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      Olivia Munn diagnosed with breast cancer as actress reveals she underwent four surgeries for ‘aggressive’ form

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      ACTRESS Olivia Munn has been diagnosed with breast cancer.The actress announced her diagnosis in an emotional social media post on Wednesday, revealing she has undergone four surgeries, including a double mastectomy for the aggressive cancer.Olivia Munn announced she’s been diagnosed with breast cancerCredit: Instagram/oliviamunnOlivia Munn attended the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscars After Party on SundayCredit: GettyMunn revealed she’s had four surgeries over the 10 months for the aggressive cancerCredit: Instagram/oliviamunnOlivia Munn and John Mulaney attended the 96th Annual Academy Awards together on SundayCredit: GettyMunn, 43, revealed that in February 2023, she and her sister took a genetic test that checks for 90 different cancer genes.The actress was elated after they both tested negative for all the cancerous genes, including breast cancer, “We called each other and high-fived over the phone,” Munn wrote.However, in April, Munn was diagnosed with breast cancer.An MRI revealed that she had Luminal B cancer in both breasts.Luminal B is an aggressive and fast-moving form of cancer, according to breastcancer.org.”In the past ten months I have had four surgeries, so many days spent in bed I can’t even count and have learned more about cancer, cancer treatment and hormones than I ever could have imagined,” The Newsroom actress said.”Surprisingly, I only cried twice. I guess I haven’t felt like there was time to cry.”My focus narrowed and I tabled any emotions that I felt would interfere with my ability to stay clear-headed.”Most read in CelebrityPRIVATE BATTLEMunn revealed that she’s kept her battle private and only let others see her when she has energy.”I needed to catch my breath and get through some of the hardest parts before sharing,” she said.Munn went on to thank her doctor, who detected the cancer after deciding to calculate her Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Score just in case.”The fact that she did saved my life,” said wrote.Thirty days after her diagnosis, Munn underwent a double mastectomy and went from “feeling completely fine one day, to waking up in a hospital bed after a 10-hour surgery the next.”Munn credited her family, friends, and longtime lover, John Mulaney, for their support throughout her health battle.”I’m so thankful to John for the nights he spent researching what every operation and medication meant and what side effects and recovery I could expect,” she wrote.”For being there before I went into each surgery and being there when I woke up, always placing framed photos of our little boy Malcolm so it would be the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes.”‘I WAS JUST SO OBSESSED’Munn and Mulaney, 41, have been together for three years following his split from his ex-wife of six years, Anna Marie Tendler.The pair were photographed together for the first time in June 2021 but kept details about their relationship private.In September 2021, Mulaney confirmed that Munn was expecting their first child, Malcolm Hiệp, who was born in November of that year.In a 2015 interview with HuffPost, Munn talked about her first awkward conversations with Mulaney, whom she met at a wedding two years before.”We were at a wedding together and I was like, ‘ Oh, my gosh, do you and your fiancée want to go have dinner or something and go hang out?” she said at the time.”At first, it was cool, and then I kept going up to him at the wedding like, ‘So, you having fun?’ I was just so obsessed with hanging out with and talking with him.”Munn, who starred as Psylocke on 20th Century Fox’s X-Men: Apocalypse, revealed she even emailed him after the event to try to keep in touch with him.”He never emailed back,” Munn joked. “I might’ve got the wrong email, probably. That’s what I tell myself.”Munn and Mulaney made their public debut in January during the Governors Awards red carpet in Los Angeles.READ MORE SUN STORIESMore to follow… For the latest news on this story, keep checking back at The U.S. Sun, your go-to destination for the best celebrity news, sports news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures, and must-see videos.Like us on Facebook at TheSunUS and follow us on X (formerly Twitter) at @TheUSSun. More

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      90s popstar, 60, looks unrecognisable 32 years after Brit Award and breast cancer battle

