List of Breast Cancer Patients By Survival Status - Died Due To Breast Cancer

Died Due To Breast Cancer

• Josephine Abady, American theatre director and producer (died at age 52; see).
• Anna Ivanovna Abrikosova, Servant of God (Mother Catherine of Siena, O.P.), prominent figure in the Roman Catholic Church in Russia; Religious Sister of the Third Order of St. Dominic (died at age 54; see).
• Kathy Acker, American author (died at age 50; see).
• Judith Adams, New Zealand-born Australian politician, midwife, nurse, and farmer; Senator for Western Australia (died at age 68; see).
• Margery Allingham, British mystery writer (died at age 62; see).
• Generosa Ammon, widow of murdered New York businessman and multimillionaire Ted Ammon; she was considered a suspect in the crime, for which her lover was convicted (died at age 47; see ).
• Luana Anders, American film actress (died at age 58; see).
• V. C. Andrews, American horror fiction writer (died at age 62; see).
• Mary Anning, British paleontologist; subject of the book Mary Anning of Lyme Regis by Crispin Tickell (died at age 48; see ).
• Anne of Austria, mother of King Louis XIV of France and Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, wife of King Louis XIII of France, daughter of Habsburg parents, King Philip III of Spain and Margarita of Austria, sister of Philip IV of Spain, aunt and mother-in-law of Spanish Habsburg princess Maria Theresa of Spain.
• Mary Astell, English philosopher and feminist writer (died at age 65; see).
• Fay Baker, American actress and novelist (died at age 70; see).
• Jeanne Bal, American actress (died at age 67; see).
• Judi Bari, American environmentalist and labor leader (died at age 47; see).
• Lisa Barnett, American science fiction writer and editor (died on May 2, 2006, of breast and brain cancers; see).
• Jeanne Bates, American film actress (died at age 89; see).
• Sally Belfrage, American-born British-based author and journalist (died at age 57; see).
• Ingrid Bergman, Oscar-winning Swedish film and stage actress (died at age 67; see).
• Dame Patricia Bergquist, New Zealand zoologist and taxonomist (died at age 76; see).
• Sonja, Countess Bernadotte af Wisborg (died at age 64; see).
• Betty Berzon, American psychotherapist and lesbian activist (died at age 78; see).
• Bibi Besch, Austrian-born American actress (died at age 56; see).
• Audrey Best, Montreal-based French born-American lawyer; wife of the Canadian lawyer, diplomat and Bloc Québécois (separatist) political leader, Lucien Bouchard (died at age 50; see).
• Rose Elizabeth Bird, first female Chief Justice of California (died at age 63; see).
• Rachel Bissex, American singer/songwriter (died at age 48; see).
• Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye, British songwriter, composer, poet, and author (died 13 June 1867, aged 59 or 60).
• Yelena Bondarchuk, Russian actress (died at age 47; see ).
• Alison Booker, British radio broadcaster (died at age 47; see).
• Brandi Borr, American stand-up comedian (died at age 39; see).
• Coral Browne, Australian-born American actress (died at age 77; see ).
• Coosje van Bruggen, Dutch-American sculptor, art historian, and critic (died at age 66; see).
• Michelle Brunner, British bridge player, writer and teacher (died at age 57; see).
• Mary-Ellis Bunim, American film/TV producer (died at age 57; see).
• Helen Callaghan, Vancouver, British Columbia-born left-handed center fielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League for five seasons in the 1940s (died December 8, 1992, aged 69; see).
• Phyliss Carr, American singer (The Quin-Tones); died on April 20, 2006, aged 66 (see).
• Rachel Carson, American environmentalist and author (Silent Spring; died at age 56; see).
• Yvonne Carter, British medical doctor and academic (died at age 50; see).
• Rose Chan, Chinese-born "Queen of Striptease" exotic dancer (died at age 62; see).
• Doris Coley, African-American singer (one of The Shirelles; died at age 58; see).
• Joan Riddell Cook, American journalist and labor activist; founded JAWS (Journalism and Women Symposium) died in 1995 (died at age 73; see).
• Norma Crane, American actress (died at age 44; see).
• Linda Creed, American songwriter (died at age 37; see).
• Charlotte Saunders Cushman, American stage actress (died at age 59; see).
• Maggie Daley, First Lady of Chicago from 1989-2011 (died at age 68; see).
• Faye Dancer, former star of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and the inspiration for Madonna's character in the film A League of Their Own (died at age 77; see).
• Julia Darling, award-winning British writer (died at age 48; see).
