ALL men are at risk; even famous ones

Here's just a quick list of famous men who have been affected by prostate cancer. Food for thought. All men are at risk. Period.

Marion Barry - successfully treated in 1995

Harry Belafonte - diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer in 1996 and successfully treated. He is now a prostate cancer advocate, raising awareness of the disease in men

Bill Bixby - actor - diagnosed in 1991 and died in 1993

James Brown - Godfather of Soul - diagnosed in 2004 but survived. He died of heart failure in 2006

Robert DeNiro - diagnosed with early-stage cancer in 2003 at the age of 60. He has kept details of his treatment private. His father died of prostate cancer at the age of 71.

Sen. Bob Dole - diagnosed in 1991 and successfully treated, became an outspoken prostate cancer advocate. He became a spokesperson for Viagra because of the problems prostate cancer survivors often experience with erectile dysfunction.

Louis Farrakhan - diagnosed in 1991. In 1994, he received brachytherapy seed implants. In 1999, he had a near-death experience caused by complications from radiation therapy. In 2003, he founded the Louis Farrakhan Prostate Cancer Foundation. In January 2007, he underwent 12-hour abdominal surgery to correct problems from the 1994 seed implant surgery.

Robert Frost - poet - diagnosed in 1962, had a radical prostatectomy the same year, and died in 1963

Rudy Giuliani - former New York City mayor - diagnosed with prostate cancer in April 2000, had surgery to implant radioactive seeds in September 2000. Giuliani's father died from prostate cancer in 1981 at the age of 73.

Robert Goulet - diagnosed in 1993 at the age of 60 after a routine blood test, underwent a radical prostatectomy and is now free of prostate cancer. He has remained an outspoken prostate cancer advocate.

Merv Griffin - diagnosed in 2000 at the age of 75 and underwent 7 weeks of radiation therapy

Alec Guinness - English actor - diagnosed in January 2000, spread to the liver in July, and died a month later


Langston Hughes - died on May 22, 1967 at the age of 65 after complications from abdominal surgery related to prostate cancer

John Kerry - diagnosed in late 2002 with early-stage prostate cancer and had successful nerve-sparing prostate cancer surgery in 2003. Kerry's father died of prostate cancer in 2000 at the age of 85

Phil Lesh - Grateful Dead bassist - diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer in October 2006

Nelson Mandela - diagnosed in 2001 with early-stage cancer, underwent seven weeks of radiotherapy and made a full recovery

Roger Moore - former 007 - successfully treated with surgery in 1993

Laurence Olivier - diagnosed in 1967 and underwent radiation treatment that successfully eradicated the cancer

Jerry Orbach - actor - well known for Law and Order and Dirty Dancing - died from the disease in Dec. 28, 2004 at the age of 69

Linus Pauling - Nobel Prize winner - diagnosed in 1991 at the age of 90 and died of the disease in 1994

Colin Powell - underwent surgery in 2003 for early-stage prostate cancer and made a full recovery

Johnny Ramone - guitarist - died in 2004 at the age of 55 after a five-year battle with the disease

Telly Savalas - "Kojak" - died of the disease in 1994 at the age of 70

Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf - diagnosed in 1993 and underwent successful surgery

Pierre Elliot Trudeau - Prime Minister of Canada - died of prostate cancer in 2000 at the age of 80

Bishop Desmond Tutu - diagnosed after a routine exam in 1996, treated in the United States with hormone therapy and radiation

Earl Woods - Tiger Woods' father - diagnosed in 1998 and successfully treated with radiation, but the cancer returned more aggressively in 2004. Woods died on May 3, 2006 at the age of 74.

Frank Zappa - died of complications from the disease on December 4, 1993 at the age of 52

Dennis Hopper - actor - diagnosed in October 2009, died in May 2010 at the age of 74

Andrew Lloyd Webber - composer - diagnosed 2009 in early stages, at the age of 61,

Charlton Heston – "Moses" - diagnosed in 1998 while he was undergoing hip surgery, went through a round of radiation therapy, at the age of 74,

Dick Sergeant - "Bewitched" - diagnosed in 1989, aggressively spread and he died in 1994 at the age of 64


Prostate cancer doesn't discriminate.
It doesn't matter if you're wealthy or poor.
It doesn't matter if you're black or white.
It doesn't matter if you're young or old.
It doesn't matter what you do for a living.
It doesn't matter what credible or noteworthy accomplishments you have in life.
It doesn't matter if you are a good father or husband.
Prostate cancer can affect ALL men.
Think it can't happen to you? Think again.


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