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      NINETIES pop star Beverley Craven looks incredible more than three decades after winning a Brit Award.The 60-year-old became a household name in the early 90s with her smash hit single Promise Me.Beverley Craven had massive success in the 90sCredit: GettyBeverley seen three decades after finding fameCredit: FacebookThe singer’s other most notable tracks include Memories, Holding On, Woman To Woman and Love Scenes.Beverley was soon offered a record contract after leaving home at 18. Within a year, her debut album had been certified double-platinum with sales of over one million copies after 52 weeks in the UK album chart.She won a Brit for Best British Newcomer in 1992 – and performed on stage at the awards ceremony while eight months pregnant.Beverley went on to become a mum of three and stepped out of the spotlight in 1999.​She made a return five years later but was struck by an unexpected breast cancer diagnosis.Thankfully, she was given the all-clear in 2008.Speaking about her illness in the past, Beverley said: “In many ways it has been a positive thing, it has given me a new lease of life. Most read in Showbiz”It’s made me realise I just need to get on and do stuff that I enjoy. For a long time I had no interest in sitting down at the piano.”I completely lost that vibe, but now it’s back and I’m going out and giving it my best. “Beverley performed a series of concerts in 2023, the Strings Attached shows, with fellow songstress Judie Tzuke. She continues to write and record in her home studio as well as learning to play the viola.The 60-year-old has been in the music industry for four decadesCredit: FacebookBeverley with her three daughtersCredit: Facebook More

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      Sean Stone dead at 31: Hollywood producer who worked with Bruce Willis and John Travolta dies after colon cancer battle

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      HOLLYWOOD producer Sean Stone, who worked with stars like Bruce Willis and John Travolta, has died at 31.Sean was diagnosed with metastatic neuroendocrine cancer of the colon in July.Sean Stone, a Hollywood producer, has diedCredit: Ever LovedSean was only was 31 years oldCredit: Facebook/kevindillonofficialSean died Tuesday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, his family told The Hollywood Reporter. He was a creative executive on multiple features released in 2022, including action thriller Hot Seat starring Mel Gibson, and Wrong Place, starring Bruce Willis. He was also a producer on the soon-to-be-released John Travolta movie, Cash Out.The New Jersey native graduated from the University of Arizona before moving to Los Angeles, California, in 2017.After working at the famed talent agency Creative Artists Agency, he eventually transitioned to executive producer on multiple projects. Sean is survived by his parents, David and Ileen; his siblings, Ashley, Justin, Michael, Mallory, and Brian; brother-in-law Thomas Smith; and sisters-in-law Christine Stone and Jenna Yeo; as well as nieces Ella and Sloane.DEBRA BYRDSinger and vocal coach Debra Byrd also died on Tuesday. The 72-year-old star, who worked on hit shows such as The Voice and American Idol, died at her Los Angeles, California, home.Debra’s cause of death has not been confirmed yet, according to Deadline.Most read in CelebritySeveral celebrities, including long-time friend and colleague, Barry Manilow, have led touching tributes following Debra’s death.Barry shared an emotional post on social media.”This is one of the saddest days of my life. I just can’t wrap my mind around the fact that Debra is no longer with me,” he wrote.”She was one of the most wonderful friends I’ve ever had. I will miss you forever, my love.”Debra had worked with several other huge stars, including Jennifer Hudson, Kelly Clarkson, and Bob Dylan.JIM BEARDJim Beard, the keyboardist for Steely Dan, died on Saturday at the age of 63, after complications from a sudden illness.Jim had been the touring keyboardist for the rock band over the past 16 years.His death was confirmed on Wednesday by a representative.The pianist, composer, and producer’s last performance with Steely Dan was on January 20 in Phoenix, Arizona.READ MORE SUN STORIESThe rocker also toured with the Eagles on their recent Long Goodbye tour.Jim is survived by his children, Caitlin and Victor, as well as his mother Sarah, his sister Nancy Canale, and his brother Bill Beard.Vocal coach Debra Byrd has died at the age of 72Credit: GettyJim Beard, the keyboardist for the rock band Steely Dan, has died at the age of 63 from a sudden illnessCredit: Getty More

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      Tom Parker’s wife Kelsey marks two years since The Wanted star’s death with heartbreaking tribute

