Music
Name | Life | Comments | Diagnosis | Reference |
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Anastacia | (1968–present) | American popular singer | diagnosed in 2003 at age 34 | |
Anita Doth | (1971–Present) | Popular Eurodance singer who was part of the Dutch duo 2 Unlimited | diagnosed in 2009 at age 37 | |
Cheryl Aranda | (1963–2009) | American singer/songwriter | diagnosed in 2002 at age 38 | |
Doris Coley | (1941–2000) | African-American singer (one of The Shirelles); died at age 58 | ||
Linda Creed | (1949–1986) | American songwriter; died at age 37 | diagnosed at age 26 in 1975 | |
Peter Criss | (1945–present) | American former-drummer of Kiss | diagnosed at age 62 in 2008 | |
Sheryl Crow | (1962–present) | American singer/musician, who, as of February 24, 2006, is being treated for breast cancer | diagnosed in 2006 at age 44 | |
Melissa Etheridge | (1961–present) | American singer/songwriter and prominent lesbian; her grandmother and aunt died due to breast cancer | diagnosed in 2004 at age 43 | |
Marianne Faithfull | (1946–present) | British singer/actress, Mick Jagger's ex-girlfriend | diagnosed in 2006 at age 59 | |
Yamila Cuevas Gharib | (1941–1992) | mother of Colombian-Lebanese U.S. singer/songwriter, Soraya; died in 1992 when Soraya was 22 years old | diagnosed in 1982 | |
Nanci Griffith | (1953–present) | American singer/songwriter | diagnosed in 1996 at age 43 | |
Bertha Holte | (19?? - 19??) | mother of African-American singer/author/actress Patti LaBelle; LaBelle watched her mother as well as her three sisters all die of cancer before any of them reached 45 years of age | ||
Marsha Hunt | (1946–present) | African-American singer, novelist, breast cancer activist and mother of Mick Jagger's first child, Karis Jagger | diagnosed in 2004 at age 58 | |
Fannie Ann Little Jones | (19?? - 2002) | mother of African-American rapper Nas; died in 2002 | ||
Marie Keating | (19?? - 1998) | mother of Irish singer Ronan Keating who founded The Marie Keating Foundation for breast cancer education; died in 1998 | ||
Irene Kral | (1932–1978) | African-American jazz singer; died at age 46 | diagnosed in 1972 at age 40 | |
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson | (1954–2006) | American opera singer; died at age 52; in 2000 her younger sister Alexis also died due to breast cancer | diagnosed in 2000 at age 46 | ,. |
Lady Linda McCartney | (1941–1998) | American singer, activist, wife of former British Beatles member, Sir Paul McCartney; died at age 56 | diagnosed in 1995 at age 53 | |
Mary Mohin McCartney | (1909–1956) | British mother of "Beatle" Sir Paul McCartney; died when Paul was 14 years old | ||
Kylie Minogue | (1968–present) | Australian singer sister of pop superstar Dannii Minogue, actress | diagnosed in 2005 at age 36 | |
Anna Moffo | (1932–2006) | Italian-American singer and operatic soprano who died from a stroke after grappling with complications of breast cancer for a decade; died at age 73 or 75 | diagnosed in 1996 at age 64 | |
Charlotte Moorman | (1933–1991) | American cellist and performance artist; died at age 57 | diagnosed in the late 1970s in her 40s | |
Olivia Newton-John | (1948–present) | UK/Australian singer/actress | diagnosed in 1992 at age 44 | |
Linda Nolan | (1959–present) | Irish-born singer, actress and former member of the 1970s pop band, The Nolans | diagnosed in 2006 at age 46 | |
Minnie Pearl | (1912–1996) | born Sarah Ophelia Colley, American Grand Ole Opry star, country comic, singer and philanthropist who survived breast cancer but died in 1996 of complications from a stroke; died at age 83 | diagnosed in 1985 at age 73 | |
Claudia Price | (1951–present) | mother of African-American singer Kelly Price; diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer | diagnosed in 1999 at age 48 | , |
Minnie Riperton | (1947–1979) | American singer-songwriter | diagnosed in 1976 at age 29 | |
Carly Simon | (1945–present) | American singer | diagnosed in 1998 at age 53 | |
Soraya | (1969–2006) | (full-name Soraya Raquel Lamilla Cuevas), Colombian-American singer/songwriter and breast cancer advocate; her mother, aunt, and grandmother also died due to breast cancer; died at age 37 | diagnosed in 2000 at age 31 | , |
Dusty Springfield | (1939–1999) | British songwriter/singer; died at age 59 | diagnosed in 1994 at age 54 | |
Audrey Cowell Sumner | (19?? - 1987) | mother of British singer/actor/activist Sting; died in 1987 | , | |
Ruth Ann Swenson | (1963–present) | American soprano opera star | diagnosed in 2006 at age 43 | |
Jools Topp | (1958–present) | New Zealand folk singer; one of the Topp Twins | diagnosed in 2006 at age 48 | |
Dawn Upshaw | (1960–present) | American operatic soprano diva | diagnosed in 2006 at age 46 |
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“His style is eminently colloquial, and no wonder it is strange to meet with in a book. It is not literary or classical; it has not the music of poetry, nor the pomp of philosophy, but the rhythms and cadences of conversation endlessly repeated.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Taylor, the Shakespeare of divines.
His words are music in my ear,”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)