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Nuggets coach Karl has neck, throat cancer

Posted 02-17-2010 at 02:00 PM by admin
DesMoinesRegister.com

DENVER (AP) -- Nuggets coach George Karl has been diagnosed with neck and throat cancer and likely will miss some games and practices while undergoing a rigorous six-week treatment program of radiation and chemotherapy.

His voice breaking at times, Karl revealed the diagnosis Tuesday night with his doctor, Jacques Saari, at his side and surrounded by his team and members of the Nuggets organization.

"My desire is to do whatever I...
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Dale Hawkins dies at 73; early rock musician wrote 'Susie-Q'

Posted 02-16-2010 at 03:19 PM by admin
Los Angeles Times

The singer-guitarist's 1957 hit became a rock anthem and was covered by many artists, including the Rolling Stones and Creedence Clearwater Revival.


By Valerie J. Nelson
February 16, 2010

Dale Hawkins, a singer-guitarist best known for his 1957 hit “Susie-Q,” which became a rock anthem, died Saturday in Little Rock, Ark., his family announced. He was 73.

He was diagnosed with colon cancer more than four years ago, according...
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The Knack lead singer Doug Fieger, 57, dies

Posted 02-15-2010 at 02:54 PM by admin
Sun Feb 14, 2010 10:46pm EST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - The Knack's lead singer Doug Fieger, who co-wrote the 1979 hit song "My Sharona," died on Sunday, aged 57, after battling lung cancer for six years.

His family said in a statement that Fieger passed away at his home in Woodland Hills, California, after outliving his doctors' prognoses "for many, many years."

"Doug did not suffer. He is in a better place. And wherever he is,...
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Louis Gossett Jr. fighting prostate cancer

Posted 02-10-2010 at 04:01 PM by admin
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Louis Gossett Jr, best known for his Oscar-winning role as the tough drill instructor in "An Officer and a Gentleman", said on Tuesday he was fighting prostate cancer.

Gossett, 73, said his cancer was in its early stages and that he was going public to encourage African-Americans to seek early examinations and treatment for the disease.

The award-winning actor said he had begun an intensive treatment program so that he can resume...
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Former South Africa flanker Ruben Kruger dies of cancer

Posted 01-28-2010 at 01:28 PM by admin
BBC
11:48 GMT, Thursday, 28 January 2010

Former South Africa flanker Ruben Kruger has died from brain cancer at the age of 39.


Kruger was a key member of the side that won the World Cup on home soil in 1995, scoring a try in the semi-final against France in Durban.

He was named his country's player of the year that season.

"Ruben was the epitome of the Springbok flanker; tough and with an outstanding work ethic," said South African...
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