Breast cancer does not discriminate between rich and poor, if not diagnosed early it can kill anyone.
Breast cancer does not discriminate between rich and poor, if not diagnosed early it can kill anyone. Many celebrities have succumbed to it and some have fought it and survived. Medindia has listed all these famous actresses and personalities who have suffered from breast cancer.
Olivia Newton-John -Actress and Singer
Shirley Temple Black - Actress/singer/diplomat
Jill Eikenberry, Actress
Nancy Reagan, former First Lady
Diahann Carroll, Actress and singer
Peggy Fleming, Olympic figure skater
Nancy Brinker, founder of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Julia Child, chef
Jaclyn Smith, actress
Edna Campbell, WNBA player
Betty Ford, former First Lady
Ruth Handler, one of the creators of Barbie and former president of Mattel
Kate Jackson, actress
Gloria Steinem, activist/co-founder of Ms. magazine
Ann Jillian, actress
Patti LaBelle, singer/author/actress
Marcia Wallace, actress
Rue McClanahan, actress
Cokie Roberts, broadcast journalist
Richard Roundtree, actor
Carly Simon, singer/songwriter
Margaretta (Happy) Rockefeller, wife of former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller
Celebrities who have died of breast cancer
Linda McCartney, musician/photographer/wife of Paul McCartney
Dusty Springfield, singer from the 1960s
Ingrid Bergman, actress
Minnie Riperton, vocalist and songwriter
June Jordan, author/poet
Bette Davis, actress
Marcella Markham, actress
Jill Ireland, actress and wife of actor Charles Bronson
Coral Browne, actress and wife of Vincent Price
Hattie McDaniel, actress and first African-American woman to win a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind
Louise Troy, actress
Sigrid Wurschmidt, actress
Danitra Vance, actress
Prevention and early diagnosis is the key to fighting the cancer
