List of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer

This is an alphabetical list of notable people who have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Boldfaced names were alive in September 2023.

• Shirley Abrahamson (1933–2020; aged 87), American judge and 25th chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
• Dorothy Arnold (1917–1984; aged 66), American actress.
• Charles Arnt (1906–1990; aged 83), American actor.
• Brian Barczyk (1969-2024; aged 54), American YouTuber, reptile enthusiast and zookeeper.
• Syd Barrett (1946–2006; aged 60), English musician and co-founder of Pink Floyd.
• Count Basie (1904–1984; aged 79), American jazz pianist and bandleader.
• Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. (1914–2004; aged 89), American congressman.
• Jack Benny (1894–1974; aged 80), American comedian and entertainer.
• John Berardino (1917–1996; aged 79), American actor and baseball player.
• Joseph Bernardin (1928–1996; aged 68), American cardinal, archbishop of Cincinnati and later Chicago.
• Ruschell Boone (1975–2023; aged 48), Jamaican-born American television journalist.
• Bobby Bowden (1929–2021; aged 91), American college football coach for the Florida State Seminoles (1976–2009).
• Wernher von Braun (1912–1977; aged 65), German aerospace engineer and later the lead designer of the American rocket Saturn V.
• Mary Ward Brown (1917–2013; aged 95), Alabama short story writer and memoirist.
• Frank Caprio (born 1936), American judge and politician.
• Madeleine Carroll (1906–1987; aged 81), British-American actress and humanitarian.
• Billy Carter (1937–1988; aged 51), brother of former President of the United States Jimmy Carter.
• Gloria Carter Spann (1926–1990; aged 63), sister of Jimmy Carter.
• James Earl Carter Sr. (1894–1953; aged 58), father of Jimmy Carter.
• Ruth Carter Stapleton (1929–1983; aged 54), American Christian evangelist, sister of Jimmy Carter.
• Geneviève Castrée (1981–2016; aged 35), French-Canadian musician, illustrator and wife of Phil Elverum.
• Nick Chavez (1956–2022; aged 66), American hair stylist, entrepreneur, horseman, actor and model.
• Johnny Clegg (1953–2019; aged 66), English-born South African musician.
• William R. Cotter (1926–1981; aged 55), American congressman.
• Joan Crawford (c.1906–1977; aged 69–73), American actress.
• Richard Crenna (1926–2003; aged 76), American actor.
• Chuck Daly (1930–2009; aged 79), American basketball head coach, member of NBA Hall of Fame.
• Donna Douglas (1932–2015; aged 82), American actress.
• Umberto Eco (1932–2016; aged 84), Italian professor and novelist ( The Name of the Rose , Foucault's Pendulum ).
• Vince Edwards (1928–1996; aged 68), American actor.
• Ralph Eggleston (1965–2022; aged 56), American art director and animator.
• Ralph Ellison (1913–1994; aged 81), American writer, winner of National Book Award for Invisible Man .
• Nayana Ferguson (born 1973), co-founder and CEO of Anteel Tequila.
• Art Fleming (1924–1995; aged 70), American actor and television presenter ( Jeopardy! ).
• Eddie Foy Jr. (1905–1983; aged 78), American actor.
• Anne Francis (1930–2011; aged 80), American actress.
• Aretha Franklin (1942–2018; aged 76), American singer and pianist ("Respect", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman").
• Bonnie Franklin (1944–2013; aged 69), American actress ( One Day at a Time ).
• Peggy Ann Garner (1932–1984; aged 52), American actress.
• Willie Garson (1964–2021; aged 57), American actor ( Sex and the City , Hawaii Five-0 , Stargate SG-1 ).
• Ben Gazzara (1930–2012; aged 82), American actor.
• Bob Gibson (1935–2020; aged 84), American baseball pitcher.
• Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993; aged 75), American bebop jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
• Alfred G. Gilman (1941–2015; aged 74), American pharmacologist and biochemist. ^[1]
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933–2020; aged 87), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. ^[2]
• Eleonora Giorgi (born 1953), Italian actress.
