| There is no known cure for breast cancer. | | | | Catherine Zeta Jones, "Catherine and I are |
| More than 1.5 million people will be | | | | committed to do everything possible to |
| diagnosed with breast cancer this year | | | | eradicate this disease," says Oscar-winner |
| worldwide. The incidence of breast cancer has | | | | Michael Douglas. Tom Hanks and his wife Rita |
| nearly tripled in the past 50 years. A | | | | Wilson, "I lost my aunt to breast cancer |
| woman's lifetime risk has increased from 1 in | | | | about two years ago and my very good friend |
| 20 in the 1950's to 1 in 7 today. Scientists | | | | Liz to ovarian around the same time," says |
| don't know why most women get breast cancer, | | | | Wilson, who is married to Tom Hanks. "I've |
| yet breast cancer is the most frequent tumor | | | | seen what these cancers are really like and |
| found in women the world over. What can a | | | | we have to support more research." Steven |
| woman do when fate has played a cruel joke | | | | Spielberg and his wife Kate Capshaw, "Steven |
| and a woman's very life can be in question? | | | | and I are passionate about improving women's |
| What do you do when an intimate part of your | | | | health," says Capshaw." |
| body becomes host to an assassin, a foreign | | | | |
| element assigned to debilitate, maim and | | | | Stars that we know that are interested in |
| kill? | | | | supporting cancer research including breast |
| | | | cancer research include: Melissa Etheridge, |
| A woman who dies of breast cancer is robbed | | | | Charlie Sheen, Kirk and Anne Douglas, Sting |
| of an average of nearly 20 years of her life. | | | | and wife Trudie Styler, Larry King, |
| Breast cancer knows no social boundaries. | | | | Sylvester Stallone, Nicole Kidman, Bon Jovi, |
| It's a disease that can affect anyone. Some | | | | Julia Roberts, Jack Lemmon, Dustin Hoffman, |
| prominent women whose lives that have been | | | | Denzel Washington, Warren Beatty, Candice |
| touched by breast cancer include: Anastacia, | | | | Bergen, Angie Dickinson, Sally Field, Larry |
| singer only 29 years old! Jill Eikenberry | | | | Hagman, Merv Griffin, Carroll O'Connor and |
| actress age 52; Ann Jillian, 48, Actress; | | | | his wife, Nancy, Robert DiNiro, Cybill |
| Peggy Fleming age 49 figure skater; Kate | | | | Shepherd, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Jackson, |
| Jackson age 50 (Charlies Angels); Olivia | | | | Sean Penn, Gwyneth Paltrow, Carmen Electra, |
| Newton-John age 50 actress singer; Patti | | | | Gene Wilder, Oprah Winfrey, Brad Pitt, |
| LaBelle, age 57, singer; Diahann Carroll, | | | | Michael J. Fox, Tom Cruise, Nicolas Cage, |
| age 63 Actress/singer; Rue McClanahan, | | | | Leonardo Di Caprio, Sigourney Weaver, Bruce |
| Hollywood actress, Rue is best known for her | | | | Willis, Billy Joel, Tim McGraw, Robbin |
| portrayal of Blanche on the hit sitcom "The | | | | Williams, Elizabeth Hurley, Tiger Woods, |
| Golden Girls;" Shirley Temple Black age 70 | | | | Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Will |
| Actress/singer; Betty Ford, Former First | | | | Smith, Katie Couric, George Clooney, Mike |
| Lady; Nancy Reagan age 77 former first lady; | | | | Myers, Ben affleck, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, |
| Melissa Etheridge age 43 singer; Lynn | | | | Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, |
| Redgrave, age 59, actress; Edie Falco | | | | Al Pacino, P Diddy, George Lucas, Oliver |
| Sopranos star, Tami Agassi, sister to tennis | | | | Stone, Drew Barrymore, Britney Spears, |
| star Andre Agassi, and the beautiful Suzanne | | | | Barbara Streisand, Gene Hackman, Fred |
| Summers actress. Dusty Springfield the | | | | Thompson , Burt Reynolds, William Shatner, |
| singer, died from breast cancer at age 59. | | | | Donald Trump, Donald Sutherland, Morgan |
| Breast cancer also took the lives of Linda | | | | Freeman, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Sidney |
| McCartney and Jill Ireland. This is a disease | | | | Poitier, Tom Arnold, Quincy Jones, Eminem, |
| that has plagued women for centuries. The | | | | Shaquille Oneal, Adam Sandler, Steven |
| mother of Louis XIV of France died of breast | | | | Soderbergh, Bono/U-2, Patti LaBelle, Rosie |
| cancer in 1666. These high rates of breast | | | | O'Donnell, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, Actor |
| cancer are not acceptable to the women of the | | | | Rob Lowe, he was moved to serve as a |
| world and must be met with scientific | | | | spokesperson for the Lee National Denim Day, |
| research that provides results. | | | | which raised money for breast cancer |
| | | | research, because his grandmother and |
| Despite over a decade of research, and more | | | | great-grandmother both suffered from the |
| than $1.7 billion spent, hundreds of women | | | | disease, Sharon Osbourne, Britt Ekland, |
| worldwide are dying from breast cancer every | | | | Westlife, Simon Cowell, Emma Thompson, |
| day. Yet doctors don't know how breast cancer | | | | Philip Treacy, Geri Halliwell, Paul |
| starts or how to cure it. Doctors are still | | | | McCartney, and Lance Armstrong. |
| approaching treatment for breast cancer in | | | | |
