Public Figures Affected by Pancreatic Cancer
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PUBLIC FIGURES AFFECTED BY PANCREATIC CANCER SURVIVORS Bob Uecker Former Major League Baseball player, comedian, and actor. Entering his 48th season as the Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster. Chris Rea British musician best know known for "The Road to Hell" Colin Friels Actor best known for "Dark City" and "Darkman" Dave Rose Head Coach for Brigham Young University men's basketball team Debbie Ryan Head Coach for University of Virginia women's basketball team Harry Reid Former Senate Majority Leader and retired senator (D-Nev.) Johnny Clegg South African musician best known for "Dela" José José Mexican singer known as "El Príncipe de la Canción" Kitty Swink Actress best known for "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine;" wife of actor Armin Shimerman Marilyn Horne Opera singer Ruth Bader Ginsburg Supreme Court Justice and second woman to be appointed to the position Ryan Buell Paranormal researcher on A&E's "Paranormal State" Ryan Frayne Founder and inventor of Windcatcher inflatable mattresses featured on ABC's "Shark Tank" Stefan Karl Actor best known as Robbie Rotten on the television show "LazyTown" Wilko Johnson Musician/actor best known for British band Dr. Feelgood and "Games of Thrones" DECEASED Name Profession Best Known For When Age ARTS Irving Wallace Author and "The Chapman Report" and "The Prize" 1990 74 Screenwriter Jack Keil Advertising Executive Creator and voice of "McGruff the Crime Dog" 2017 94 John F. Caldwell Cartoonist Freelancer for The New Yorker and Mad Magazine 2016 69 Lorraine Hansberry Writer “A Raisin in the Sun,” the first play by an African- 1965 34 American woman to be produced on Broadway Mickey Spillane Author "Mike Hammer, Private Eye" 2006 88 Pat Conroy Author "The Prince of Tides" and "The Great Santini" 2016 70 Patrick Dennis Author “Auntie Mame” 1976 55 Peter Esterhazy Author Hungarian writer best known for "Celestial Harmonies" 2016 66 Philip Levine Poet Pulitzer Prize-winner for "The Simple Truth" and poet 2015 87 laureate from 2011-2012 Ralph Ellison Scholar and Writer “Invisible Man" 1994 80 René Magritte Surrealist Artist "Son of Man" 1967 68 Last updated on 8/6/18 1 Name Profession Best Known For When Age Richard Dean Photographer and TLC's "Cover Shot" 2006 50 Model Dr. Spencer Johnson Author “Who Moved My Cheese?” and “The One Minute 2017 78 Manager” CULINARY Art Ginsburg Chef "Mr. Food" 2013 78 Joël Robuchon Chef The most decorated Michelin-starred chef in the world 2018 73 Matthew Bencivenga Chef Longtime Wolfgang Puck chef 2016 46 EDUCATION Jacques Derrida Philosopher "Deconstruction" philosophy 2004 74 Myles Brand, PhD Scholar Former president of Indiana University and the National 2009 67 Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Randy Pausch, PhD Professor “Last Lecture” speech at Carnegie Mellon University 2008 47 Richard Newton Educator Dean of Engineering at University of California, 2007 55 Berkeley ENTREPRENEUR Albert Boscov Entrepreneur Chairman and CEO of Boscov's Department Stores 2017 87 Billy Carter Farmer, Brother of former President Jimmy Carter 1988 51 Businessman and Politician Charles Revson Businessman and Founder of Revlon Cosmetics 1975 68 Philanthropist David Bunnell Publisher Founding publisher of PC Magazine, Macworld and PC 2016 69 World Ely Callaway Entrepreneur Founder of Callaway Golf Company 2001 82 Horst Rechelbacher Businessman Founder of beauty products company Aveda 2014 72 James Earl Carter, Sr. Farmer, Father of former President Jimmy Carter 1953 58 Businessman and Politician Jef Raskin Computer Scientist Developed Macintosh computer for Apple Inc. 2005 61 John Galardi Restaurateur Founder of Wienerschnitzel 2013 75 Leandro P. Rizzuto Entrepreneur Chairman and Co-Founder of Conair 2017 79 Orin C. Smith Businessman and Former president and CEO of Starbucks Coffee 2018 75 Philanthropist Company Paul Mitchell Hairstylist Creator of Paul Mitchell Systems 1989 53 Shunji Matsuo Celebrity Hairstylist 2017 67 Steve Jobs Entrepreneur and Co-founder of Apple Inc. 2011 56 Inventor FILM AND TV Alan Rickman Actor "Die Hard" and "Harry Potter" film series 2016 69 Alice Playten Actress Tony-Nominated actress in "Henry, Sweet Henry" and 2011 63 "Legend" Last updated on 8/6/18 2 Name Profession Best Known For When Age Anna Magnani Actress Academy Award winner for "The Rose Tattoo" 1973 65 Anne Francis Actress "Forbidden Planet" and "Honey West" 2011 80 Art Fleming TV and Radio Host Original host of "Jeopardy!" 