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Life Is Not a Movie

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Diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2002, Ebert, “the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism,” according to The Pulitzer Prizes , came through with what was considered flying colors. At the time, doctors told him his cancer was one of the best kinds to have. But not me anymore. So yes, it’s sad. I don’t like to wait.”

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How Michael J. Fox Finds Ways Around Life’s Obstacles

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That led to an investigation in 2002 as to whether some environmental factor played a role. But during a September 2013 interview with Howard Stern, Fox told the radio host, “Believe it or not, from a scientific point of view, that’s not significant.” Fox was 15 when he landed a role on the Canadian sitcom Leo and Me.

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