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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Christine Romeo, mother of “Love on the Spectrum” star Abbey Romeo. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… Sometimes I look at pictures of my daughter Abbey when she was 3 or 4. She was just so,…
When Ph.D. student LaShae Rolle felt a pain in her chest, she didn’t think much of it at first.A little soreness made sense: she was working hard in the gym, preparing to bench press nearly 300 pounds for a powerlifting competition.The pain came and went, but then Rolle noticed a…
When I read about James Van Der Beek’s death at age 48, I felt for his family. I wasn’t at all surprised when a GoFundMe was established to cover medical bills and help support his wife and six kids after his passing.I was diagnosed with Stage 3b triple-negative breast cancer…
James Van Der Beek has died at 48.In 2023, the “Dawson’s Creek” star learned he had stage 3 colorectal cancer at 46. He publicly shared his diagnosis a year later.Van Der Beek’s death comes weeks after a report revealed that colon cancer has become the leading cause of cancer death…
