California
Bill Brand, the mayor of Redondo Beach, died Friday evening of lung cancer. He was 65.
Television
Paul Teal, an actor who appeared in ‘One Tree Hill’ and ‘Descendants: The Rise of Red,’ died Friday after a seven-month cancer battle. He was 35.
Dave Coulier has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy for Stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The ‘Full House’ actor says the diagnosis was ‘pretty overwhelming.’
Music
Quincy Jones, the music legend who shaped Michael Jackson’s career, suffered from pancreatic cancer before he died at his Bel-Air home earlier this month.
Andre Braugher, the ‘Homicide’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ star who died Monday after a brief illness, was suffering from lung cancer, his publicist confirmed.
Comedian Kate Micucci, known for ‘Big Bang Theory’ and ‘Nature Cat,’ is on the mend after she underwent lung cancer surgery earlier this month. ‘I’m all good,’ she said.
Science & Medicine
To improve survival for esophageal cancer patients, researchers are using artificial intelligence to improve screening for the disease.
Jenna Fischer, Pam from ‘The Office,’ reveals a private cancer battle that is over — for now. She was diagnosed with triple-positive breast cancer last year.
On Thursday, the singer’s widow, Wendy Dio, and her friends and supporters will hold the annual Bowl for Ronnie celebrity tournament at Pinz Bowling Center in Studio City.
A Los Angeles County case poses a test of whether companies that make engineered stone can be successfully sued amid the devastating rise of silicosis, which has killed more than a dozen countertop cutters across California in recent years.