• Bette Davis, American Oscar-winning star actress (died at age 81; see).
• Jo Ann Davis, U.S. Representative from the State of Virginia (died at age 57; see).
• Linda Day, American television director (died at age 71; see).
• Shelagh Delaney, British playwright (died at age 72; see).
• Willey Glover Denis, American biochemist and physiologist (died at age 49; see).
• Helen Dewar, American journalist, Washington Post reporter (died at age 70; see).
• Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Filipino film director (died at age 57; see).
• Gail Dolgin, American documentary filmmaker (died at age 65; see ).
• Anna Donald, Australian physician, epidemiologist, and medical researcher/journalist/blogger (died at age 42; see).
• Sarah Dorsey, American novelist and historian (died at age 50; see).
• Siobhan Dowd, British children's writer (died at age 47; see).
• Shirley Graham Du Bois, African-American author, playwright, composer, activist and wife of noted African-American thinker, writer, and activist W. E. B. Du Bois (died at age 80; see).
• Peggy Duff, British political activist and organiser of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (died at age 71; see ).
• Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, London-born Canadian early 20th century fashion designer known as "Lucile"; sister to screenwriter Elinor Glyn (died at age 71; see).
• Joan Eardley, Scottish artist (died at age 42; see ).
• Eva Ekvall, Venezuelan TV news anchor, author, and former Miss Venezuela (died at age 28; see).
• Elizabeth Anania Edwards, American lawyer and activist; wife of U.S. Senator from North Carolina John Edwards (see).
• Julie Ege, Norwegian actress (died at age 64; see).
• Belinda Emmett, Australian actress (died at age 32; see).
• Miriam Engelberg, San Francisco-based graphic writer/blogger (died at age 48; see).
• Margaret Ewing, Scottish National Party politician and Member of the Scottish Parliament and wife of fellow MSP Fergus Ewing (died at age 60; see).
• Judith Campbell Exner, American celebrity author who penned a book about her alleged long-ago intimate relationship with former President John F. Kennedy (died at age 65; see ).
• Oriana Fallaci, Italian writer and journalist (died at age 77; see).
• Heather Farr, American LPGA Tour golfer (died at age 28; see).
• Sandra Feldman, former president of the American Federation of Teachers (died at age 65; see ).
• Kathleen Ferrier, British opera singer (died at age 41; see).
• Karen Wynn Fonstad, American cartographer (died at age 59; see).
• Char Fontane, American actress and singer; Women's Wisdom Network Board of Advisors (died at age 55; see).
• Mary Lou Forbes, American journalist and commentator (died at age 83; see).
• Syvilla Fort, African-American dancer and choreographer (died at age 58; see).
• Lacey Fosburgh, American author (died at age 50; see).
• Karen Fraction, African-American actress, dancer and model (died at age 49; see).
• Kay Francis, American film star (died at age 63; see).
• Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman; owner of the NFL team, the Saint Louis Rams (died at age 80; see).
• Loie Fuller, French-based American dancer and choreographer (died at age 65; see).
• Margaret Furse, Academy Award winning British costume designer (died at age 63; see).
• Helen Gahagan, American actress and (under the name Helen Gahagan Douglas) a politician; wife of actor Melvyn Douglas (died at age 79; see).
• Megan Lloyd George, British politician, daughter of Prime Minister David Lloyd George (died at age 64; see).
• Sophie Germain, French mathematician (died at age 55; see).
• Margaret Gibson, Canadian novelist (died at age 57; see).
• Marie-Suzanne Giroust, French painter, miniaturist and pastellist (died at age 38; see).
• Barbara Gittings, LGBT activist (died at age 74; see).
• Kathi Kamen Goldmark, American author, columnist, publishing consultant, radio and music producer, songwriter, and musician (died at age 63; see ).
• Kate Greenaway, British illustrator (died at age 55; see).
• Lady Augusta Gregory, Irish nationalist activist, writer and landowner (died at age 80; see).
• Alvaleta Guess, African-American actress, singer and musical theatre performer (died at age 40; see).
• Alaina Reed Hall, American actress (died at age 63; see).
• Florence Halop, American comedienne/comedic actress (died at age 63; see).
• Fannie Lou Hamer, African-American anti-segregation activist (died at age 59; see).
• Patricia Roberts Harris, first African-American U.S. Cabinet Secretary (died at age 60; see).
• Cathy Harvin, American politician; member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2006-10 (died at age 56; see ).
• Sara Henderson, Australian author and pastoralist (died at age 68; see).
