Celebrities Who've Lost The Battle With Cervical Cancer ( part II )


1. Ann Christy



Ann Christy (born Christianne Leenaerts, 22 September 1945, Antwerp – 7 August 1984, Meise) was a Belgian singer who enjoyed success in her native country and is best known internationally for her participation in the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest,  when "Gelukkig zijn" ("Being Happy") was chosen as Belgium's representative in the twentieth Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 22 March in Stockholm.

Christy was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 1982, and died on 7 August 1984, aged 38.




2. Colleen Dewhurst



Colleen Rose Dewhurst (June 3, 1924 – August 22, 1991) was a Canadian-American actress known most for theater roles  and for a while as "the Queen of Off-Broadway." She was a renowned interpreter of the works of Eugene O’Neill on the stage, and her career also encompassed film, early dramas on live television, and Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival. She was also renowned for her television work playing Marilla Cuthbert in the Kevin Sullivan TV movie adaptations of the Anne of Green Gables series and her reprisal of the role in the subsequent TV series Road to Avonlea (marketed as just Avonlea in the US).

Diagnosed with cervical cancer, Colleen's fervent Christian Science beliefs led her to refuse any kind of surgical treatment. She died at age 67 at the pet-friendly South Salem, New York, farmhouse she shared with her companion (since 1974), producer Ken Marsolais on August 22, 1991. 



3. Gloria Ramirez



Gloria Ramirez (January 11, 1963 – February 19, 1994) was a Riverside, California, woman dubbed "the toxic lady" by the media when several Riverside General Hospital workers became ill after exposure to her body and blood. Her case was the basis for a scene in one episode of the American TV series The X-Files, an episode of the American TV drama Grey's Anatomy, a segment of a show on Discovery Communications' channel Investigation Discovery called "The New Detectives, a third season episode of Weird or What? and the "Stink Bomb" segment of the animated film Memories.

On  February 19, 1994, Ramirez was brought into the emergency room of Riverside General Hospital by paramedics, suffering from the effects of advanced cervical cancer.  At 8:50pm, after 45 minutes of CPR and defibrillation, Ramirez was pronounced dead from kidney failure related to her cancer.

4. Guylaine St. Onge

Guylaine St. Onge (1965 – March 3, 2005) was a Canadian actress.  

She was born in Saint-Eustache, Quebec. After working as a model and a dancer, she appeared in the Canadian television series Mount Royal. Parts in other television series, including Lonesome Dove and La Femme Nikita, followed.

She played the role of Juda in the television series Earth: Final Conflict. She also had a role in the movie Angel Eyes.

In 2005, she died of cervical cancer at the age of 39.

5. Henrietta Lacks

Henrietta Lacks (August 1, 1920 – October 4, 1951) (sometimes erroneously called Henrietta Lakes, Helen Lane or Helen Larson) was an African-American woman who was the unwitting source of cells (from her cancerous tumor) which were cultured by George Otto Gey to create an immortal cell line for medical research. This is now known as the HeLa cell line.She died on October 04, 1951 due to Cervical Cancer.

The headstone, which is shaped like a book, reads:

"Henrietta Lacks, August 01, 1920-October 04, 1951.
In loving memory of a phenomenal woman, wife and mother who touched the lives of many.
Here lies Henrietta Lacks (HeLa). Her immortal

cells will continue to help mankind forever.  

Eternal Love and Admiration, From Your Family"



6. K.D. Wentworth


Kathy Diane Wentworth (January 27, 1951 – April 18, 2012), known as K. D. Wentworth, was an American science fiction author.

She served as the editor for the Writers of the Future Contest from 2009 until her death. One of her novelettes, "Kaleidoscope" (2008), and three of her short stories, "Burning Bright" (1997). "Tall One" (1998), and "Born Again" (2005) have been Nebula award finalists.

Wentworth died on April 18, 2012, from complications with pneumonia and cervical cancer.