ABCNEWS - WATCH: William Shatner, daughter each battle stage 4 cancer
Shatner and his daughter Melanie speak out in a new interview about their stage 4 cancer diagnoses, received a year apart, and how they're doing now.
Shatner and his daughter Melanie speak out in a new interview about their stage 4 cancer diagnoses, received a year apart, and how they're doing now.
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
William Shatner is not dying. He is, however, going metal. The 95-year-old "Star Trek" icon announced he will take the stage at Riot Fest 2026 in Chicago with his heavy metal band, marking a defiant new chapter just months after he publicly fought back against AI-generated fake news stories claiming he had stage 4 brain […] The post William Shatner, 95, books heavy metal debut at Riot Fest after fighting AI-generated death hoaxes appeared first on American Almanac .
William Shatner is not dying. He is, however, going metal. The 95-year-old "Star Trek" icon announced he will take the stage at Riot Fest 2026 in Chicago with his heavy metal band, marking a defiant new chapter just months after he publicly fought back against AI-generated fake news stories claiming he had stage 4 brain cancer. The booking, first reported by Page Six , puts Shatner on the bill for Sunday, Sept. 20, at Douglass Park in Chicago. The performance will be the first live show for his band, The *uckers, a name that leaves little to the imagination about the group's attitude. Riot Fest announced the booking via Instagram with characteristic irreverence: "After years of writing letters... Riot Fest 2026: Now with 100% more…Open
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