• Dorothy Hewett, Australian writer (died at age 79; see).
• Regine Hildebrandt, German biologist and politician (died at age 60; see).
• Klara Pölzl Hitler, Austrian mother of Adolf Hitler (died at age 47; see).
• Anita Hoffman, American writer and wife of former "Yippie" activist Abbie Hoffman (died at age 56; see).
• Judy Holliday, American Oscar-winning actress, comedienne (died at age 43; see).
• Shirley Horn, African-American jazz singer; had been battling breast cancer as well as diabetes and arthritis (died at age 71; see).
• Mary Sue Hubbard, American businesswoman and religious figure (died at age 71); she was the third wife of L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Dianetics (see ).
• Diana Hyland, American actress (died at age 41; see).
• Trina Schart Hyman, American children's book illustrator (died at age 65; see).
• Jill Ireland, British actress, wife of American actor Charles Bronson (died at age 54; see).
• Molly Ivins, American journalist and author (died at age 62; see).
• Alice James, American diarist; sister of writer Henry James and psychologist William James (died at age 43; see).
• Jocelyne Jocya, French singer-songwriter and children's rights advocate (died at age 61; see).
• Pauline Johnson, Native Canadian poet and orator, born on the Six Nations Reservation in Ontario (died at age 51; see).
• Puma Jones, American singer (died at age 36; see).
• Vivien Jones, British award-winning professional lacrosse player and physical education teacher (died at age 59; see).
• June Jordan, African-American professor of African-American studies, poet and author of 28 books (died at age 62; see).
• Helen Kane, American actress and singer (died at age 62; see).
• Kaori Kawamura, Japanese female singer (died at age 38; see).
• Caron Keating, Northern Irish television personality (died at age 41; see).
• Virginia Clinton Kelley, American mother of former President Bill Clinton (died at age 71; see ).
• Margaret Kilgallen, American artist (died at age 33; see).
• Angela King, Jamaican diplomat and human rights activist (died at age 68; see ).
• Kathleen "Kat" Kinkade, a founder of the Twin Oaks experimental utopian community near Charlottesville, Virginia (died at age 77; see )
• Christina Kokubo, American actress and drama teacher (died at age 56; see ).
• Susan G. Komen, American breast cancer activist; sister of Nancy Brinker (died at age 36; see Chicago Race For The Cure).
• Sylva Koscina, Italian-based film actress (died at age 61; see).
• Kris Kovick, American writer, cartoonist and LGBT rights activist (died at age 50; see).
• Gabriela Kownacka, Polish actress (died at age 58; see ).
• Irene Kral, American jazz singer (died at age 46; see).
• Rose Kushner, American journalist and advocate for breast cancer patients (died at age 60; see).
• Jewel Lafontant, Republican politician from Cook County, Illinois (died at age 75; see).
• Joy Langan, Canadian politician and writer (died at age 66; see).
• Joi Lansing, American actress (died at age 43; see).
• Jennifer Lash aka Jini Fiennes; British artist; mother of six (including actors Ralph and Joseph Fiennes; died at age 55; see).
• Frances Lear, Lear magazine publisher and ex-wife of American TV producer Norman Lear (died at age 73; see).
• Violette Leduc, French novelist and memoirist (died at age 65; see).
• Anna Maria Lenngren, Swedish writer, poet, salonist and feminist (died at age 62; see ).
• Elisabeth Leseur, French diarist (died at age 47; see).
• Nikolai Leskov, male Russian writer (died at age 64; see).
• Lhasa, aka Lhasa de Sela, Mexican-American-Canadian singer-songwriter (died at age 37; see).
• Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, American opera singer; in 2000 her younger sister Alexis also died due to breast cancer (died at age 52; see).
• Victoria Longley, Australian actress (died at age 49; see).
• Audre Lorde, African-American writer and activist (died at age 58; see ).
• Juliette Gordon Low, American Founder of Girl Scouts of the USA (died at age 67; see).
• Cassie Mackin, American television journalist and correspondent (died at age 43; see).
• Agnes Mary Mansour (née Josephine A. Mansour), American biochemist and nun who was forced in 1983 to resign her vows and leave her religious order (the Sisters of Mercy) after 30 years as a nun over the issue of funding legal abortions in her position as the director of the Michigan Department of Social Services (died at age 73; see).
• Blessed Marie-Azélie Martin, French laywoman and mother of St Thérèse de Lisieux (died at age 45; see).
