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Ann Curry
Curry's sister Jean Hodson, now 46, feared the worst after her 1998 diagnosis: "I knew a friend who passed away recently, and I thought I was going to be next." But Curry refused to let that happen. "I'm not someone who throws my name around to get preferential treatment, but on this issue, I had no shame about it," says the Today news anchor, who used her celebrity to get access to top cancer doctors and help Hodson review her options. After Hodson's lumpectomy and chemo in 1999, Curry, 47, also located a wig to replace her sister's formerly long mane. While Hodson will pass her six-year mark as a breast cancer survivor in January, Curry is prepping a personal contribution to the cause. "My daughter McKenzie said, 'Mom, we ought to grow our hair out for a cancer wig.' And that's why my hair is so long!"
• By JILL SMOLOWE, JASON LYNCH. JULIE JORDAN, CARRIE BELL, SUSAN CHRISTIAN GOULDING, MAUREEN HARRINGTON and ULRICA WIHLBORG in Los Angeles, K.C. BAKER and NATASHA STOYNOFF in New York City and ROSE O'CONNOR in Washington, D.C.
