My Mom died of liver cancer at 64, and she was no drinker. Had no unhealthy habits at all, in fact. She was a phys.ed. teacher, exercised regularly, did ballroom dancing as a hobby, gardening as her other hobby, didn’t smoke, watched her diet. Who knows why these things happen?
Not the doctors, anyway.
She may have had adenocarcinoma, a non-small-cell lung cancer not generally linked to smoking. There are many types of NSCL cancers, but women seem quite taken by adenocarcinoma.
Small Cell Lung Cancer, however, is thought to be almost exclusively caused by smoking.
Honestly, we don’t know enough from media reports about the specific type of lung cancer.
Well, on the subject of tasteless ‘humor’ of sorts, I have to admit that I sort of chuckled when I looked at CNN.com today (still there as of this writing though of course subject to change) and under their VIDEO options you’ll read this:
I never took it that way. No apologies needed from my perspective.
I’ve never heard 2%. I’ve heard 10% men, 20% women, and 13 or 14% overall.
Here is Rob Bartlett’s tribute to Dana, who played his wife in his stage show.