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One in eight women will get breast cancer at some point in her life. Although rare, men can get breast cancer also.

Estimated new cases and deaths from breast cancer in the United States in 2010:

Women: 207,090 new cases, 39,840 deaths

Men: 1970 new cases, 390 deaths.

Breast cancer does not discriminate between rich and poor, if not diagnosed early it can kill anyone. Many celebrities have succumbed to it and some have fought it and survived.

Celebrities with breast cancer
Olivia Newton-John -Actress and Singer
Shirley Temple Black - Actress/singer/diplomat
Jill Eikenberry, Actress
Nancy Reagan, former First Lady
Diahann Carroll, actress and singer
Peggy Fleming, Olympic figure skater
Nancy Brinker, founder of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Julia Child, chef
Jaclyn Smith, actress
Edna Campbell, WNBA player
Betty Ford, former First Lady
Ruth Handler, one of the creators of Barbie and former president of Mattel
Kate Jackson, actress
Gloria Steinem, activist/co-founder of Ms. magazine
Ann Jillian, actress
Eddie Falco, actress
Melissa Eckridge, singer
Patti LaBelle, singer/author/actress
Marcia Wallace, actress
Cokie Roberts, broadcast journalist
Richard Roundtree, actor
Carly Simon, singer/songwriter
Sheryl Crow, singer/songwriter
Margaretta (Happy) Rockefeller, wife of former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller
Betsey Johnson, fashion designer
Elizabeth Edwards, wife of vice presidential hopeful John Edwards
Marianne Faithfull, singer, actress and former flame of Mick Jagger
Kylie Minogue, pop star
Suzanne Somers, actress
Christina Applegate, actress
Robin Roberts, “Good Morning America” cohost
Hoda Kotb, the cohost of the fourth hour of “Today”
René Syler, a former cohost of “The Early Show”
Cynthia Nixon, actress “Sex and the City”
Sandra Day O'Connor, U.S. Supereme Court Justice
Peggy Fleming, Olympic ice-skating champ
Richard Roundtree
Olivia Newton-John
Martina Navratilova - Tennis Champ
Maura Tierney, actress
Jennifer Saunders, comedian

Celebrities who have died of breast cancer
Rue McClanahan, actress
Linda McCartney, musician/photographer/wife of Paul McCartney
Dusty Springfield, singer from the 1960s
Ingrid Bergman, actress
Minnie Riperton, vocalist and songwriter
June Jordan, author/poet
Bette Davis, actress
Marcella Markham, actress
Jill Ireland, actress and wife of actor Charles Bronson
Coral Browne, actress and wife of Vincent Price
Hattie McDaniel, actress
Sigrid Wurschmidt, actress
Danitra Vance, actress
Lynn Redgrave, actress