Cancer does not care if you are famous or not, wealthy or not, elite or not. The evidence of this lies in the considerable list of celebrities who have been diagnosed with cancer. Some have already died; some still struggling and some are fully recovered.
Take Patrick Swayze for instance. He was famous for the movies Ghost, Dirty Dancing, The Outsiders, The Beast and many more. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. While he vowed that the disease will not beat him, after several years of battle, he finally succumbed to it. The famous Charlie’s Angel star Farrah Fawcett was diagnosed with anal cancer in 2006. On her 60th birthday, she declared that she was cancer-free, but a few months later she resumed treatment in Germany. She died later on.
Kathy Bates, who is famous for her role as Mrs. Molly Brown in the blockbuster film Titanic and many other films, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the year 2003. Nevertheless, she kept the battle a secret. Her cancer is now in complete remission. Jerry Orbach, a Hollywood veteran who was best known for his role on Law and Order has battled with prostate cancer for more than ten years before he lost his battle with it.