TIME EUROPE
MARCH 20, 2000 VOL. 155 NO. 11
The Lives It Has Touched
From the White House to the film screen, colon cancer often strikes without warning
Audrey Hepburn
Our Fair Lady suffered from stomach pain that was initially misdiagnosed as an infection before surgery in 1992 revealed she had colon cancer.
Elizabeth Montgomery
Best known for her magical nose twitch on Bewitched, TV's favorite spell caster died in 1995 at age 62, eight weeks after her colon cancer was detected.
Charles Schulz
Creator of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang, "Sparky" Schulz succumbed to colon cancer only four months after it was diagnosed.
Thomas ("Tip") O'Neill
All politics was local to this former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, who hailed from Massachusetts and lived for seven years after a 1987 diagnosis.
Ronald Reagan
Like most people with colon cancer, he didn't know he had anything until a routine physical turned up polyps, one of which was malignant.
Nick Leeson
In 1998, while doing time in a Singapore prison, British rogue trader Nick Leeson had a cancerous tumor removed from his colon.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Acute diverticulitis was diagnosed first; then the 66-year-old U.S. Supreme Court Justice had surgery for colon cancer last year.
Barbara Barrie
Suddenly Susan's TV grandmother ignored the blood in her stool for years but is now the senior poster child for colon screening.
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March 20, 2000
COVER STORY
Colon Cancer
Everything you need to know about colon cancer and how to prevent it
The Lives It Has Touched
From the White House to the film screen, colon cancer often strikes without warning
Just the Facts
How colon cancer forms, how to spot it, and what you can do to prevent it
Web Resources
Links to web resources on colon cancer
The Lives It Has Touched
From the White House to the film screen, colon cancer often strikes without warning
Web Resources
Links to web resources on colon cancer
EUROPE
The Shadow of a Spy
NATO denies reports that a mole passed military secrets to the Serbs early in the Kosovo campaign
Red Ken Joins the Race
Former London leader Ken Livingstone defies Tony Blair and launches an independent bid for mayor
It's All the Rave
Ecstasy, once a drug confined to the club scene, is flooding many high schools and universities. Here's why
Don't Shoot the Pianist
The European Central Bank should not be blamed for the euro's weakness
AFRICA
Starting over after the Deluge
In the wake of widespread devastation and loss of life, the people of Mozambique begin, once again, the long task of recovery from national disaster
The Bare Necessities
Robert Mugabe's 20-year reign has left the Zimbabwean economy in ruins
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