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Famous People who Died of Breast Cancer

1 - 8 of 8 Historically important and notable famous people who died of breast cancer ranked by their popularity on On This Day.

List of Deaths from Breast Cancer

  • 0548-06-28 Theodora, Byzantine Empress and wife of Justinian I, dies at about 48 of suspected breast cancer after a few days of illness, without children to succeed the throne, ending the Macedonian dynasty
  • 1666-01-20 Anna of Austria, Spanish princess, Austrian archduchess, Queen of France as wife of Louis XIII and regent of France (1643-51) for her son Louis XIV, dies of breast cancer at 64
  • 1847-03-09 Mary Anning, British fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist (Jurassic marine fossil beds of Lyme Regis in Dorset), dies of breast cancer at 47
  • 1901-11-06 Kate Greenaway, English artist known for her children's book illustrations (Under the Window), dies of breast cancer at 55
  • 1927-01-17 Juliette Gordon Low, American activist and founder of the Girl Scouts of America, dies of breast cancer at 66
  • 1943-03-25 Marie Krogh, Danish physician (co-founder of Novo Nordisk), dies of breast cancer at 68
  • 1952-10-26 Hattie McDaniel, 1st African American actress to win an Oscar (Gone With The Wind -"Mammy"), dies of breast cancer at 57
  • 1976-11-28 (Catherine) Rosalind Russell, American stage and screen actress (His Girl Friday; Auntie Mame; Gypsy), dies of breast cancer at 69
  • 1977-03-14 Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (Freedom Summer, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), dies of breast cancer at 59
  • 1978-12-16 Blanche Calloway, American jazz vocalist, bandleader (Twelve Clouds of Joy), civil rights activist, and broadcaster, dies of breast cancer at 76
  • 1979-07-12 Minnie Ripperton [Andrea Davis], American pop, R&B, and disco singer-songwriter ("Lovin' You"), dies of breast cancer at 31
  • 1981-09-19 Joke Smit, Dutch writer (Het onbehagen bij de vrouw / The Discontent of Women), and feminist leader, dies of breast cancer at 48
  • 1986-04-10 Linda Creed, American singer and songwriter ("The Greatest Love Of All"), dies of breast cancer at 37
  • 1986-12-19 V. C. Andrews, American author (Flowers in the Attic), dies of breast cancer at 63
  • 1989-10-06 Bette Davis, American actress (Of Human Bondage; Jezebel; All About Eve), dies of breast cancer at 81
  • 1990-01-28 Sandra "Puma" Jones, American reggae singer (Black Uhuru, 1979-86), dies of breast cancer at 36
  • 1990-05-07 Jessica James, actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at 60
  • 1991-02-21 Nutan Bahl, Indian actress (Seema, Bandini), dies of breast cancer at 54
  • 1991-02-24 Marcella Markham, dies of breast cancer at 68
  • 1991-06-16 Vicki Brown, British pop, rock session vocalist, and contemporary classical singer, dies of breast cancer at 51
  • 1992-06-09 Cathy Bennett, jury selection expert, dies of breast cancer at 41
  • 1992-07-25 Hope Miller, American actress (Bwana Devil), dies of breast cancer at 63
  • 1993-01-11 Lacey Fosburgh, author (Closing Time), dies of breast cancer at 50
  • 1994-06-10 Mary Maxwell Gates, American businesswoman, philanthropist and mother of Bill Gates, dies of breast cancer at 64
  • 1994-08-21 Danitra Vance, American comedienne (SNL, 1985), and actress (Jumpin' At The Boneyard), dies of breast cancer at 40
  • 1994-11-15 Janet Ahlberg (née Hall), British children's book illustrator (The Jolly Postman; Each Peach Pear Plum), dies of breast cancer at 50
  • 1995-12-02 Roxie Roker, Bahamian-American actress (The Jeffersons- Helen Willis), dies of breast cancer at 66
  • 1996-03-08 Alison McCartney, pathologist/Breast Cancer campaigner, dies at 45
  • 1996-04-06 Nadieh [Karin Meis], Dutch singer, guitarist and composer (Haifa Blue), dies from a pulmonary embolism and breast cancer at 37
  • 1996-07-06 Kathy Ahern, American golfer (Women's PGA C'ship 1972), dies of breast cancer at 47
  • 1996-07-28 Marguerite "Marge" Ganser, American pop singer (The Shangri-Las - "Leader of the Pack"), dies of breast cancer at 48
  • 1998-04-17 Linda McCartney (née Eastman), American photographer, musician (Wings) and wife of Paul McCartney, dies of breast cancer at 56
  • 1998-08-02 Shari Lewis [Phyllis Hurwitz], American puppeteer and ventriloquist (Lamb Chop), dies of breast cancer at 65
  • 1999-01-21 Susan Strasberg, American stage and screen actress (The Diary of Anne Frank; In Praise of Older Women;, Manitou), and memoirist, dies of breast cancer at 60
