These are the people who have excelled in their different fields of interest from sports, politics, to entertainment personalities. This only goes to prove one thing: sickness or illness do not pick its next victim because the truth is, we all are susceptible to every disease condition known to us.

Here are the list of famous personalities with brain tumor.

* Lyle Alzado - Football Player
* Lee Atwater - Chairman, Republican National Committee
* James Batten - CEO, Knight Ridder Newspapers
* Mollie Beattie - Director, US Fish and Wildlife Services
* Dan Duva - Boxing Promoter
* Don Fusilli - CEO of Michael Baker Corp.
* George Gershwin - Composer
* Tim Gullikson - Pete Sampras' Tennis Coach
* Scott Hafeman - Golf pro
* Craig "Ironhead" Heyward - NFL fullback
* Dick Howser - Manager, Kansas City Royals
* Reginald Lewis - CEO, TLC Beatrice
* Bob Marley - Reggae Singer
* Frank Edward "Tug" McGraw - Baseball Player
* Greg Morris - Actor (Mission Impossible)
* Bobby Murcer - New York Yankees' Announcer
* Joseph Gober Nazel Jr. - Journalist & Biographer
* Megan O'Connell - Model
* Bob O'Connor (CNS Lymphoma) - Pittsburgh Mayor
* Pat Paulsen - Comedian
* Slim Pickens - Actor
* Pete Rozelle - NFL Commissioner
* Dan Quisenberry - Pitcher, Kansas City Royals
* Wilma Rudolph - Olympic Gold Medalist
* Gene Siskel - Movie Critic
* Deke Slayton - Astronaut
* Dawn Steele - Movie Studio Executive
* Annette Strauss - Former Dallas Mayor
* Robert Swanson - Founder of Genentech
* Mike Synar - US Congressman
* Michael Walsh - CEO, Tenneco

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Today's post will entirely be about cancers. As we all know, its one of the most debilitating disease that we face today. Its becoming a societal epidemic as well. It infects us all including the seemingly impenetrable rich and famous celebrities. They do have cancers too! Its just that they have more money to delay the symptoms and to hide them off of disclosure.

Cancer - Unspecified Cancer

* Chandralekha - Dancer
* Elizabeth Choy - Singapore War Hero
* Ty Cobb - Baseball Player
* Gary C. Comer - Founder of Lands End clothing company
* Christopher Essex - Fashion Designer
* Giacinto Facchetti - Italian Soccer Player
* Gert Fredriksson - Olympic Canoeist
* Joseph Kauffman - Peace Corps Founder
* Jim Lemon - Baseball Player
* JoAnna Lund - Cookbook author
* Jeff McClelland - Airline executive
* Gloria Monty - TV Producer ("General Hospital")
* Philippe Noiret - Actor ("Il Postino", "Cinema Paradiso")
* George Page - TV Host (PBS series "Nature")
* Denis Payton - Sax Player ("Dave Clark Five")
* June Pointer - Singer (Pointer Sisters)
* Patsy Ramsey - Mother of JonBenet Ramsey
* Patricia Goedicke Robinson - Poet
* Rudolf Vrba - Auschwitz death camp escapee
* Dennis Weaver - Actor ("Gunsmoke")

There are alot of ways why these celebrities and famous people did not disclose the actual cancer that they have. As for the reason why, i guess its for them to know and for us to find out.

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