Pin ItemailprintLegendary singer Etta James is dead at the age of 73. She died of complications from leukemia, according to her manager. Lately, James had been suffering from kidney problems and dementia, as well as battling leukemia. In December of last year, her doctors announced that her leukemia was terminal and requested prayers for the [...]
Actress Jill Clayburgh died on Friday of complications from chronic leukemia. The 66-year-old fought the disease for over 20 years. A two-time Oscar nominee, Clayburgh portrayed the Letitia Darling on the ABC series Dirty Sexy Money, which ran for two seasons. She also had a recurring role on Ally McBeal as Ally’s mother, Jeannie, and [...]
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Shannon Tavarez, the young soprano who starred in the Broadway production of “The Lion King”, has died at the young age of 11 after losing her battle with acute myeloid leukemia. The actress played the part of Young Nala from September 2009 until April, when she started experiencing pain in her lower back and her [...]
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Rich Cronin, singer for LFO, died on Wednesday in Massachusetts. He was 35 years old and been battling leukemia for five years. Bandmate Brad Fischetti says that Cronin was initially diagnosed with leukemia back in 2005. He underwent chemotherapy but the disease came back in 2007 and 2008. Cronin had a stem cell transplant which [...]
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He thinks it was all a big lie, and he may be right. Michael O’Connell has accused Jessica Vega, his newlywed bride, of faking cancer to dupe friends and family into paying for her dream wedding. Vega apparently even had her husband convinced that she dying from leukemia. The seemingly-happy couple’s friends donated everything from [...]
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NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been diagnosed with blood cancer. “I have chronic myeloid leukemia,” the 62-year-old Hall-of-Famer said on Monday, announcing that he was first diagnosed almost a year ago. The decision to go public with his disease was in hopes of helping others who may be struggling with cancer. “My grandfather died from [...]
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