• Fred Gwynne (1926–1993; aged 67), American actor.
• Terry Hall (1959–2022; aged 63), English musician and singer (The Specials, The Colourfield, Fun Boy Three).
• Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965; aged 34), American playwright ( A Raisin in the Sun ).
• Sir Rex Harrison (1908–1990; aged 82), English actor.
• Alcee Hastings (1936–2021; aged 84), American congressman and judge.
• Richard Hatch (1945–2017; aged 71), actor ( Battlestar Galactica ).
• Bill Hicks (1961–1994; aged 32), American comedian and musician.
• Drake Hogestyn (1953-2024; aged 70), American Actor known for Days of our Lives
• Michael Houser (1962–2002; aged 40), American musician and founder of the band Widespread Panic.
• Sir John Hurt (1940–2017; aged 77), English actor.
• Eric Idle (born 1943), English actor and comedian.
• Eiko Ishioka (1938–2012; aged 73), Japanese costume designer and art director.
• Satoru Iwata (1959–2015; aged 55), Japanese businessman, video game programmer and chief executive officer of Nintendo.
• Joe Jackson (1928–2018; aged 89), American talent manager and patriarch of the Jackson family.
• Steve Jobs (1955–2011; aged 56), American entrepreneur, business magnate and chief executive officer of Apple. ^[3]
• "Joe the Plumber" (Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, 1973–2023; aged 49), American conservative activist and commentator. ^[4]
• Wilko Johnson (1947–2022; aged 75), English guitarist and singer-songwriter (Dr. Feelgood). ^[5]
• Quincy Jones (1933–2024; aged 91), American music producer.
• Robert Katzmann (1953–2021; aged 68), United States circuit judge.
• Tim Keller (1950–2023; aged 72), American pastor, theologian, and Christian apologist. ^[6]
• Irrfan Khan (1967–2020; aged 53), Indian Hollywood and Bollywood actor.
• Dmitri Kolker (1968–2022; aged 54), Russian physicist.
• Satoshi Kon (1963–2010; aged 46), Japanese film director and animator.
• Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019; aged 85), German fashion designer, creative director of Chanel.
• Fiorello La Guardia (1882–1947; aged 64), American politician, mayor of New York City.
• Fernando Lamas (1915–1982; aged 67), Argentine-American actor and director.
• Michael Landon (1936–1991; aged 54), American actor ( Bonanza , Little House on the Prairie , Highway to Heaven ).
• Sheila Jackson Lee (1950–2024; aged 74), American politician, congresswoman from Texas.
• John Lewis (1940–2020; aged 80), American civil rights activist, politician, and Democratic Congressman from Georgia.
• Roger Lloyd-Pack (1944–2014; aged 69), English actor ( Only Fools and Horses , The Vicar of Dibley , Harry Potter , Doctor Who ).
• Charlie Louvin (1927–2011; aged 83), American country music singer.
• René Magritte (1898–1967; aged 68), Belgian surrealist artist.
• Henry Mancini (1924–1994; aged 70), American film composer, conductor, pianist and flautist.
• Benoit Mandelbrot (1924–2010; aged 85), Polish-born French and American mathematician.
• Joseph Mar Thoma (1931–2020; aged 89), Malankara Metropolitan.
• Kenneth Mars (1935–2011; aged 75), American actor.
• Dame Clare Marx (1954–2022; aged 68), British surgeon. ^[7]
• Marcello Mastroianni (1924–1996; aged 72), Italian film director.
• Hazel McCallion (1921–2023; aged 101), Canadian politician, longtime Mayor of Mississauga, Ontario (1978–2014).
• Marian McCargo (1932–2004; aged 72), American actress and champion tennis player.
• Frank McGarvey (1956–2023; aged 66), Scottish professional footballer (Scotland National Team, Celtic, St Mirren).
• Margaret Mead (1901–1978; aged 76), American cultural anthropologist ( Coming of Age in Samoa ).
• Maria Menounos (born 1978), Greek-American journalist, television presenter and actress ( Extra , E! News , Eurovision Song Contest 2006).
• Nargis (1929–1981; aged 51), Indian actress.
• Benjamin Orr (1947–2000; aged 53), American musician and co-founder of the rock band The Cars.
• Billy Paul (1934–2016; aged 81), American soul singer ("Me and Mrs. Jones").
• Wolfgang Pauli (1900–1958; aged 58), Austrian pioneer of quantum physics, winner of Nobel Prize.
