Famous People with Cancer
Below is a list of famous people with cancer. Some on the list
have departed. Some of the famous people with cancer are still
struggling with the affliction and some have made a full recovery.
Cancer knows no social or economic boundaries. The rich and famous
are as likely to be afflicted with cancer as the general population.
From breast cancer to esophageal cancer to prostate cancer, famous
people get it all. Below is a partial list that shows the famous
people with cancer both historical and present day.
Famous People with Cancer
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Christina Applegate
Lance Armstrong
Desi Arnaz
Kaye Ballard
Anne Bancroft
Brigitte Bardot
Kathy Bates
Harry Belafonte
Ingrid Bergman
Shirley Temple Black
Eileen Brennan
Yul Brenner
Diahann Carroll
Johnnie Cochran
Nat King Cole
Gary Cooper
Michael Crichton
Sheryl Crow
Skeeter Davis
Robert De Niro
Bob Denver
Walt Disney
Bob Dole
Jimmy Dorsey
Fran Drescher
Elizabeth Edwards
Jill Eikenberry
Duke Ellington
Melissa Etheridge
Edie Falco
Farrah Fawcett
Peggy Fleming
Betty Ford
Barbara Bel Geddes
Rudy Giuliani
Bette Grable
Dorothy Hamill
Christopher Hitchens
Dennis Hopper
Jill Ireland
Kate Jackson
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Peter Jennings
Ann Jillian
Olivia Newton John
Joan Kennedy
Ted Kennedy
John Kerry
Eartha Kitt
Sondra Locke
Nelson Mandela
Linda McCartney
Rue McClanahan
Kylie Minoque
Janet Napolitano
Paul Newman
Sandra Day O'Connor
Jerry Orbach
Arnold Palmer
June Pointer
Sydney Pollack
Colin Powell
Nancy Reagan
Lynn Redgrave
William Rehnquist
Cokie Roberts
Robin Roberts
Richard Roundtree
Nipsey Russell
Jaclyn Smith
Dame Maggie Smith
Carly Simon
Tony Snow
Suzanne Somers
Dusty Springfield
Gloria Steinem
Pat Stevens
Patrick Swayze
Joe Torre
Linda Tripp
Charlie Watts
John Wayne
Gene Wilder
August Wilson
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As you can see from the list of famous people with cancer, this
disease favors no one person or group. Famous people are as likely
to get cancer as you or me.
From Hollywood celebrities to politicians to sports heroes and
other notables, cancer can strike anyone at any time. Some call
cancer "The Disease of Our Age."
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