
Cancer is no joke, and we’re often reminded of its impact when a celebrity undergoes their own battle with the disease. Many of them have managed to beat it.
Sharon OsbourneShe was diagnosed in 2002 with colon cancer. She underwent chemotherapy to manage the issue. Although she was able to recover, OsbournesAn alum chose to have a double breastectomy in 2012 to reduce her chance of getting again cancer.
“I didn’t want to live the rest of my life with that shadow hanging over me,” she told Hello!Magazine at the time, per Rolling Stone. “It’s not ‘pity me,’ it’s a decision I made that got rid of this weight that I was carrying around.”
Ewan McGregorFor his part, he revealed that he had a sunburnt mole on his forehead that later he had removed. “I had a little skin cancer under my eye,” he told BBC at the time. “I just went to have them checked … I went to see a specialist who thought they were better to be removed and indeed he was correct.”
The Doctor Sleep actor added, “It’s all good now, but it was something that was best to be looked at and kept in check.”
Meanwhile, Edie FalcoWhile working on her breast cancer, she was diagnosed with stage I in 2003. The Sopranos. She was able to go into remission in the following year.
Falco shared his story years after beating the disease. Health that she initially didn’t want to disclose her diagnosis — not even to her Sopranos colleagues. “It was very important for me to keep my diagnosis under the radar, even from the cast and crew of The Sopranos, because well-meaning people would have driven me crazy asking, ‘How are you feeling?’” she told the publication in 2011. “I would have wanted to say, ‘I’m scared, I don’t feel so good, and my hair is falling out.’”
The Nurse Jackie alum added, “My good friend, Ilene Landress, the show’s producer, kept things quiet by working my schedule around my treatments. With the cancer a secret, I bucked up, put on my Carmela fingernails, and was ready to work.”
Fast 10 years later Stanley TucciAfter a long battle with breast cancer, Kate Spath Tucci, his first wife, died. He was then diagnosed with a large tumour on his tongue. The Hunger GamesIn an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, actor revealed his secret battle with cancer three years later. Vera magazine.
“The kids were great, but it was hard for them,” he told the magazine in September 2021 of his difficult treatment. “I had a feeding tube for six months. I could barely make it to the twins’ high school graduation.”
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