• Randy Pausch (1960–2008; aged 47), American educator.
• Luciano Pavarotti (1935–2007; aged 71), Italian operatic tenor.
• Brock Peters (1927–2005; aged 78), American actor.
• Wolfgang Petersen (1941–2022; aged 81), German film director ( Das Boot , Air Force One ).
• Webb Pierce (1921–1991; aged 70), American honky-tonk vocalist.
• Pete Postlethwaite (1946–2011; aged 64) English actor.
• Harve Presnell (1933–2009; aged 76), American actor.
• Ray Price (1926–2013; aged 87), American country music singer.
• Juliet Prowse (1936–1996; aged 60), Indian-American dancer and actress.
• Sam Rayburn (1882–1961; aged 79), American politician and longest-serving Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
• Donna Reed (1921–1986; aged 65), American actress.
• Harry Reid (1939–2021; aged 82), American politician and lawyer who served as Senate Majority Leader.
• Alan Rickman (1946–2016; aged 69), English actor and director ( Harry Potter , Die Hard , Love Actually ).
• Sally Ride (1951–2012; aged 61), American astronaut and physicist.
• Pernell Roberts (1928–2010; aged 82), American actor.
• Denise Robertson (1932–2016; aged 83), British writer, television broadcaster and agony aunt ( Breakfast Time , This Morning ).
• Richard Roundtree (1942–2023; aged 81), American actor, best known as the detective John Shaft in film and television.
• Andy Rourke (1964–2023; aged 59), British musician and bassist (The Smiths).
• Simone Signoret (1921–1985; aged 64), French actress.
• Felix Silla (1937–2021; aged 84), Italian actor and stuntman.
• Elisabeth Sladen (1946–2011; aged 65), English actress ( Doctor Who , The Sarah Jane Adventures , Coronation Street , Z-Cars ).
• Mickey Spillane (1918–2006; aged 88), American crime novelist (detective Mike Hammer).
• Jerry Springer (1944–2023; aged 79), American broadcaster, journalist, actor and politician ( Jerry Springer , Judge Jerry ).
• Patrick Swayze (1952–2009; aged 57), American actor ( Dirty Dancing , Ghost , Donnie Darko ). ^[8]
• Sir Denis Thatcher (1915–2003; aged 88), British businessman and husband of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
• Dyanne Thorne (1936–2020; aged 83), American actress.
• Mary Ellen Trainor (1952–2015; aged 62), American actress.
• Alex Trebek (1940–2020; aged 80), Canadian television personality and presenter ( Jeopardy! ). ^[9]
• Linda Tripp (1949–2020; aged 70), American civil servant.
• Fernando Valenzuela (1960-2024), Mexican professional baseball player and announcer.
• Gianluca Vialli (1964–2023; aged 58), Italian professional football player and manager.
• Roger Williams (1924–2011; aged 87), American popular music pianist.
• Keenan Wynn (1916–1986; aged 70), American actor.
• Irving Younger (1932–1988; aged 55), American lawyer, law professor, judge and writer.

See also

• Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer – over 1,000 notable names listed

References

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2. Sherman, Mark (6 February 2009). "Ginsburg could lead to Obama appointment". NBC News. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
3. "Apple's Jobs has cancerous tumor removed / He'll take a month off to recuperate". SFGate.com. 2 August 2004. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
4. "Joe Wurzelbacher, known as 'Joe the Plumber' in 2008 election, dies at 49". BNO News. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
5. "Wilko Johnson diagnosed with terminal cancer". The Guardian . 9 January 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
6. "Best-Selling Christian Author Tim Keller Diagnosed With Pancreatic Cancer — Advancements In Treatment Could Save Lives".
7. "Dame Clare Marx to step down from General Medical Council" . Retrieved 21 July 2021.
8. "Doctor 'Optimistic' About Patrick Swayze's Cancer". People.com. 5 March 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
9. Gonzalez, Sandra (6 March 2019). "Alex Trebek announces he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer" – via CNN.com.