AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - William Shatner and his daughter fought stage 4 cancer at the same time — and both survived
William Shatner, 95, and his youngest daughter Melanie, 61, have revealed they battled stage 4 cancer simultaneously, and both emerged cancer-free by late 2024. The actor best known for playing Captain Kirk in the original Star Trek series sat down with his daughter for a joint People magazine interview in which the two described overlapping […] The post William Shatner and his daughter fought stage 4 cancer at the same time — and both survived appeared first on American Almanac .
William Shatner, 95, and his youngest daughter Melanie, 61, have revealed they battled stage 4 cancer simultaneously, and both emerged cancer-free by late 2024. The actor best known for playing Captain Kirk in the original Star Trek series sat down with his daughter for a joint People magazine interview in which the two described overlapping diagnoses, grueling treatments, and a bond that carried them through what could have been a death sentence for either one. Shatner was diagnosed in June 2023 with stage 4 malignant melanoma that had already spread to his lungs and brain. His daughter had been fighting HER2-positive breast cancer since mid-2022. Neither knew, when Melanie first found her lump, that her father would soon face the same…Open