• Shirley Ardell Mason, American artist who allegedly suffered from multiple personalities, and was the inspiration for the book and film about the woman with numerous personalities known as "Sybil" (died at age 75; see).
• Linda McCartney, American singer, activist; wife of Sir Paul McCartney (died at age 56; see).
• Hattie McDaniel, African-American actress (died at age 57; see ).
• William McGhee (aka Bill McGhee), African-American actor (also suffered from colon and prostate cancers; died at age 76; see).
• Olga A. Méndez, American politician (died at age 82; see).
• Dame Helen Metcalf, British educator and politician (died at age 57; see).
• Sylvia Millecam, Dutch actress (died at age 45; see).
• Charlotte Moorman, American cellist and performance artist (died at age 57; see).
• Claire Morissette, Montreal, Quebec-based Canadian activist and cycling advocate (died at age 57 on July 20, 2007; see ).
• Jean Muir, English fashion designer (died at age 66; see,).
• Sue Napier, Australian politician; first woman Leader of the Tasmanian Opposition Party (died at age 62; see).
• Melissa Nathan, British novelist (died at age 37; see).
• Ellie Nesler, American mother who gained a measure of publicity/notoriety for killing an accused child molester (died at age 56; see,).
• John W. Nick, American male breast cancer patient and activist in whose name The John W. Nick Foundation was established (died at age 58; see).
• Dr. Jerri Lin Nielsen, American physician who famously biopsied and treated herself for breast cancer in Antarctica at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, while awaiting evacuation, after discovering a suspicious lump on her breast (died at age 57; see).
• Eileen O'Connell, Nova Scotian Member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding (constituency) of Halifax-Fairview (died at age 53; see).
• Ai Ogawa (née Florence Anthony), National Book Award- winning American poet and educator (died at age 62; see).
• Siobhan O'Hanlon, Northern Irish Sinn Féin official and former PIRA member (died April 11, 2006; see).
• Gayle Olinekova, Canadian marathon runner and bodybuilder (died at age 50; see).
• Elizabeth Owens, German-born American stage actress (died at age 77 on March 7, 2005; see).
• Grace Paley, American poet, writer and political activist (died at age 84; see).
• Lily Parr, English professional women's association football player (died at age 73; see).
• Edith Pechey, aka Mary Edith Pechey-Phipson; one of the first British female doctors and a women's rights activist (died at age 63; see).
• Ellen Pence, American sociologist and social activist against domestic violence, creator of the Duluth model (died at age 63; see).
• Susan Peretz, American film and television actress (died at age 64; see).
• Ruth Picardie, British writer (died at age 33; see).
• Heather Pick, American television news reporter & cancer/diabetes awareness activist (died on November 7, 2008; see).
• Mona-Lisa Pursiainen, Finnish female athlete/sprinter (died at age 49; see ).
• Barbara Pym, British author/writer (died at age 66; see).
• Dina Rabinovitch, British writer and journalist (died at age 44; see).
• Irma Rangel, American politician, Texas State Representative; died of inflammatory breast cancer (died at age 71; see).
• Raylene Rankin, Canadian singer (died at age 52; see).
• Lynn Redgrave, Academy Award-nominated British-American stage, film and television actress/singer (died at age 67; see).
• Angelena Rice, mother of United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (died in 1985, aged 61; see).
• Wendy Richard, British actress (died at age 65; see).
• Minnie Riperton, American singer, mother of American actress Maya Rudolph (died at age 31; see).
• Toby Robins, Canadian actress, television personality/journalist (died at age 55; see).
• Rod Roddy, American male radio and television announcer (died at age 66 from breast and colon cancer; see).
• Ann Marie Rogers, British activist who won a lengthy legal battle against the British NHS to get cancer victims access to the life-prolonging drug Herceptin (died at age 57; see).
• Roxie Roker, American stage and television actress, mother of American singer/songwriter Lenny Kravitz (died at age 66; see).
• Rosalind Russell, American film actress (died at age 69; see).
• Caroline St John-Brooks, British journalist and academic (died at age 56; see).
• May Sarton, Belgium-born American poet, novelist, and memoirist (died at age 83; see).
• Jane Scott, English writer, dramatist and theatre manager (died in 1839, aged 59 or 60)
• Screechy Peach, African-American singer and songwriter (died at age 47; see).
• Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, American academic, educator, author and theorist in the fields of gender and queer studies (died at age 58; see).
• Irene Mayer Selznick, American theatrical producer (died at age 83; see).
• Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (died at age 55)
• Carol Shields, Canada-based U.S. author (died at age 68; see).