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      TOM Parker’s grieving widow Kelsey has marked two years since The Wanted star’s death with a heartbreaking tribute.The singer passed away in March 2022 aged 33 after an 18-month battle with brain cancer.Tom Parker’s widow Kelsey has paid tribute to her late husbandCredit: Paul EdwardsKelsey previously revealed how Tom, 33, died peacefully of a brain tumour while holding her handKelsey revealed the pain of losing her beloved husbandCredit: PATom was a doting dad-of-twoTaking to Instagram Kelsey, 33, shared a sweet montage of videos of Tom with their kids Aurelia, four, and Bodhi, three.Writing next to the video, she said: “Today is the first day of March and it brings with it the painful reminder that this is the month lost Tom’. I think about him every single day, and I think March will always be a difficult month.Kelsey Parker”I still can’t quite believe it is almost two years since he passed. I know he is watching over me and the kids every day, but his physical absence from our lives is so huge.”She continued: “I miss his banter and his laugh so much. I’d do anything to have one more day with him. Read more on Tom Parker”I think about him every single day, and I think March will always be a difficult month.”March is also Brain Tumour Awareness month and tonight at 7.30pm I will be lighting a candle in Tom’s memory and also for all the other families affected by this devastating disease.”Please join me and @braintumourrsch in raising awareness and funding so brain tumours can stop taking away our husbands, wives, parents, siblings, grandparents and our children.”Before adding: “We will beat this. Sending love and light to anyone experiencing grief Kels xx’.Most read in CelebrityShortly after Tom’s death in 2022, Kelsey spoke exclusively to The Sun on Sunday and said, “He wasn’t in any pain”, when he died.Wiping back the tears, she said: “It was still beautiful until the very end. It was just us and there was so much love in that room.”Tom Parker funeral – Tearful crowds line streets for The Wanted star as singer is being laid to restThe mum-of-two talked about Tom’s final hours in a hospice. And she told how she was convinced he returned to be with her moments after she gave him a final kiss.Kelsey also told of the heartbreaking moment she told their two-year-old daughter Aurelia that she was going to make sure the angels safely collected her daddy.She said she fell in love “at first sight” with Tom as a teenager, long before he and The Wanted bandmates Max George, Jay McGuiness, Siva Kaneswaran, and Nathan Sykes became famous with a string of hit songs.But she said some of the most precious moments they spent together came in the days before his death. Tom was in St Christopher’s Hospice, near their South London home, following treatment for grade four glioblastoma.With tears streaming down her face Kelsey said: “I got into bed with him. We were in bed together for two hours, I just wanted that time with him. “I didn’t want anyone coming in. We needed that time together to talk.“It was romantic even then. Yes, we were in a hospice but that was Tom as a person, it never mattered where we were.“He was always so romantic, loving and caring, and absolutely worshipped the ground I walked on. “That night I could see within him that he was still trying to figure a way out of this. He’d been in the hospice for just over a week.“I said, ‘You know Tom, I will be OK, the kids will be OK. I will make sure that everything you want them to know, the things that you’ve taught me over the years, I promise to teach them it all’.“He said, ‘I know you’re going to be OK’. He then took off his wedding ring and put it on my finger.’EXCHANGE OF LOVE’“I think he knew then it was the end but he still had the Tom fight in him. He didn’t want to go. “You always want that miracle and I was wishing for that miracle. Of course you want that.”Tom had done everything he could to fight his cancer — and help others by raising money and awareness — since his diagnosis in October 2020 after having unexplained seizures.He had 30 rounds of chemotherapy and 30 radiotherapy sessions and later spent three weeks in Spain for specialist treatment.He returned to the UK at the beginning of March so he could join his bandmates on stage for The Wanted’s reunion UK tour. The last picture of Kelsey and Tom together shows her planting a ­tender kiss on his head backstage at London’s 02 following The Wanted’s show there on March 15.Kelsey said: “When he passed away I closed his eyes and I gave him a kiss and said I love you. I told him he was my everything.”She said goodbye to her husband for the last time and went outside, telling us: “I was sitting there on this bench, crying, when I looked up and this feather fell down from the sky.“I said to Tom before he passed away, ‘Will you give me signs every day’, and he said, ‘Yes’. I knew straight away it was him. “I kept that feather, I still have it in a little glass pot on my dressing table.”READ MORE SUN STORIESThe much-loved star’s funeral was held in April 2022, and saw his The Wanted bandmates carry is coffin into the church. More

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      Life can be annoying and frustrating at times but it’s better than the other option, says Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson

