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Greetings
Friends,
Cancer of
the prostate is a lot more common than most people think. Take a look at
this list: (dPC means the disease killed the man)
Don Ameche
--
Actor, dPC 1993 (85)
Harry Belafonte
--
Singer and actor, RRP
Dirk Benedict --
Actor ("The A Team," "Battlestar Galactica"), b. 1945, a 20+ year PCa
survivor
Michael Bentine --
member of "The Goon Show" on the BBC, dPC 1996 (74)
Jim Berry --
Nationally syndicated cartoonist
Bill Bixby --
Actor ("The Incredible Hulk"), director of "Blossom", dPC 1993 (59)
Luis Bonfa --
Brazilian guitarist and composer, dPC 2001 (78)
Pat Boone --
Pop singer
Barry Bostwick --
Actor ("Brad" in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show")
Sean Connery --
Actor
Hume Cronyn --
Actor, dPC 2003 (91)
Billy Davis, Jr. --
Singer (with Fifth Dimension)
Robert De Niro --
Actor and Academy Award winner -- dX 2003 (60), treatment not revealed
Theodore Marcus "Teddy" Edwards --
Jazz musician (tenor saxophone), dPC 2003 (78)
Eddie Fisher --
Pop singer
Kinji Fukasaku --
Film director (co-director of "Tora! Tora! Tora!"), dPC 2003 (72)
John Gary --
Singer -- 65 *
Charles J. Givens --
"Get rich quick" pitchman, dPC 1998 (57)
Robert Goulet --
Singer -- 62
Paulo Gracindo --
Dean of Brazilian actors -- 84 *
Merv Griffin --
TV producer -- 71
Jeremy Geidt --
Theater actor -- 70
Sir Alec Guinness --
Actor, d. 2000 (86)
Damon Harris --
Member of The Temptations
Charlton Heston --
Actor -- 74 *
Bob Homme --
Canadian kiddie show host, dPC 2000 (81)
Quincy
Jones --
Writer/producer
Henry "Hank" Ketcham --
Cartoonist (creator of "Dennis the Menace"), dPC 2001 (81)
Lester "Big Daddy" Kinsey --
Blues singer and guitarist -- 74 *
Gene Levitt --
TV writer/producer/director (created "Fantasy Island" series), dPC 1999 (79)
Jerry Lewis --
Actor/comedian, dX 1992 (66)
John Lewis --
Jazz pianist and composer -- 80 *
Curtis Lowe --
Jazz saxophonist -- 73 *
Herbie Mann --
Jazz flutist, dX 1997, dPC 2003 (67)
Victor Mature --
Actor -- 81
Tom McDermott --
TV and movie actor -- 83 *
George Cadogan Gardner McKay --
Actor and playwright, dPC 2001 (69)
Bob McNett --
Drifting Cowboys band -- 69 *
Roger Moore --
Actor
Father of John Michael Montgomery,
country singer
Edward Leon Palmer --
Co-creator of Sesame Street children's TV show, dPC 1999 (66)
Joseph Papp --
Theatrical producer -- *
Fess Parker --
Actor and developer
Frank Perry --
Motion picture producer -- 65 *
Sidney Poitier --
Actor, Academy Award winner -- 69
Michael Ritchie --
Director of movies ("The Candidate", "The Bad News Bears") and TV, dPC 2001
(62)
Vincent Frank Salerno --
Jazz pianist, dPC 2003 (78)
Dick Sargent --
Actor ("Bewitched" television series), dPC 1994 (64)
Telly Savalas --
Actor ("Kojak" television series), dPC 1994 (70)
Harry Secombe --
Member of "The Goon Show" on BBC, dPC 2001 (79)
Sterling
Dale Silliphant --
Writer (Academy Award for "In The Heat Of The Night"), dPC 1996 (78)
Michael Small --
Movie and TV composer, dPC 2003 (64)
Bobs Watson --
Child actor, dPC 1999 (68)
Bruce Welch --
British pop guitarist
Derek York --
British film editor -- 66 *
Frank Zappa --
Rock music star, dPC 1993 (52)
Eddie Arcaro --
Jockey -- 80
Bill Arnsparger --
Defensive coordinator, San Diego Chargers pro football team -- 68
Phil Barkdoll --
U.S. stock car driver -- 57
Fred Biletnikoff --
Hall of Fame professional football player (Los Angeles Raiders), coach
Joseph S. "Joe" Black, Sr. --
Pitcher in major league baseball, dPC 2002 (79)
Frank Broyles --
U. Arkansas Athletic Director and former football coach -- dX 2003 (77),
RP--
(Mayo Clinic)
Jim Colbert --
PGA Senior Tour golfer
Ray Dandridge --
Hall of Fame third baseman -- 79 *
Len Dawson --
Hall of Fame quarterback, Kansas City Chiefs
Lee Elia --
Hitting coach for the Seattle Mariners -- 59
Jim Ferree --
PGA Senior Tour golfer -- 62
Walter A. Haas, Jr. --
Oakland Athletics owner -- 79 *
Chick Harris --
Carolina Panthers professional football coach
Harold "Happy" Hairston --
Los Angeles Lakers basketball player, dPC 2001 (58)
Leon Joseph Hart, Sr. --
End, Notre Dame football team, won 1949 Heisman trophy, dPC 2002 (73)
Robert Lee "Bob" Hayes --
1964 100m Olympic gold medalist, Dallas Cowboy, dPC 2002 (59)
Lamar Hunt --
Owner of the Kansas City Chiefs football team
Vic Janowicz --
Heisman Trophy winner, 1955 -- 66 -- *
Marv Levy --
NFL coach, Buffalo Bills -- 67
Brendan Malone --
NBA assistant coach (Knicks/Pacers)
Jim Marshall --
NFL Hall of Fame Minnesota Vikings football player -- 62
Marion Motley --
NFL Hall of Fame football player, dPC 1999 (79)
Stan Musial --
Professional baseball Hall of Fame player
Don Nelson --
NBA basketball player/coach -- 60
Joe Nuxhall --
Cincinnatti Reds baseball radio announcer -- 63
Gary Ormsby --
Race car driver -- 47 *
Arnold
Palmer --
Professional golfer, b. 1929, RP+XRT
Harvey Penick --
Golf instructor and author -- 90 *
Richard Petty --
Retired NASCAR stock car driver -- 57
Tommy Prothro --
Hall of Fame U.S. football coach -- 74 *
Tubby Raymond --
Football coach, University of Delaware -- 67
Bobby Riggs --
Tennis player, dPCa 1995 (77)
Frank Robinson --
Baseball Hall of Fame -- 63
Dan Rooney --
President, Pittsburgh Steelers professional football team -- 67
Norm Stewart --
Basketball coach, U. Missouri
Bill Sullivan --
Owner, New England Patriots professional football team
Chuck Tanner --
Manager, Pittsburgh Pirates professional baseball team -- 71
Joe Torre --
Manager, New York Yankees baseball team, RRP
Johnny Unitas --
NFL Hall of Fame professional football quarterback, d. 2003
Ken Venturi --
Golf commentator and former professional golfer -- 69
Bob Watson --
General Manager, N.Y. Yankees professional baseball club
I am in
some pretty distinguished company there, and I left off the politicians and
military leaders in the article. Not all of those on the list survived,
either.
A PSA test
caught mine early. Guys, do yourselves and your loved ones a favor--- get
tested, once every year after the age of 40. It's a simple blood test and it
can save your life.
That's my
Public Service Announcement for the year.
Ed Sanders
Co-Founder
50 HoopsŪ
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