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Manager: Dennis Hopper has prostate cancer
AP on Yahoo ^
| 10/29/09
| AP
Posted on 10/29/2009 7:30:07 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
LOS ANGELES Dennis Hopper has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is canceling all travel plans to focus on treatment.
Manager Sam Maydew says the 73-year-old actor and artist is being treated through a "special program" at the University of Southern California.
Asked about Hopper's prognosis, Maydew said, "We're hoping for the best."
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cancer; dennishopper; hollywood; prostate; prostatecancer
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Bummer, Dude!
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
10/29/2009 7:33:39 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: NormsRevenge
Easy Rider was a favorite of mine.
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posted on
10/29/2009 7:37:22 PM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(demonicRATS, the party of taxes and death. Is this what you want?)
Dennis Hopper and wife Victoria arrive at the Film Independent's Spirit Awards in Santa Monica - 02/23/2008
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posted on
10/29/2009 7:37:52 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
To: NormsRevenge
Old doctors will tell ya - if a biopsy is done on ever guy who dies, most will have prostate cancer
Let's hope for the best for this quirky, loveable flake.
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posted on
10/29/2009 7:38:57 PM PDT
by
llevrok
(As a matter of fact, yes I DO care if Jimmy cracks corn !)
To: NormsRevenge
As one who has been through it, I wish him all the best.
"Red Rock West" - my favorite role of his.
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posted on
10/29/2009 7:39:09 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(Where are are we going and how did I get in this hand basket?)
To: llevrok
Let's hope for the best for this quirky, loveable flake. If I may?:
Let's hope for the best for this quirky, loveable conservative flake.
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posted on
10/29/2009 7:41:20 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(Where are are we going and how did I get in this hand basket?)
To: NormsRevenge
Prostate cancer is a bitch. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemies.
Well, maybe except the Taliban.
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posted on
10/29/2009 7:41:37 PM PDT
by
Extremely Extreme Extremist
(90% of the fedgov is unconstitutional. The other 10% besides the military doesnt know what it's doin)
To: NormsRevenge
I hope Mr. Hopper hangs in there.
Even though he did publically support Obama (like some other ill-informed
types)...
he’s been viewed as a closeted conservative by Hollyweird.
Because he usually bring in his productions under-budget and
ahead of schedule.
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posted on
10/29/2009 7:42:52 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: NormsRevenge
His wife looks like Uma Thurman with dark hair.
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posted on
10/29/2009 7:43:11 PM PDT
by
ReneeLynn
(Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it*s the new black. Mmm Mmm Mmm.)
To: ReneeLynn
His wife looks like Uma Thurman with dark hair......and in dire need of nutrition.
To: ReneeLynn
His Fifth wife.. wow.
H/T
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posted on
10/29/2009 7:54:04 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
To: NormsRevenge; AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
Hopper had a small part in “True Grit”, but in recent decades is probably best known for his role in “Blue Velvet”. :’)
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posted on
10/29/2009 8:01:46 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: NormsRevenge
I’m praying for Dennis. Treatment is so good these days, he should be in good shape, if it was caught early.
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posted on
10/29/2009 8:27:08 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: NormsRevenge
Prayers for him. Hope they caught it early.
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posted on
10/29/2009 8:30:13 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: NormsRevenge
I wish him well. I loved him in Hoosiers and The Edge.
To: llevrok
Old doctors will tell ya - if a biopsy is done on ever guy who dies, most will have prostate cancer...Actually, a few years ago there was a study that analyzed the prostates of young men that had been killed in crashes (I don't remember the details but they might have been teenagers) and it was found that a very high percentage of even those had cancerous cells as well. Wish I could find the study but I seem to remember the number being higher than 25%. I think that if you are a guy, you should just assume that you have prostate cancer but with the understanding that it is usually so slow growing that in the end, you will probably die of something else. The problem with biopsies is that if nothing is found, it probably just means the mesh size was too large....if you search hard enough, you will eventually find something. The problem is that by the time something is found, there probably won't be much left of the prostate by then.
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posted on
10/29/2009 8:49:45 PM PDT
by
Asfarastheeastisfromthewest...
("Sooner or later in life, we all sit down to a banquet of consequences." Robert Louis Stevenson)
To: NormsRevenge
I had it at age 52, treatment failed. Had it again age 57, treatment worked, PSA < 0.1 !
At age 73, he’ll probably die of something else. I may not have survived and would not be writing this if I wasn’t treated.
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posted on
10/29/2009 8:59:12 PM PDT
by
cicero2k
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
You wished it on Dodd, didn’t you.... ;)
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posted on
10/29/2009 9:04:38 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: Asfarastheeastisfromthewest...
I have heard lots of sex is good for the prostate, flushes stuff out of there regularly.
I mean lots of sex is good for its own sake, but specifically the prostate’s health...
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posted on
10/29/2009 9:06:10 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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