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Suzanne Somers to Christina Applegate: Use Cancer to Learn and Grow

Originally posted 08/11/2008 12:50PM

After announcing earlier this month she'd been diagnosed with breast cancer, Samantha Who? star Christina Applegate is receiving words of support and encouragement from fellow TV star Suzanne Somers, herself a breast cancer survivor.

Somers, 61, who announced in 2001 that she was battling the disease, has written an open letter to Applegate, 36, and which has been made exclusively available to PEOPLE:

Dear Christina,

Cancer is scary, and lonely. You can't ask anyone to make decisions for you because it's just too heavy. There is a lot of 'rush to treatment,' when what you really need is time to research and think about how you want to approach this. Take your time Christina, there is no rush. Take your time and think it through. Use your cancer to learn and grow and as a force to work for you. You might choose to take an alternative approach. There are more options than the ones presented to you in the oncologist's office. You will make it. The success and drive you have had in your career will be the same strengths you will use to win over this nasty disease. And I am here if you want to talk to someone who was 'there.'

Sincerely,
Suzanne Somers

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Lohan's Dad Pleads Not Guilty To Felony

Originally posted 04/13/2005 08:00AM

PLEADED: Michael Lohan, father of 18-year-old actress Lindsay Lohan, pleaded not guilty in a New York courtroom Tuesday to an upgraded felony charge in connection with a fiery car crash on Long Island on Feb. 19, reports the Associated Press. Lohan, 44, was initially charged with a misdemeanor. The violation was upgraded to aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle after investigators determined that Lohan had been driving with a suspended or revoked license from a prior conviction of driving under the influence and had a blood alcohol limit nearly double the legal limit, said prosecutor Joy Watson. Defense lawyer Rory Calhoun told reporters outside the courtroom that Lohan is trying to "straighten out his life" and is enrolled in an alcohol abuse program at the Nassau County jail. His next court date is set for April 26.

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Somers Battles Cancer

Originally posted 04/21/1998 12:00AM

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