Television and Radio
| Name | Life | Comments | Diagnosis | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pattie Daly Caruso | (19?? - present) | mother of American television personality Carson Daly | , | |
| Julia Child | (1912–2004) | famous American television chef, known as The French Chef; survived breast cancer and died of natural causes at age 91 | diagnosed in 1967 at age 55 | |
| Elisabeth DelPadre | (19?? - present) | mother of The View American television talk show host Elisabeth Hasselbeck; Hasselbeck's two grandmothers and one aunt are also breast cancer survivors | , | |
| Linda Ellerbee | (1944–present) | American television journalist | diagnosed in 1991 at age 47 | |
| Faith Fancher | (1950–2003) | African-American television journalist for KTVU and breast cancer activist; died at age 53 | diagnosed in 1997 at age 47 | , |
| Laura Ingraham | (1964–present) | American radio host/pundit | diagnosed in 2005 at age 41 | |
| Caron Keating | (1962–2004) | Northern Irish television celebrity; The Caron Keating Foundation was founded in her honor; died at age 41 | diagnosed in 1997 at age 34 | |
| Becky Krimstein | (1963–present) | American video and film producer and breast cancer activist | diagnosed in 1998 at age 35 | , |
| Jennifer Lyon | (1972–2010) | American contestant on the CBS reality television series Survivor: Palau | diagnosed in 2005 at age 33 | |
| Wendy Mesley | (1957–present) | Canadian host and reporter for CBC Television | diagnosed in January, 2005 at age 48 | |
| Diana Moran | (1941–present) | British model, fitness expert and journalist; famous as "The Green Goddess" on BBC1's Breakfast Time television programme in the 1980s | diagnosed in 1988 at age 47 | , |
| Jenni Murray | (1950–present) | British BBC presenter | diagnosed in 2006 at age 56 | , |
| Dede Robertson | (19?? - present) | wife of American Christian televangelist Pat Robertson | diagnosed in 1986 | |
| Susan Stamberg | (1938–present) | American radio journalist for National Public Radio | Diagnosed in 1986 at age 48 | |
| Mary Gay Taylor | (1935–2006) | American WCBS-AM radio reporter/radio personality; died at age 71; breast cancer recurred after a 17-year remission | diagnosed in 1984 at age 49 | |
| Betty Thompson | (1934–1994) | Canadian television host of a children's programme produced at CKCO's studios; founded the annual Betty Thompson Golf Classic for breast cancer fundraising; died at age 60 | diagnosed in 1991 at age 57 |
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Famous quotes containing the words television and/or radio:
“Addison DeWitt: Your next move, it seems to me, should be toward television.
Miss Caswell: Tell me this. Do they have auditions for television?
Addison DeWitt: That’s all television is, my dear. Nothing but auditions.”
—Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909–1993)
“Now they can do the radio in so many languages that nobody any longer dreams of a single language, and there should not any longer be dreams of conquest because the globe is all one, anybody can hear everything and everybody can hear the same thing, so what is the use of conquering.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)