| the same old fashioned ways: surgery, | | | | Country music stars who support breast cancer |
| radiation, and chemotherapy. Barbaric | | | | research include: Wynona Judd, Amy Grant, |
| treatments...And scientists keep doing the | | | | Donny Osmond, Martina McBride, Kenny Chesney, |
| same old redundant research that's simply not | | | | Shania Twain, Tim McGraw, Reba McEntire, |
| working. Over 30 US federal agencies and | | | | George Strait, Toby Keith, LeAnn Rimes, the |
| dozens of foundations, pharmaceutical and | | | | Dixie Chicks, Lonestar, Brad Paisley, Diamond |
| biotech companies are conducting or funding | | | | Rio, Trick Pony, Alan Jackson, SHeDAISY, |
| research, but: No one knows how much money | | | | Terri Clark, Lee Ann Womack, Phil Vassar, |
| is being raised every year. No one knows how | | | | Buddy Jewell, Joe Nichols, Amy Grant, Anne |
| much money is being spent every year. No one | | | | Murray, Vince Gill, Randy Travis, Tracy |
| knows where the money is going. Meanwhile, | | | | Lawrence, Tammy Cochran, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lee |
| mothers, sisters and daughters are dying-at a | | | | Greenwood, George Jones, Rascal Flatts, |
| rate of nearly 110 women a day. It's time for | | | | Emerson Drive, Bering Strait, Brooks & Dunn, |
| a new approach to cure this deadly killer. We | | | | Clint Black, Steve Wariner, Kenny Rogers, |
| don't want you to have to under go surgery, | | | | Alabama, Faith Hill and Sara Evans, Richard |
| radiation or chemotherapy. | | | | Marx, Anne Cochran, Lee Ann Womack, Terri |
| | | | Clark, Dave Koz, Sophie B. Hawkins, Jonatha |
| A global action is the only answer to rising | | | | Brooke, Heart's Anne and Nancy Wilson and |
| cancer deaths. Someone needs to answer the | | | | Mercy Me. |
| action call on all types of cancer. Newly | | | | |
| formed International Celebrity Cancer | | | | We are also hoping that more of my celebrity |
| Research Foundation has answered that call on | | | | friends will come forward as spokespersons |
| global cancer. ICCRF's war on cancer will be | | | | and spread their wings to help support our |
| fought with the power of fame with | | | | breast cancer research. My friends and |
| celebrities from all 192 countries of the | | | | acquaintances include: Steven Seagal, Charlie |
| world. But the war on cancer can only be won | | | | Sheen (Charlie, has done a great job for |
| with the support from the citizens of the | | | | breast cancer research by leading an effort |
| world. Each and every one of you can answer | | | | in the fight against breast cancer, by |
| your personal call to action to help fight | | | | encouraging the American public to take part |
| the global war on cancer by supporting | | | | in a National Denim Day), Wesley Snipes, |
| ICCRF's battle on the war on cancer now. | | | | Danny Glover, Erik Estrada, Tom Arnold, Dolph |
| | | | Lundgren, Roger Clinton, Bill Clinton, Usher, |
| Billionaires whom we have been recommended | | | | Clint Black, Hulk Hogan, Ivana Trump, Clint |
| that we should contact for support include: | | | | Black, John Secada, Sylvester Stalone, Arnold |
| Paul Allen, Bill and Melinda Gates, Jon | | | | Schwarzenegger, Mike Reno, Eddie Money, Paul |
| Huntsman, William and Alice Goodman, Ann | | | | Hogan, Jay Leno, Danny Glover, Danny Aiello, |
| Lurie, Jamie and Karen Moyer, Harold C. | | | | Larry Hagman, Lee Majors, Tyson Becford, |
| Simmons, Alfred Mann, Sumner M. Redstone, | | | | Jennifer Tilly, David Hasselhoff, Richard |
| Michael Milton and the Palm beach | | | | Branson, Brendan Fraser, Cindy Crawford, |
| billionaires. There are simply too many | | | | (whose grandmother died from breast cancer), |
| billionaires to mention them all. The | | | | Cher, Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, Michelle |
| combined wealth of the three Microsoft | | | | Pfeiffer, and other stars that I have had |
| billionaires alone is more than ten times the | | | | the good fortune of meeting in person and |
| amount spent by the U.S. Federal Government | | | | others celebrities that I hope to meet in the |
| on research to fight cancer and other deadly | | | | future. How about Clint Eastwood, Jack |
| diseases. We could use help from the media | | | | Nicholson, Pierce Brosnon, Mick Jagger and |
| with publicity stories, ads and promotions to | | | | Pamela Lee Anderson. (Photos of Denny and the |
| get the word out. We are particularly | | | | stars can be viewed at his promotional group |
| interested in looking for assistance from the | | | | listed below.) We have star friends who are |
| billionaires of the world; there are | | | | bigger than life and they are ready to become |
| approximately 600 in the world. Billionaires | | | | our spokespersons. But we still need your |
| like Sergey Brin and Larry Page (Google | | | | donations to get our celebrities to |
| billionaires), Rupert Murdoch, Ted Turner, | | | | international print and broadcast ads to get |
| and Oprah Winfrey and others who control the | | | | the word out. We, the people of the world can |
| media could get our life-saving message to | | | | cure breast cancer as well as all the cancers |
| the world fast. | | | | of the world. |
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