  • 2000-02-04 Doris Coley, American pop singer (The Shirelles - "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"; "Baby It's You"), dies of breast cancer at 58
  • 2003-04-21 Nina Simone [Eunice Waymon], American jazz pianist, singer, songwriter, arranger, and civil rights activist (“Mississippi Goddam”; “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black”, “Feeling Good”; “Wild Is The Wind”), dies of breast cancer at 70
  • 2004-09-19 Skeeter Davis [Mary Penick], American country-pop singer-songwriter ("(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too"; "Set Him Free"; "The End Of The World"), dies of breast cancer at 72
  • 2005-04-15 Margaretta Scott, British actress (Crescendo, Where's Charley, Counterblast), dies from pneumonia and breast cancer at 93
  • 2005-10-20 Endon Mahmood, First Lady of Malaysia, wife of Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, dies of breast cancer at 64
  • 2005-11-29 Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (Wanna Hold Your Hand, Bossom Buddies, Back to the Future), dies of breast cancer at 47
  • 2006-05-10 Soraya [Lamilla], Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, arranger and record producer ("Amor En Tus Ojos / Love In Your Eyes"'; "Casi"), dies of breast cancer at 37
  • 2007-05-14 Jean Saubert, American alpine ski racer (Olympic giant slalom silver, slalom bronze 1964), dies of breast cancer at 65
  • 2007-09-02 Rajae Belmlih, Moroccan singer, dies of breast cancer at 45
  • 2007-12-11 Grace Paley, American poet, political activist and teacher (1970 Arts & Letters Award), dies of breast cancer at 84
  • 2008-08-19 Clea Bradford, American jazz singer, dies of breast cancer at 67
  • 2008-12-10 Dorothy Porter, Australian poet (The Monkey's Mask), librettist, (The Eternity Man), and lyricist (The Fiery Maze), dies of breast cancer at 54
  • 2009-01-18 Kathleen Byron, British actress (Abdication, Profile, Saving Private Ryan), dies of breast cancer at 88
  • 2012-02-06 Janice Voss, American astronaut (shuttle radar topography mission), dies from breast cancer at 55
  • 2013-04-21 Chrissy Amphlett, Australian singer- songwriter (Divinyls - "I Touch Myself"), dies of breast cancer at 53
  • 2014-10-24 Marcia Strassman, American actress (M*A*S*H; Welcome Back, Kotter - "Julie Kotter"), dies from breast cancer at 66
  • 2014-12-09 Mary Ann Mobley, American model/actress, dies from breast cancer at 77
  • 2015-01-19 Anne Kirkbride, English actress (Deirdre-Coronation Street), dies of breast cancer at 60
  • 2015-09-19 Jackie Collins, British-American romance novelist (The Stud; The Bitch; Lucky), dies of breast cancer at 77
  • 2017-06-06 Sandra Reemer, Indo-Dutch pop singer ("As Love Goes"), and television presenter, dies of breast cancer at 66
  • 2017-07-14 Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician, dies of breast cancer at 40
  • 2018-10-15 Shelley Hamlin, American golfer (US Open runner-up 1973), dies of breast cancer at 69
  • 2019-09-17 Corrine "Cokie" Roberts, American journalist, pioneering newscaster (ABC; NPR; PBS), and author, dies of with metastatic breast cancer at 75
  • 2020-01-07 Elizabeth Wurtzel, American author (Prozac Nation), dies of metastatic breast cancer at 52
  • 2020-07-12 Kelly Preston, American actress (Mischief, Twins, A Tigers Tale), dies of breast cancer at 57
  • 2021-09-05 Sarah Harding, British pop singer (Girls Aloud - “Sound of the Underground,” “Love Machine”), dies of breast cancer at 39
  • 2022-08-08 Olivia Newton-John, British-Australian Grammy Award-winning pop singer ("Hopelessly Devoted to You"; "Physical"), and actress (Grease), dies of breast cancer at 73
  • 2022-10-02 Sacheen Littlefeather [Marie Louise Cruz]. American indigenous rights activist, who declined Academy Award for Best Actor on behalf of Marlon Brando, dies of breast cancer at 75
  • 2022-10-20 Lucy Simon, American folk singer-songwriter (Simon Sisters), Grammy Award-winning record producer (In Harmony) and theater composer (The Secret Garden; Doctor Zhivago), dies of breast cancer at 82
  • 2023-03-11 Amy Fuller, American rower (World C'ship gold W 8+, 6 x silver; Olympic silver Coxless four 1992), dies from breast cancer at 54
  • 2023-10-15 Suzanne Somers (née Mahoney), American actress (Three's Company, 1977-81 - "Chrissy"; Step by Step), dies from complications of breast cancer at 76
  • 2024-05-17 Bette Nash, American airline flight attendant for record 66 years (1957-2023), dies of breast cancer at 88

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