Breast Cancer

Wurtzel’s famous debut book of memoirs chronicled her long-running battle with depression.

A surgeon whose research revolutionized the treatment of breast cancer, Bernard Fisher died Oct. 16, 2019.

Starred in films “Carmen Jones” and “Porgy and Bess” and became the first black women to win a Tony Award.

Suzanne Whang was the host of HGTV’s “House Hunters” from the show’s debut in 1999 through 2007.

She was known for her work on NPR’s “Morning Edition” as well as co-anchoring ABC News’ “This Week with Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts”

Maryetta Dussourd was one of the first to work to expose sexual abuse in the Boston-area Catholic Church, leading to the worldwide church scandal of the early 2000s.

Daphne Sheldrick, British-Kenyan elephant conservationist who was featured in “Born to Be Wild 3D” documentary, died Thursday, April 12, 2018, after a long battle with breast cancer, according to the …

Rita Henley Jensen, founder of Women’s eNews and the Jane Crow Project, died Oct. 18 of breast cancer, according to her daughter, Ariel Jensen-Vargas. She was 70.

We honor and remember famous women and also men who have died of breast cancer.