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      “I’M not sure whether I believe in an afterlife,” muses Bruce Dickinson.“I’ve not been there yet. This life might be the only one I’ve got so I’ve always grabbed it with both hands.”Bruce Dickinson is back with his first solo LP in 19 years, the wildly ambitious, mostly hard rock but genre-blurring The Mandrake ProjectCredit: BRUCE DICKINSON MANDAKE PROJECT 2023 PHOTO BY JOHN McMURTRIETen years in the making, the hour-long album forms part of a Bruce Dickinson grand designCredit: BRUCE DICKINSON MANDAKE PROJECT 2023 PHOTO BY JOHN McMURTRIEInformed by his own brush with the Grim Reaper, ruminations on mortality play a big part in his new solo projectCredit: BRUCE DICKINSON JET STUDIOS PARSONS GREEN 2023 JOHN McMURTRIEHeavy metal god, entrepreneur, airline pilot, champion fencer, cancer survivor, force of nature — all these descriptions apply to the 65-year-old Iron Maiden singer.“Life can be annoying and frustrating at times but it’s better than the other option,” he decides. “So live it, squeeze it, have fun with it.”Dickinson is back with his first solo LP in 19 years, the wildly ambitious, mostly hard rock but genre-blurring The Mandrake Project.Informed by his own brush with the Grim Reaper, ruminations on mortality play a big part in it, hence his comments.READ MORE BIG INTERVIEWTen years in the making, the hour-long album forms part of a Bruce Dickinson grand design.It appears in tandem with a 12-part graphic novel inspired by his fevered imagination and featuring his scientific mastermind creations Dr Necropolis and Professor Lazarus.These days, the frontman of Britain’s biggest metal exports divides most of his time between Paris and London, where he lives with third wife Leana, the French fitness instructor he married last year.Throat cancerBut today, he is talking to me via video call from his other main base, Los Angeles, where it’s just after 8am.Most read in MusicWith a grey beanie covering his shoulder-length grey locks and his remarkably unlined face filling most of my screen, Dickinson begins this particular day full-tilt.Apologising for being a few minutes late for our scheduled hook-up, he exclaims: “How weird is the body clock?Iron Maiden perform 1983 hit ‘The Trooper’“I had woken up at 3.30 and it was chucking it down. So I pottered around, checked my emails and an hour later, I thought, ‘I’ll go back to bed, I’ve got this interview at 8’.“So I went back to bed and of course I wake up and it is bang on 8 o’clock.”To explain the genesis of The Mandrake Project, Dickinson casts his mind back to 2014 when he did sessions with go-to collaborator for his solo works, American guitarist/producer Roy Z.We did the nation a service by keeping Sir Cliff off the airwaves for at least one ChristmasHe intended one of his songs, If Eternity Should Fail, to be the title track but it was hijacked by his other musical outlet.Dickinson says: “I played it to Maiden bass player Steve Harris and he went, ‘Oh, I’d really love the band to have it’. I went, ‘Yeah, OK’.“This has happened to me before. I did Bring Your Daughter . . . To The Slaughter as a very tongue-in-cheek song for a slasher movie and it ended up being a No1 for Iron Maiden over Christmas in 1990.“We did the nation a service by keeping Sir Cliff off the airwaves for at least one Christmas.” If Eternity Should Fail appeared as the opening track on Iron Maiden’s 2015 album The Book Of Souls while Dickinson’s solo opus would have to wait until 2024 to see the light of day.At the end of 2014, another factor had conspired against his plans. He received the devastating news that he had throat cancer.“I had a golf-ball sized tumour at the base of my tongue,” he says. “It was stage three.”Dickinson recalls initial disbelief, thinking he knew his body quite well “because of all the things I’d done to it over the years”.Having checked “Mr Google”, however, he realised he was in trouble. “I thought, ‘No, it can’t be, don’t be ridiculous’, but sure enough it was.“So, in January 2015, I started treatment. I had 33 radiation sessions plus nine weeks of chemo, which knocks the hell out of you . . . but it worked.“By May, the tumour had gone. I got the all-clear and then it was all about recovery from the treatment.”Six months later, Dickinson was able to sing again and, in early 2016, as holder of an airline pilot’s licence, he started flying a 747 around the world on a two-year Iron Maiden catch-up tour — as only he could.Today, he is happy to report that he’s had “no relapses” in the intervening years.“My doctor has been very clear. He said the chances of me having a recurrence are close to zero.”There was a time when he “made light” of his life-threatening experience but now he accepts that it has “affected the way I view my life quite profoundly”.So it comes as no surprise that it has had a big impact on his new album.“Of course I’m influenced by it,” he says. “It can’t be any other way, unless you’re a robot. Your subconscious churns away.”‘Bit of a nomad’Returning to The Mandrake Project’s prolonged timeline, Dickinson describes one further setback.“I had throat cancer, then I worked like crazy with Iron Maiden and, just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, we got the pandemic.“And during the pandemic, I was locked down in Paris.”Since his relationship with Leana took off, the French capital has been his main home but he admits, “I’m actually a bit of a nomad. When I eventually stop moving around, I will alight like some butterfly back on the shores of Blighty because it’s where I belong.”While stuck in Paris during Covid, Dickinson had the misfortune to “discover a guy was learning the saxophone in the apartment below”.“It was just awful, like nails on a blackboard version of The Final Countdown and I was being tortured by it at 5 o’clock every day on the dot.”We got addicted to a soap opera about a Hell’s Angels gang, Sons Of Anarchy, which has some incredible writingThey were strange times for this restless soul who, bad sax aside, began “enjoying the guilty pleasure of not doing anything much”.