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In the year 1948, Bob Mathias, a 17 year old boy became the youngest male to win an Olympic gold medal. Bob was a two-time Olympic decathlon champion. He also became a four term Republican Congressman. Bob Mathias died at the age of 75. His brother said that cancer was the cause of Bob’s death. [...]
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Inter Milan are mourning the loss of president Giacinto Facchetti, who died on Monday from cancer. Facchetti, who was 64, was one of Inter’s greatest-ever players. He started out as a centre forward but was converted to an attacking full-back by coach Helenio Herrera and went on to score 60 goals – a Serie A [...]
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Kirk Saarloos, a scratch golfer and a pretty fair pitcher for the A’s, said he inherited his athletic prowess from his mother, Linda, who played softball and volleyball at Valley Christian High School in Cerritos. Linda Saarloos stepped to the top of the mound and threw the ball a little high — but on a [...]
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Sheryl Crow regrets hitting the road so soon after battling cancer earlier this year – because singing her old hits left her with mixed feelings. The rocker was still emotionally drained when she performed onstage for the first time after her radiation treatment and feels she should have waited because she came close to becoming [...]
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Boston Red Sox rookie pitcher Jon Lester is undergoing tests for “internal medical issues, including cancer,” according to a report by a Boston newspaper. Lester, 21, was placed on the disabled list Monday with a strained back and is undergoing several exams in Boston. Some tests are for cancer, the Boston Herald reported Wednesday. Lester was diagnosed with enlarged [...]
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It might be celebrity gossip but news is flying around the internet that Nike has offered Jennifer Aniston a record deal for her celebrity endorsement in exchange for donations that will benefit cancer research. It is being reported Aniston will be appearing in both television commercials and print ads for Nike. According to the buzz, [...]
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Katie Couric spent her summer traveling the country visiting with future CBS news fans and raising money for cancer awareness. Couric, whose husband Jay Monahan died of colon cancer in 1998 at the age of 42, has become a prominent spokesperson for colon cancer awareness. She underwent a colonoscopy on-air in March 2000 and inspired [...]
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Celebrities have a way of motivating the public to take action. They help dictate fashion trends and set standards for mostly unattainable body shapes and sizes. They add hype to political views and philosophies and make influential statements about all sorts of issues. Like breast cancer. With its backing from celebrities like Melissa Etheridge and [...]
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VICTORIA — Black Press co-owner Annabeth Black, wife of company founder David Black and one of the driving forces behind the newspaper chain’s success, died of pancreatic cancer overnight Tuesday. She was 60. “Annabeth was good to all of us both professionally and personally. She was full of energy, good wishes,†says Jim Tighe, president [...]
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Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton will miss the beginning of the band’s upcoming tour as he recovers from throat cancer treatments. Hamilton, 55, has undergone a “seven-week course of radiation treatment for throat cancer,” the band’s publicist Marcee Rondan said Thursday. He is at home with his family, she said, but she had no further information [...]
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Sheryl Crow’s cancer studies are starting to make her paranoid that she will never really be free of the disease. The rocker fought breast cancer earlier this year and has since been given the all-clear by medics, but studying the disease that devastated her has left her fearing the worst about her future health. She [...]
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Sir Bobby Robson is recovering in hospital after undergoing an operation to remove a small tumor on his brain. A statement said the operation went “very well” and that the tumor had been completely removed. The 73-year-old, who is currently a consultant for the Republic of Ireland side, will be attended to by his consultants [...]
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