Breast Cancer Awareness Month: The Survivors
In continuing our series of special articles in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we present a partial list of “celebrities” who have survived breast cancer. Some are long term survivors, others more recently diagnosed. Many are still very active in their given professions.
| Celebrity | Profession | Diagnosed | Age Now |
| Anastacia | Pop singer | 2003 | 41 |
| Christina Applegate | Actress | 2008 | 37 |
| Kaye Ballard | Comedian | Unavailable | 83 |
| Brigitte Bardot | Actress/ Activist | 1983 | 75 |
| Shirley Temple Black* | Child actress, Ambassador | 1972 | 81 |
| Eileen Brennan | Actress | 1990 | 77 |
| Edwin Brooke** | African-American former Senator | 2002 | 89 |
| Diahann Carroll | Actress | 1998 | 74 |
| Beth Nielsen Chapman | Singer/Songwriter | 2000 | 51 |
| Sheryl Crow | Singer/Songwriter | 2006 | 47 |
| Ruby Dee | Actress/ Civil Rights Activist | 1970′s | 84 |
| Elizabeth Edwards | Lawyer, wife of John Edwards | 2004 | 60 |
| Jill Eikenberry | Actress | 1984 | 62 |
| Linda Ellerbee | TV Journalist | 1992 | 65 |
| Melissa Etheridge | Singer/Songwriter, Lesbian Activist | 2004 | 48 |
| Edie Falco | Actress | 2003 | 46 |
| Catherine Gilpin Faust | President Harvard University | 1988 | 62 |
| Peggy Fleming | Olympic figure skater | 1998 | 61 |
| Betty Ford | First Lady | 1974 | 91 |
| Christine Gregoire | Governor of Washington | 2003 | 62 |
| Nancy Griffith | Singer/songwriter | 1996 | 56 |
| Dorothy Hamill | Olympic figure skater | 2008 | 53 |
| Julie Harris | Actress | 1980 | 83 |
| Laura Ingraham | Radio Host, Author | 2005 | 45 |
| Kate Jackson | Actress | 1987 | 60 |
| Hoda Kotb | TV Journalist | 2007 | 45 |
| Kylie Minogue | Pop singer | 2005 | 41 |
| Janet Napolitano | Secretary of Homeland Security | 1998 | 51 |
| Olivia Newton John | Pop singer | 1992 | 61 |
| Cynthia Nixon | Actress | 2006 | 43 |
| Sandra Day O’Connor | Supreme Court Justice | 1988 | 79 |
| Nancy Reagan | First Lady | 1987 | 88 |
| Lynn Redgrave | Actress | 2002 | 66 |
| Cokie Roberts | TV Journalist | 2002 | 65 |
| Robin Roberts | Basketball Player, TV Journalist | 2007 | 48 |
| Richard Roundtree** | Actor | 1993 | 67 |
| Carly Simon | Singer/Songwriter | 1998 | 64 |
| Jaclyn Smith | Actress/ Businesswoman | 2003 | 61 |
| Gloria Steinem | Author, Feminist Activist | 1986 | 76 |
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Notes:
* Shirley Temple Black was the first celebrity to announce her breast cancer on TV.
** Breast cancer affects men as well as indicated by Senator Edwin Brooke, and actor Richard Roundtree