“I could learn to cook because I only had one person to poison, my future wife,” he smiles.“And we started binge watching all the TV shows I’d missed because I was always on tour.“We got addicted to a soap opera about a Hell’s Angels gang, Sons Of Anarchy, which has some incredible writing.”Inspired, Dickinson wrote a treatment for an Iron Maiden video, The Writing On The Wall, lead single on their 2021 album Senjutsu.He replaced the four horsemen of the apocalypse with four demonic biker versions of Maiden’s enduring, devil-eyed monster mascot Eddie.He says: “I thought, ‘How cool is that?’. They’re like the Nazgul in The Lord Of The Rings, mythical rider creatures and each one an Eddie.”His flight of fantasy got Dickinson’s creative juices flowing again and he decided to revive the story of Dr Necropolis and Professor Lazarus.Conceived in 2014 during his initial solo sessions, these characters were playing God, attempting to capture the souls of people as they die.And to cut a long story short, esteemed Sons Of Anarchy writer Kurt Sutter, who turned out to be a friend of an old friend, loved the idea and suggested Dickinson devise a comic book series.“My first reaction was, ‘How do I begin?’. I’m not even L.S. Lowry with his little matchstick men in terms of artistic ability,” he says.Hallucinogenic plantSo he decided to approach Z2 Comics, who were already working with Iron Maiden, and they helped him assemble an ace team.They are author Tony Lee (Dr Who), artist Staz Johnson (2000AD) and legendary cover artist Bill Sienkiewicz — all three noted for their work with DC and Marvel.Suddenly, as the lockdowns eased, it was full steam ahead for the two-pronged Mandrake Project, which its creator likens to “two freestanding trees in a forest, one the album, one the comic”.“They don’t depend on each other,” he adds. “If one falls over, the other stands up.”So where did the title The Mandrake Project come from, I ask Dickinson.Before he answers, I wonder if you remember the grotesque, squirming mandrake plants in Harry Potter?They had roots resembling gnarly little creatures who made deafening screams when pulled out of their pots?It was also said that mandrakes grew under the gibbets of gallows and that somehow dead people nourished themNow let’s hear what Dickinson has to say: “The mandrake is a sacred, hallucinogenic plant that goes all the way back to The Bible.“There is all kinds of lore around them and, obviously, Harry Potter. Legend has it that the mandrake’s scream could kill any human being.“In the Middle Ages, occultists provided detailed instructions for getting a mandrake out of the ground. These involved tying a dog by the tail to the plant while wearing ear plugs and then giving the dog a kick.“As the mandrake came out of the ground screaming, the dog would die and you would have it. All a bit of nonsense!“It was also said that mandrakes grew under the gibbets of gallows and that somehow dead people nourished them.”It’s clear Dickinson loves a bit of mystery and mythology. No wonder he thinks he’s hit on the perfect title.As for his solo music, he says it’s very different from Iron Maiden, even if his bandmates appear on the album.“With Maiden, we’ve got our own musical style. We’re rather uniquely brilliant or uniquely crap.“We make that noise collectively but when you do something solo, you can step outside the bounds.“There’s even surf guitar and bongos on one song and the final track, Sonata (Immortal Beloved), is ten minutes of who knows what.”The epic ending comes over as a disturbing Dickinson fever dream. “I went into this weird trance.” he says. “I’m literally describing the scene in my head as I look around a dark forest.“One of the reasons the vocal has a strange plaintive quality is because I didn’t know what I was going to sing next.”The album’s first two songs, lead single Afterglow Of Ragnarok and the unflinching Many Doors To Hell, were among the last to be written.Deal with devilRagnarok comes from Norse mythology and means destruction of the world but with the promise of rebirth and renewal.Dickinson says: “I thought, ‘Oh my God, I’ve just done a song with the word Ragnarok in it’.“It really works but it is bloody Vikings so I avoided long ships, and people with horns drinking mead and wearing furry jackets.”Other songs of note are Resurrection Men, which features Dickinson’s Necropolis and Lazarus characters, and an update on If Eternity Should Fail called Eternity Has Failed.I’m fascinated by graveyards and being in the presence of all those people who lived but are not here any moreThen there’s the raw Face In The Mirror which deals with the painful subject of alcoholism.Dickinson says: “I wrote that about people who are quite close to me and have a problem. I looked at myself in the mirror and thought, ‘Could I go the same way?’.”Finally, we talk about The Mandrake Project’s second single Rain On The Graves, inspired by a visit to poet William Wordsworth’s grave at Grasmere on a typically wet Lake District day.Dickinson performing with Iron Maiden during a Swedish music festival in 2018Credit: AlamyDickinson survived cancer after a golf-ball-sized tumour was discovered at the base of his tongueCredit: BRUCE DICKINSON JET STUDIOS PARSONS GREEN 2023 JOHN McMURTRIEThe song returns to the theme of mortality and evokes the spirit of blues pioneer Robert Johnson who legend has it did a deal with the devil at a crossroads in exchange for mastery of the guitar. Dickinson does his deal in the grounds of an English church.“I’m fascinated by graveyards and being in the presence of all those people who lived but are not here any more,” he says. “But I don’t hang around them all the time.”No, Bruce Dickinson is far too busy living life to the full, “grabbing it with both hands”. The afterlife can wait.BRUCE DICKINSONThe Mandrake ProjectBruce Dickinson’s The Mandrake Project is out on 1 March★★★★☆1. Afterglow Of Ragnarok2. Many Doors To Hell3. Rain On The Graves4. Resurrection Men5. Fingers In The Wound6. Eternity Has Failed7. Mistress Of Mercy8. Face In The MirrorREAD MORE SUN STORIES9. Shadow Of The Gods10. Sonata (Immortal Beloved) More

