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O.J. Simpson Dead at 76 Following Battle With Cancer

O.J. Simpson has died at age 76, his family announced on social media Thursday morning.According to a post on Simpson's X (formerly Twitter) account, he died sometime Wednesday following a battler with cancer. TMZ is reporting Simpson died in Las Vegas surrounded by his children and grandchildren.Simpson was born in 1947 in San Francisco.He made national headlines in 1994 after being named a person of interest in the stabbing deaths […]

todayApril 11, 2024 1

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Helix Drummer Greg ‘Fritz’ Hinz Dead After Secret Cancer Battle

Helix drummer Greg ‘Fritz’ Hinz has died at the age of 68, vocalist Brian Vollmer confirmed.Hinz joined the Canadian hard rock band in 1982 and remained until 1996, then returned in 2009. He’d been diagnosed with cancer in 2023 but didn’t want the news made public, his bandmate revealed.“We’ve known about this since last April, but were unable to tell anyone at Fritz’s request,” Vollmer said in a statement. “He […]

todayFebruary 17, 2024

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Roger Daltrey Had to Beg Bands to Play His Cancer Charity Shows

Roger Daltrey joked that his knees were sore after 24 years of begging bands to play his cancer charity shows free of charge.The Who singer began working with the U.K.’s Teenage Cancer Trust in 2000, arranging annual performances at London’s Royal Albert Hall. In a recent interview with the Metro, he said he’d encountered unforgettable people among the patients the charity helped.“There's quite a few who will stay with me […]

todayJanuary 11, 2024

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Roger Daltrey, The Who, Eddie Vedder to Play 2024 Teenage Cancer Trust – Billboard

The Who‘s Roger Daltrey will close out the nearly quarter-century run of his Teenage Cancer Trust fundraising gigs in March with a week of all-star shows benefitting the British charity dedicating to helping young people needing nursing care and support after diagnosis. The organization announced the line-up for the shows at the Royal Albert Hall in London, with the Who slated to take the stage on March 18 and 20 […]

todayJanuary 8, 2024 2

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6lack Helps Fan Celebrate End Of Cancer Treatment

6LACK has extended his support to a fan who recently celebrated the end of their cancer treatment.Taking to his TikTok, the singer-songwriter recently revealed that he had shown up for a fan in a big way, with a special performance to mark her final cancer treatment.“Okay so since @6BLACK is active rn.. Can you please perform Outside at your Detroit show? Nov 2 will my first day that I’m done […]

todayJanuary 6, 2024 4

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Dolly Parton Serenades Fan With Cancer to Fulfill His Bucket List – Billboard

Dolly Parton just made a deserving fan’s wish come true. Two years after a Utah man named LeGrand Gold made a bucket list in the midst of battling stage four colorectal cancer, the 77-year-old country star made one of his wildest dreams come true by serenading him over the phone. The bittersweet moment was captured in a video posted to YouTube, showing Gold lying in bed as Parton chats with […]

todayDecember 27, 2023 2

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‘WeishFest’ music festival at The Salt Shed honors Midlothian football star Andrew Weish, who died to colorectal cancer

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An annual music festival, held in honor of a young man who died to cancer, returns to Chicago to uplift others fighting their own battles.Several years ago, 21-year-old Andrew Weishar, a football star from south suburban Midlothian, died of colorectal cancer."There's no pain like it," Andrew's father, Don Weishar, said. "There's nothing I've ever experienced that can even equate. It's hard to describe."Before he passed, Andrew had […]

todayNovember 3, 2023 5

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Cancer patient threw himself on Hamas grenade to save others

A cancer patient attending the Supernova festival in Israel when Hamas terrorists invaded and slaughtered 260 innocent civilians on Oct. 7 survived a selfless act of heroism when he jumped on a grenade in a bid to save others. Raz Peri, who is battling lymphoma, said he was at the festival to “feel alive again” but had to quickly turn to survival mode as the invasion unfolded, he told CNN from his […]

todayOctober 21, 2023 3

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South Surrey musician fighting cancer speaks through his songs

South Surrey singer-songwriter Dave Stanley Daoust said he’s been taking one day at a time since a terminal cancer diagnosis. Contributed photoDaoust posed with the Terry Fox memorial in St. John’s, Newfoundland during his cross-country van trip retracing Fox’s route earlier this year. Contributed photoDaoust dips his foot into the ocean at St. John’s Newfoundland prior to his westward trip following Terry Fox’s planned route. Contributed photoConclusion of Daoust’s cross-Canada […]

todayAugust 26, 2023 6

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