• Marjorie Shostak, American anthropologist (died at age 51; see).
• Dorothy Shula, wife of former American Miami Dolphins football coach Don Shula who founded the Don Shula Foundation for breast cancer research (died in 1991; see).
• Ricky Silberman, American activist who co-founded the Independent Women's Forum (died at age 69; see).
• Susan Raab Simonson, American stage actress and theatre producer (died at age 37; see).
• Naomi Sims, African American model, businesswoman and author (died at age 61; see).
• Abigail Adams Smith, daughter of U.S. President John Adams (died aged 48; see).
• Katarzyna Sobczyk, Polish singer (died at age 65; see)
• Soraya (full-name Soraya Raquel Cuevas Gharib), Colombian-American singer, songwriter, guitarist, arranger, and record producer, as well as breast cancer advocate; her mother and a grandmother also died from breast cancer (died aged 37; see).
• Jo Spence, British photographer (died at age 58; see ).
• Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (died at age 47; see).
• Dusty Springfield, British songwriter/singer (died at age 59; see).
• Srividya, Indian actress (died at age 53; see).
• Heather Stilwell, Canadian pro-life activist, school trustee, and politician (died at age 66; see).
• Athena Starwoman, astrologer, columnist for Vogue and Woman's Day, and TV commentator (died in her mid-50s; see).
• Kaye Stevens, American singer and actress (died at age 79; see).
• Nettie Stevens, American geneticist (died at age 50; see).
• Pat Stevens, American actress (died on May 26, 2010; see).
• Marie Stopes, Scottish author and birth control advocate (died at age 78; see).
• Susan Strasberg, American actress; daughter of theatre director and drama coach Lee Strasberg and Paula Strasberg, and the sister of John Strasberg (died at age 60; see ).
• Rell Kapolioka`ehukai Sunn, American world surfing champion (died at age 47; see).
• Jacqueline Susann, American writer (died at age 56; see).
• Myfanwy Talog, Welsh actress (died at age 49; see).
• Yoshiko Tanaka, Japanese actress and singer (died at age 55; see ).
• Jane Elizabeth "Jennie" Faulding Taylor, British Protestant missionary to China with the China Inland Mission (died at age 60; see).
• Empress Theodora, empress of the Byzantine Empire and wife of Emperor Justinian I; both are commemorated on November 14 as saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church (died before the age of 50; see).
• Betty Thompson, Canadian television host of a children's programme produced at CKCO's studios (died at age 60; see).
• Penny Thomson, Scottish theatre and television director (died at age 56; see).
• Jane Tomlinson, British athlete and campaigner/fund raiser for cancer charities (died at age 43; see).
• Carol Tomlinson-Keasey, American psychologist and educator (died at age 66; see).
• Marietta Peabody Tree, American socialite and political activist (died at age 74; see).
• Harriet Van Horne, American columnist and writer (died at age 77; see).
• Danitra Vance, African-American actress (died at age 40; see).
• Vivian Vance, American actress, singer (died at age 70; see); also suffered from bone cancer as a result of metastasis.
• Janice Voss, American engineer and NASA astronaut (died at age 55; see).
• Margaret Walker, African-American poet, writer and academic (died at age 83; see).
• Amalie von Wallmoden, Countess of Yarmouth (died at age 61).
• Pat Ward, American politician; Iowa State Senator from 2004 until her death in 2012 (died at age 55; see).
• Geraldine Warrick-Crisman, African-American television executive and former assistant New Jersey state treasurer (died at age 76; see).
• Angela Webber, Australian writer and comedienne (died at age 52; see).
• Dr. Mary Ann Coady Weinand, American psychiatrist (died at age 47; see).
• Anne Wexler, American lobbyist and political advisor (died at age 79; see).
• Dolly Wilde, Anglo-Irish socialite & niece of writer Oscar Wilde; diagnosed with breast cancer in 1939, died two years later (see).
• Thelma Wood, American sculptor (died at age 69; see).
• Gretchen Wyler, American actress, singer and dancer (died at age 75; see).
• Chen Xiaoxu, Chinese actress and Buddhist nun (died at age 41; see).
• Kim Yale, writer and editor for multiple comic book companies, including Marvel, DC, First and Warp Graphics; wife of fellow comics creator John Ostrander (see).
• Kay Yow, North Carolina State women's basketball coach (died at age 66; see).
• Laura Ziskin, American film and television producer, and cancer activist (died at age 61; see).
• Judith D. Zuk, American conservationist, horticulturist and environmentalist (died at age 55; see).