Showing posts with label cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cancer. Show all posts

Ted Kennedy Dies


Senator Ted Kennedy passed away at the age of 77 on Tuesday night. He was at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts when he lost his year-long battle with brain cancer. The brother of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, he was one of the most influential and longest-serving senators in U.S history, elected at the age of 30 in 1962. He was a huge advocate of health care reform, and President Obama recently awarded him the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

The Kennedy family stated, "We've lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism, and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever. He loved this country and devoted his life to serving it."

'Dancing with the Stars' Judge Secretly Battles Cancer


65-year-old Len Goodman, best known for his position on the judging panel on 'Dancing with the Stars,' has revealed that he recently underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his prostate. Despite being diagnosed in March, Goodman decided to wait to get treatment until after filming was finished and declined to inform fellow judges or the show's producers.

Luckily, doctors felt that immediate surgery wasn't necessary, as Goodman's cancer was not yet advanced to a life-or-death situation. Therefore, he decided to stick it out as the show wrapped up and went in for treatment as soon as he returned home. Following his release from the hospital, the judge announced that he felt "right as rain." See you next season!

Farrah Fawcett's Condition Worsens

Charlie's Angels star Farrah Fawcett is once again in the hospital battling cancer. She was first diagnosed with anal cancer in 2006 and has currently been in the hospital for the last two weeks. She was supposed to return home at some point last week, but things changed and she is still there being treated for her condition.

A Catholic priest was summoned to deliver Farrah's last rites and her bedside is filled with family and friends.

The actress's longtime partner, Ryan O'Neal, wishes to marry Farrah as soon as she is strong enough. "I've asked her to marry me again and she's agreed" Ryan said.

Survivor winner Ethan Zohn has cancer

Survivor Africa winner Ethan Zohn has been diagnosed with cancer. Last month he was found to have a rare form of cancer called CD20-positive Hodgkin's Lymphoma. He began suffering from night sweats, itching and a swollen lymph node and was then tested and diagnosed. Zohn began chemotherapy last week and will soon lose his famous curly hair. "My hair is my identity," he said, but he plans to shave it off in the next few days.

Zohn lost a parent to cancer and he wants to battle the disease as an inspiration to others. As a Survivor winner, Zohn has shown that he is not one to give up easily and he calls his new fight with cancer "the ultimate game of Survivor."
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