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Actress Christina Applegate, diagnosed with breast cancer at age 36 in April 2008, is an example. Applegate first underwent a lumpectomy, but after learning that she had the BRCA genetic mutation (aka the  breast cancer gene ), she opted for a double mastectomy. D Dipasupil/Getty Images Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow may be best known for her music, but she also has used her celebrity status as a breast cancer survivor to help raise awareness about the importance of early detection. 2  In 2006, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a lumpectomy and radiation treatment.
Don Pardo, the man whose voice introduced the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live for decades, died at the age of 96, the network announced August 19. Skateboarding legend Jay Adams died of a heart attack August 14 while vacationing in Mexico with his wife. He was 53. Ed Nelson, best known for playing a doctor in the 1960s nighttime soap opera Peyton Place, died on August 13, his family said. He was 85. Actress Arlene Martel, whom Star Trek fans knew as Spock's bride-to-be, died in a Los Angeles hospital August 12 after complications from a heart attack, her son said.