1995 70 Ben Gazzara Actor "The Big Lebowski" 2012 81 Bill Hicks Comedian Stand up comedy 1994 32 Bonnie Franklin Actress "One Day at a Time" 2013 69 Brock Peters Actor “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “Star Trek” films 2005 78 Charles Guggenheim Filmmaker Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker 2002 78 and producer, founder of Guggenheim Productions Charlotte Rae Actress “Diff'rent Strokes” and its spin-off, “The Facts of Life” 2018 92 Danny Aiello III Stuntman Son of actor Danny Aiello 2010 53 David Yewdall Sound Editor "The Thing" and "The Fifth Element" 2017 66 Deanna Lund Actress “Land of Giants” 2018 81 Denise Robertson TV Personality ITV's "This Morning" 2016 83 Dick Cusack Actor and Writer "The Fugitive;" father of Joan Cusack and John Cusack 2003 77 Donal McCann Actor "The Dead" 1999 56 Donna Douglas Actress "The Beverly Hillbillies" 2015 82 Donna Reed Actress "It's a Wonderful Life" and Academy Award winner for 1986 64 "From Here to Eternity" Eiko Ishioka Designer Academy Award winner for Best Costume Design in 2012 73 "Bram Stoker's Dracula" Ezra Swerdlow Producer Producer of films such as '21 Jump Street', 'Waiting to 2018 64 Exhale', 'Zombieland' and 'Spaceballs' Fernando Lamas Actor and Director "The Merry Widow" and "Dangerous When Wet;" father 1982 67 of actor Lorenzo Lamas Fred Gwynne Actor "The Munsters" 1993 66 Gareth Hunt Actor "The Avengers" 2007 64 Gunnar Hansen Actor "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" 2015 68 Guy McElwaine Agent, Producer and Veteran Hollywood agent and Warner Bros. studio 2008 71 Studio Mogul executive Hal Ashby Actor Academy Award winner for "In the Heat of the Night;" 1988 59 director of "Harold and Maude," "Being There" and "Shampoo" Harve Presnell Actor "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" and "Fargo" 2009 75 Henry Mancini Composer, "The Pink Panther" and Academy Award winner for 1994 70 Conductor and "Breakfast at Tiffany's" Arranger Hugh Dane Actor “The Office” 2018 75 Igor Khait Producer Animation producer for "Family Dog," "The Lego Movie" 2016 52 and "Gnomeo & Juliet" Jack Benny Comedian and Actor "The Jack Benny Program" and "To Be or Not to Be" 1974 80 Jack Schwartzman Producer "Being There;" husband to actress Talia Shire; father of 1994 61 actors Jason Schwartzman and Robert Schwartzman Jared Martin Actor "Dallas" 2017 75 Jeffrey Tuchman Documentary "The Man From Hope" 2017 62 Director Jerry Juhl Writer Lead writer for "The Muppet Show" 2005 67 Last updated on 8/6/18 3 Name Profession Best Known For When Age Joan Crawford Actress Academy Award winner for "Mildred Pierce" 1977 72 John Avildsen Director "Rocky," "The Karate Kid" 2017 81 John Beradino Actor "General Hospital" 1996 79 John Sylvester White Actor "Welcome Back, Kotter" 1988 68 Johnny Speight Screenwriter "All in the Family" and "Archer Bunker's Place" 1998 78 Joseph Bologna Actor, Writer and "My Favorite Year" and “Lovers and Other 2017 82 Director Strangers" Juliet Prowse Actress and Dancer "Can-Can" and "G.I. Blues" 1996 59 Julius Carry Actor “Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon” 2008 56 Kenneth Mars Actor "Young Frankenstein," "The Little Mermaid" and "Butch 2011 75 Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" Louise Plowright Actress "Eastenders" and "Wicked" 2016 59 Madeleine Carroll Actress "The Queen of British Cinema" 1987 81 Marcello Mastroianni Actor "8 1/2" and "La Dolce Vita" 1996 72 Mark Goodson Producer "The Price Is Right," The Match Game" and "What's My 1992 77 Line?" Mary Ellen Trainor Actress "The Goonies," "Die Hard," "The Monster Squad" and 2015 62 "Lethal Weapon" Michael Landon Actor, Director and "Little House on the Prairie," "Highway to Heaven" and 1991 54 Producer "Bonanza" Murray Weissman Publicist Veteran Hollywood publicist 2015 90 Nargis Actress First Lady of Indian Cinema 1981 51 Oona O'Neill Chaplin Actress Widow of Charlie Chaplin 1991 66 Patrick Swayze Actor and Dancer "Dirty Dancing," "Ghost" and "Point Break" 2009 57 Paula Dell Actress Pioneering stuntwoman 2017 90 Peggy Ann Garner Actress Academy Award winner for "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" 1984 52 Pernell Roberts Actor "Bonanza" 2010 81 Pete Postlethwaite Actor "Romeo and Julliette" and Academy Award nominee for 2011 64 "The Usual Suspects" Powers Boothe Actor "Sin City," "Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D." 2017 68 Ralph Bates Actor "The Horror of Frankenstein;" great, great grand 1991 51 nephew of chemist Louis Pasteur Ray Colcord Composer Former president of the Society of Composers & 2016 66 Lyricists Regina Fraser TV Personality PBS' "Grannies on Safari" 2016 73 Richard Crenna Actor "The Real McCoys" and "Rambo" 2003 76 Richard Hatch Actor "Battlestar Galactica" 2017 71 Robert Chartoff Film Producer "Rocky" 2015 81 Rocio Jurado Singer and Actress Spanish actress and singer 2006 59 Ron O’Neal Actor “Super Fly” 2004 66 Sachiko Yoshimine Wife of Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune 1995 45 Samantha Schubert Actress, Producer Former Miss Malaysia 1991 2016 47 and Model Satoshi Kon Director Japanese Manga artist and animator 2010 46 Simone Signoret Actress Academy Award winner for "Room at the Top" 1985 64 Sir Alan Bates Actor "Hamlet" and "The Rose" 2003 69 Last updated on 8/6/18 4 Name Profession Best Known For When