# Cancer made me shoplift!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-made-me-shoplift/175952>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 17, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-made-me-shoplift/175952 "2003-05-17T22:19:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-made-me-shoplift/175952/1 "2003-05-17T22:19:14Z")

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Well… at least it’s a fairly unique excuse.

[SECRET TRAGEDY BEHIND ‘WILL & GRACE’ STAR’S SHOPLIFTING ARREST](http://www.nationalenquirer.com/stories/feature.cfm?instanceid=58009)

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> Deadly cancer stalks Shelley Morrison for sixth time
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> POPULAR Shelley Morrison has been under a lot of stress.  
> “Will & Grace” star Shelley Morrison learned she may be facing her SIXTH bout with deadly cancer, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively. And the news was so devastating it drove Morrison beyond the breaking point right before her apprehension for shoplifting a few days later.

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**Author:** ![lorinada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@lorinada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorinada)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-made-me-shoplift/175952/2 "2003-05-17T23:27:06Z")

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> her SIXTH bout with deadly cancer

Well, the sixth bout with cancer may be deadly, but clearly the first five weren’t.

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**Author:** ![doctordoowop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@doctordoowop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doctordoowop)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-made-me-shoplift/175952/3 "2003-05-18T00:15:22Z")

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What did she steal, chemotharapy drugs? otherwise, sress rarely cause theft, but nice to see the psychiatric excuse is alive & well.

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-made-me-shoplift/175952/4 "2003-05-18T00:25:45Z")

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To be fair, the actress herself has not been forthcoming with a statement, and the “cancer made me shoplift” can only be deduced from the quotes of an anonymous source. Personally, I feel for that woman, having such a string of bad luck. There’s never an excuse for theft, of course, but let’s not be too harsh until we know more of the facts rather than some speculation by anonymous sources in a magazine of a rather dubious reputation.

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**Author:** ![doctordoowop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@doctordoowop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doctordoowop)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-made-me-shoplift/175952/5 "2003-05-18T02:03:21Z")

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Coldfire,since you outnumber me by about 13000 posts , I agree. Let’s see what happens. Just joking, but it is a dubious source for sure.