran and Libya is in “excellent health” following cancer surgery, the military said Saturday. Abdul Qadeer Khan is considered the father of [...]
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Director Robert Altman, one of the most influential forces in American cinema, died of complications from cancer on Monday. He was 81. A five-time Academy Award nominee and 2006 Lifetime Achievement Oscar recipient, Altman just recently directed A Prairie Home Companion — while at the same time battling the cancer that just took his life. [...]
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EarthLink President and CEO Garry Betty was diagnosed just days ago with a serious form of cancer, and he will take a medical leave of absence in order to tackle the disease head on. “Garry is a fierce competitor and has the determination to beat this disease,” said EarthLink founder Sky Dayton. Betty, at one [...]
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North Carolina State Director of Athletics Lee Fowler and Head Women’s Basketball Coach Kay Yow announced jointly that Yow will be taking a leave of absence from her coaching duties for an indefinite period of time. Associate head coach Stephanie Glance will serve as interim coach, Yow and athletic director Lee Fowler said in a [...]
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Farrah Fawcett has been battling anal cancer for six weeks now and is two-thirds of the way through an intensive six-week regimen of chemotherapy and radiation. Fawcett, 59, has been enduring radiation therapy five days per week since October 13 and is taking the side effects — fatigue, nausea, sleeplessness, and pain — in stride. [...]
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Belinda Emmett, wife of television personality Rove McManus, has died after a long battle with cancer. Australia’s beautiful actress Belinda Emmett was surrounded by family and friends yesterday morning when she lost her eight-year battle with cancer at Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital. “It is with great sadness we advise that Belinda Emmett’s battle with cancer [...]
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