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Tatiana Schlossberg Dies at 35
Tatiana Schlossberg
Dies at 35
Dec 30, 2025 2:18 PM CST

Tatiana Schlossberg Dies at 35

Environmental journalist and JFK granddaughter was diagnosed with leukemia last year

(Newser) - Tatiana Schlossberg, a climate reporter who came from America's most famous political dynasty but made her own name in journalism, has died at 35, her family said Tuesday. "Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts," relatives announced in a social media post...

JFK's Granddaughter Reveals Terminal Cancer Diagnosis

Tatiana Schlossberg writes in a New Yorker essay that she doesn't have long

(Newser) - Tatiana Schlossberg, a granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy and the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, announced Saturday that she has terminal cancer. In an essay published in the New Yorker , Schlossberg, 35, wrote that she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia on May 25, 2024—the day she gave birth...

HGTV Exec, House Party Host Loren Ruch Dies at 55
HGTV Loses
a 'Warm Light in
a Dark World'
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Jun 20, 2025 7:50 AM CDT

HGTV Loses a 'Warm Light in a Dark World'

Longtime network exec, House Party host Loren Ruch dies of acute myeloid leukemia at age 55

(Newser) - Loren Ruch, a longtime HGTV executive and co-host of the 2021 HGTV series House Party, died on June 12 at age 55 from acute myeloid leukemia, report Variety and People . According to an internal memo from Channing Dungey, chair of Warner Bros. Television Group, Ruch died "surrounded by...

Was It Her 1970s Pajamas? Chemist Reflects on Her Cancer

Alison Spodek writes about her bout with leukemia at Nautilus, ponders when it started

(Newser) - When Alison Spodek was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in 2013, she did what many new cancer patients do: wondered when the first potentially deadly mutation took place in her body. But as an environmental chemist, Spodek may have had more insight than most. "Maybe the first mutation occurred...

Avocados Can Fight Disease That Kills 10K Per Year

Professor Paul Spagnuolo is trying to make avocado-based drug

(Newser) - The unassuming avocado, so rich and delicious it's often called nature's butter, has been found to hold a key ingredient that could fight off one of the world's most devastating diseases, Eureka Alert reports. That disease is acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a cancer that the American Cancer...

Studies Suggest Our View of Cancer Is Outdated

It's not about a particular organ, it's about gene mutations

(Newser) - Two major studies of common cancers have zeroed in on the particular gene mutations associated with both, a breakthrough that could lead to better treatment for those with acute myeloid leukemia and endometrial cancer, reports the Boston Globe . But the studies also lend credence to a broader idea: that our...

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