ovarian cancer
But Gene Wilder's greatest performance (to cancer patients and survivors) extended beyond stage and screen into his mission to help reduce the impact of cancer. He came to this quest in a strange way.
But this doesn't mean you should go out and get tested just yet.
"If I would have listened to them, I'd be dead."
WHAT'S HAPPENING
His mother, Ann Dunham, died of ovarian cancer in 1995.
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