Are Celebrity Cancer Deaths More or Less Common?

Cancer is a mysterious disease that inflicts thousands or more people each year. Some are everyday people that you may pass on the street. Many people think cancer is a disease that mainly affects the elderly or poor but this is not the case. It doesn’t matter if you are poor, rich, old or young cancer can strike anyone include the famous.

Celebrity cancer deaths are every bit as common and likely as those of anyone else. The only real difference is that these deaths are often more publicized than the deaths of average or less known people. Another difference may be that although cancer may strike anyone at any time many celebrities are in a better financial state to deal with the cost of the necessary treatments that occur with the diagnosis of these diseases.

There are many different types of cancers and not all have good chances of survival even with the best treatments. In most cases of cancer however treatments do prolong the person’s chances of survival at least for a short time.

Celebrity cancer deaths are every bit as traumatic as those of your best friend or the neighbor across the street or a much loved family member. Some celebrities that are well known that have lost the battle with one form of cancer or another include the following:

• Patrick Swayze lost his battle with pancreatic cancer after being ill for over a year. He died in 2009. He was most remembered for his talent as an actor in movies such as Dirty Dancing, Roadhouse and Ghost to name a few.

• Farrah Fawcett was diagnosed with anal cancer and died at the age of 62. She became famous in the early 80’s for her much noticed hairstyles and beauty.

• George Michael was a sports caster for the sports show Sports Machine and the show ran for over 10 years and was 70 years old when he died from the leukemia he had been battling for two years.

Among these some less famous celebrities that have died in relation to cancer or cancer related illnesses include:

• Robert Urich – Actor

• Claude Akins – Actor

• Werner Heisenberg – Scientist

• Gummo Marx – Actor/Comedian

• Hugh Trevor-Roper – Historian

• Jack Lemmon – Actor

• Alan Hale Jr. – Actor

As you can see cancer can strike anyone and it doesn’t matter if you are well known or if no one has ever heard of you. Celebrity cancer deaths may be more noted but that does not mean they are any different from the death of any other person that dies of cancer.

The bottom line is that any way you look at it cancer can strike any person without regard to age, race, sex, nationality, financial status or fame. In some cases it is even thought that celebrities may be at an increased risk of developing cancer due to the beliefs that many may tend to pay more attention to their careers while paying less attention to their health.