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      Cat Janice dead at 31: TikTok singer dies after battle with cancer as family mourns star in tragic post

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      TIKTOKER Cat Janice has died at the age of 31 after a battle with cancer. On Wednesday, the TikTok star’s family announced her death with a heartfelt Instagram post on the singer-songwriter’s account.Cat Janice died at the age of 31 after a battle with cancerCredit: Instagram/cat.janiceThe TikTok star’s family announced her death with a heartfelt Instagram post on the singer-songwriter’s accountCredit: Instagram/cat.janiceThe social media post read, “This morning, from her childhood home and surrounded by her loving family, Catherine peacefully entered the light and love of her heavenly creator.”We are eternally thankful for the outpouring of love that Catherine and our family have received over the past few months.” The family continued, “Cat saw her music go places she never expected and rests in the peace of knowing that she will continue to provide for her son through her music.”This would not have been possible without all of you.”Cat gained popularity by discussing her cancer battle on TikTok and other social media while continuing to make music.The talented artist was a Washington, DC-based musician, who, according to Washingtonian, was born Catherine Janice Ipsan.The 31-year-old mom is survived by a 7-year-old son named Loren who inspired her success.In December 2023, she married her fellow DC musician and “longtime partner” Footwerk, whose real name is Kyle Higginbotham, per Washingtonian.Most read in CelebrityAccording to her website, Janice was raised by “a vastly musical family” and began playing violin and piano at a young age.”What followed was 18 years of classical training, with valuable time spent as part of orchestral productions, jazz bands, and theatre shows,” the bio explained.”The D.C. music world would soon embrace the young artist as both a pop sensation and a writer/producer to watch that diversity flourish all the more so.””Driving with a fine fusion of emotional integrity and enchanting, energizing musicianship, songwriter and artist Cat Janice delivers a fresh thread of artistry to the modern music scene,” her website also states.”The indie gem presents a skilful [sic] balance of soaring vocals, snappy guitar lines and euphoric synths, for a uniquely immersive take on contemporary pop.””Proving both exciting and deeply human, Cat’s versatility knows no limits,” it continues, in part.CAT’S ACCOLADES Janice has earned multiple recognitions for her talent.According to her website, she received the WAMMY (Washington Area Music Award) for Best Rock Artist in the DC metropolitan area in 2019, and in 2020 her single Pricey was featured in the popular Netflix show, Selling Sunset.She was also “an active member” of the Grammy Recording Academy, and started her Environmental Initiative, Love Earth A Little More, as part of the Global Environment Media in 2020.Janice was popular on social media, with over 363,000 followers on her TikTok account and more than 35,000 followers on her Instagram page.CANCER BATTLEIn a TikTok video from November 11, 2022, Janice explained her cancer diagnosis and symptoms.She shared that she felt a lump on her neck in November 2021 and “didn’t think anything of it” at first.In March 2022, she noticed that the lump was still there and that it was “very hard,” had grown in size, “did not move,” and did not cause her pain.Janice also experienced “really bad knots” in the back of her shoulder, which turned out to have been caused by a tumor in her scalene muscle.”Long story short, I ended up with this really random, weird, rare tumor. There’s only like 10 of them ever recorded in the world,” she continued, in part.As People reported, Janice was diagnosed with sarcoma, “a rare malignant tumor” and went through surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation.On July 22, 2022, she shared via a TikTok clip that she was cancer-free.However, in a video from June 5, 2023, the singer revealed that the cancer had come back and was in her lungs.”I’m gonna go back into treatment, and I’m going to be really effing strong about it, and I’m gonna let you guys know what’s going on, and thank you so much for loving me,” she continued, in part.Throughout her second cancer battle, she continued to make music and shared more videos with her fans on social media.In a clip from January 10, 2024, Janice shared more heartbreaking news with her followers.”I’m finally home in hospice. Don’t know my timeline. Tumors tripled basically overnight,” she wrote.”Cancer makes it near impossible to talk. I am leaving this song behind for my son,” she continued, revealing a new song and asking her fans to pre-save the track.READ MORE SUN STORIESJanice told People that she entered hospice once she was no longer able to breathe in the ICU.Cat went viral on TikTok after releasing the song Dance You Outta My HeadCredit: YouTube/Cat JaniceCat gained popularity by discussing her cancer battle on social media while continuing to make musicCredit: Instagram/cat.janiceCat’s family wrote that she ‘saw her music go places she never expected’ and that she rests knowing that she ‘will continue to provide for her son through her music’Credit: Instagram/cat.janice More

