of medication overdoses at boston's dana farber institute; the betsy lehman center for patient safety and medical error reduction was created in the aftermath of the scandal (lehman died at age 39 and bateman died at age 55) elisabeth leseur (1866–1914) born pauline élisabeth arrighi, french mystic and diarist; died at age 47 nikolai leskov (1831–1895) male russian writer; died at age 64 audre lorde (1934–1992) born audrey geraldine lorde, african-american author; died at age 58 geralyn lucas (1968–present) american journalist, television producer, and writer diagnosed in 1995 at age 27 melissa nathan (1968–2006) british novelist; died at age 37 diagnosed in 2001 at age 32; breast cancer recurred in 2003 , gayle olinekova (1953–2003) canadian writer, marathon runner, bodybuilder and chiropractor; died at age 50 ruth picardie (1964–1997) british writer and columnist for the observer; died at age 33 diagnosed in october 1996 at age 32 barbara pym (1913–1980) british author/writer; died at age 66 dina rabinovitch (1963–2007) british journalist for the guardian and book author; died at age 45 diagnosed in june 2004 claire rayner (1932–2010) british journalist; died at age 79 diagnosed in 2002 cokie roberts (1943–2019) american journalist betty rollin (1936–present) american author, retired tv correspondent may sarton (1912–1995) belgium-born american poet, novelist, and memoirist; died at age 83 carol shields (1935–2003) canada-based u.s. author; died at age 68 susan sontag (1933–2004) born susan rosenblatt, american author, diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, but died due to leukemia traceable to the massive doses of radiotherapy and chemotherapy received decades earlier for her breast cancer; also diagnosed with a rare form of uterine cancer; died at age 71 karin stanford (1961–present) african-american writer and professor marie stopes (1880–1958) scottish author and birth control advocate; died at age 78 jacqueline susann (1918–1974) born jacqueline susan, american writer; died at age 56 diagnosed in 1962 at age 44; recurred in january 1973 at age 55 dolly wilde (1895–1941) english socialite, niece of irish writer oscar wilde and friend of american writer natalie clifford barney; died at age 45 of undisclosed causes diagnosed in 1939 kim yale (1953–1997) american writer and editor for multiple comic book companies, including marvel, dc, first and warp graphics