In quick succession, the British learned on January 16, 2024, that Kate Middleton was in hospital, and that King Charles III was also going there next week. The monarch, aged 75, must undergo an operation “enlarged prostate“.
Unrelated to cancer, this pathology is very common for men of his age. If it is not treated, William and Harry’s father risks developing stones and repeated urinary infections.
Charles III does not risk cancer
This is why Buckingham Palace wanted to be reassuring by specifying in its press release: “His Majesty’s condition is mild and he will attend hospital next week for a corrective procedure.” Other men, famous or less famous, are not so lucky. Here are the personalities from entertainment or politics who fought against prostate cancer.
We first think of Jean-Pierre Pernaut, who died on March 2, 2022 from lung cancer, who had first suffered from prostate cancer in 2018. In France, there is also on the case of the former President of the Republic, François Mitterrand, who died of prostate cancer on January 8, 1996, who had been diagnosed in 1984.
And politicians are not spared from this ordeal. From Nelson Mandela (former South African president) to Colin Powell (former US Secretary of State), including John Kerry (former US Vice President) and Rudy Giuliani (mayor of New York), they have all led the fight.
All equal in the face of illness
In Hollywood, we know that Robert de Niro (“My father-in-law and I), Ryan O’Neal (“Love story”), Ben Stiller (“My father-in-law and I), Mandy Patinkin (“Homeland”), Sidney Poitier (“Guess who’s coming to dinner“), Harry Belafonte (actor but also legendary singer) and James Michael Tyler (Gunther de “Friends”) all suffered from it. And even the ex James Bond, Roger Moore, as well as his compatriot Ian McKellen (“The Lord of the Rings“). Finally, proof that we are all equal when it comes to the disease, one of the richest men in the world, businessman Warren Buffett, was diagnosed in 2012.
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