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      Eddie Driscoll dead aged 60 – The Last Ship and Mad Men actor who studied under Burt Reynolds dies after cancer battle

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      SEX and The City star Eddie Driscoll has died after a battle with cancer.The actor, 60, starred in a series of hit shows including Desperate Housewives, The Last Ship, and CSI: Miami.
      The actor Eddie Driscoll has diedCredit: IMDB
      Driscoll starred in The Last Ship and played Randall CroftCredit: TNT
      Driscoll died in Los Angeles on December 15, actor Jimmy Palumbo revealed.
      He died from a saddle pulmonary embolism after fighting stomach cancer, per The Hollywood Reporter.
      Driscoll, from New York, appeared in one episode of Sex and The City in 2000 where he played Fendi Man.
      He also appeared in an episode of Mad Men in 2014, and the beloved drama series 24 in 2007.

      But Driscoll was best known for starring in The Last Ship, playing the character Randall Croft.
      He appeared in seven episodes of the show in 2016.
      Driscoll appeared in the 2004 action thriller Cellular where he played Crewcut Officer.
      He appeared as a steward in the 2002 comedy romance movie Boat Trip.
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      Boat Trip also starred Cuba Gooding Jr and former Saturday Night Live star Horatio Sanz.
      Driscoll’s credits also include appearances in Entourage, L.A. Noire, Days of Our Lives, Outlaw, and This Is Us, per his IMDB.
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      Agony for triathlon champ turned Oscar-nominated Hollywood star Lesley Patterson as her career comes to tragic halt

