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Latina actress Lupe Ontiveros dies, age 69 Reuters.co.uk Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:57 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lupe Ontiveros, a veteran Latina character actress who worked in films such as "As Good As It Gets" and on TV shows like "Desperate Housewives," has died of lung cancer. She was 69. Former Victorian bicycling 192 miles for cancer The Victoria Advocate Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:48 PM PDT Sarah Branfman never imagined she could bike 192 miles - after all, it wasn't that long ago that she couldn't even ride a bike. Man held in stabbing at Md. post office Washington Post Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:45 PM PDT Ray A. Young worked for the federal government for more than 30 years. He has fought throat cancer, losing his teeth and part of his jaw in the process. He has a college-age son and was seen as a friendly neighbor by those living in the tidy townhouses on Concerto Lane in the White Oak area of Montgomery County. Read full article >> Sick girl opts for orphanage over Bieber, Disney World Hamilton Spectator Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:38 PM PDT When 10-year-old Isabella Tonn of Edmonton started recovering from a rare form of cancer, she got to make a wish. Founder of Jersey City African-American history museum, Theodore Brunson, 87, dies El Nuevo Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:36 PM PDT Theodore Brunson, a longtime Jersey City resident and one of the founders of the city's Afro-American Historical Society Museum, passed away July 21 after a battle with prostate cancer. He was 87. Motorcycle ride to benefit officer battling cancer WKRN Nashville Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:33 PM PDT Gallatin police officer Kevin Thomas was diagnosed with stage IV Glioblastoma brain cancer, commonly referred to as GBM, earlier this year. Chris Mannix: Wife's cancer battle buoys Guerrero as he looks to resume career Sports Illustrated Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:29 PM PDT The waiting was the worst of it. Oh, the drive from Gilroy, Calif., to Tucson, Ariz., was pretty brutal. Twelve hours on the road, two young kids in the backseat, one thought flooding everyone's minds. But for Robert and Casey Guerrero, sitting there at an outdoor table at Miguel's Mexican Restaurant, a warm April breeze washing over them, waiting for the woman who changed their lives -- that ... Lupe Ontiveros was a force to be reckoned with onscreen Los Angeles Times Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:23 PM PDT The late actress always rose to the occasion of playing resilient women in roles as varied as 'Chuck & Buck,' 'Selena' and 'Real Women Have Curves.' When I think of actress Lupe Ontiveros, who passed away from liver cancer at 69 Thursday night, what stays with me most is her strength. Picture a battle with cancer The Daily Times Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:13 PM PDT SALISBURY -- Marsha Jenney, diagnosed with lung cancer in January 2011, became a frequent visitor to the Richard A. Henson Cancer Institute at Peninsula Regional Medical Center on June 18. That was when she began daily radiation and infusion chemotherapy treatments to battle the disease. Ailing officer humbled by support Clayton News Daily Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:53 PM PDT Fellow officers, and deputies at the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office, have been most supportive of Michael Hooks, who is battling stage three testicular cancer.

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