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      A TRIATHLON champ turned Oscar-nominated Hollywood star has seen her career come to a tragic halt.Lesley Paterson, 43, made a name for herself when she smashed three triathlete world champions in just seven years.
      Lesley Paterson’s stellar career has come to a tragic haltCredit: Getty
      Her husband Dr Simon Marshall was sadly diagnosed with cancer in November last yearCredit: Getty
      Lesley Paterson won seven BAFTAs for her First World War filmCredit: AP
      Behind the scenes of her intense training regime, Paterson was battling to adapt the 1920 novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, for the big screen.
      After 16 years, she was given the go-ahead and the First World War film won an astounding seven BAFTAs and four Oscars.
      But three months ago, Paterson’s whirlwind career came to a halt when her husband Dr. Simon Marshall, was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
      Paterson revealed in a touching post on Instagram that her sports psychologist partner of 22 years was fighting to beat the devastating disease.
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      She wrote: “2023 was filled with the biggest of bigs, the highest of highs, the lowest of lows.
      They were on top of the worldA source close to the couple
      “From BAFTA wins, Oscars nominations, Oscar wins…but unfortunately…Simon was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
      “So in 2024 we face the biggest fight of our lives.
      “Keep that positive energy coming because we are going to need it.”
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      Paterson, who is originally from Scotland, moved to California with Dr Marshall to pursue their Hollywood dreams.
      Dr Marshall said despite the health battle he is now facing, they can’t forget the “incredible journey” they’ve embarked on together.
      All Quiet on the Western Front
      He added: “From launching new careers and moving to LA and embarking on this incredible journey we’ve both been on now in film… even though late stage pancreatic cancer is never nice but we’re going to beat it and I’ve got the world champ and hustler extraordinaire on my side and, on average, we’re doing fine.”
      Paterson was an actor and unstoppable athlete when she decided to adapt the book for a modern audience.
      Using her cash winnings from one of her races on Costa Rica, Paterson bought the film rights and fought to see her dream come to life.
      After investing more than £165,000 over 16 years, Netflix agreed to make the movie as a German-language project.
      A source close to the pair said: “After their Oscar and BAFTA wins they were on top of the world.
      “They were finally living their dream, filmmaking offers were coming in and everything looked rosy.
      “Then, in November of last year, Simon was diagnosed with one of the worst possible cancers.”
      Symptoms of pancreatic cancer
      According to Pancreatic Cancer UK the most common type of pancreatic cancer is PDAC – pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
      Five signs of the disease that could be mistaken for another condition, or niggle, include persistent stomach ache, backache, indigestion, unexplained weight loss and bowel habit changes.
      Other symptoms that might be more obvious include jaundice, difficulty swallowing and vomiting.
      Patients may also suffer the symptoms of diabetes because pancreatic disease stops the production of insulin.
      The causes of the disease are not exactly known but there are several risk factors that can make someone more likely to get the disease.
      The NHS and Cancer Research UK list some of these as smoking, obesity, diabetes, past radiotherapy treatment, chronic pancreatitis, stomach ulcers, Helicobacter or hepatitis B infection, and genetic factors.
      It is the eleventh most common type of cancer in the UK and the sixth highest cause of cancer death.
      The cancer has the lowest survival rate of any common cancer in the UK – with more than half of patients dying within three months of diagnosis.

      Paterson said her husband’s diagnosis has “disrupted their plans” and impacted them “emotionally, physically, and financially”.
      A GoFundMe has since been launched to support the pair and raise money for experimental cancer treatment.
      Paterson wrote on the page: “Guided by the unwavering spirit that has defined our lives, we are determined to conquer this monumental challenge.
      “Simon was on the brink of a remarkable new chapter in his career when this diagnosis disrupted our plans, impacting us emotionally, physically, and financially.
      “While we are fortunate to have excellent insurance, the standard care options available for Pancreatic Cancer can be somewhat limiting in their effectiveness.
      “In our quest for the best possible outcome, we are exploring new and emerging treatments, therapies, and modalities.
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      “These groundbreaking approaches offer hope, but they come at a significant cost. In our pursuit of victory over this relentless adversary, we find ourselves in need of support from our incredible community—our friends and family who have always stood by us through thick and thin.”
      The couple’s goal is to raise half a million dollars.
      The couple are now trying to raise money to fund experimental treatmentCredit: Getty More