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Updated · abcnews.com · Jul 22
William Shatner, Daughter Launch Podcast After Surviving Stage 4 Cancers at 95 and 60
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Updated · abcnews.com · Jul 22

William Shatner, Daughter Launch Podcast After Surviving Stage 4 Cancers at 95 and 60

3 articles · Updated · abcnews.com · Jul 22

Summary

  • William Shatner, 95, and daughter Melanie Shatner Gretsch said they are both in remission after surviving Stage 4 melanoma and Stage 4 breast cancer, and have launched the podcast “No Time, But Now.”
  • Gretsch said she was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at 60 in 2022 after finding a lump; about a year later, Shatner said doctors operated almost immediately after diagnosing his Stage 4 melanoma.
  • The pair told People that close family support carried them through treatment, including a night Gretsch called her father believing she was dying and he rushed to her side.
  • Their shared cancer experience reshaped how they view daily life, they said, and now drives the podcast’s focus on family, joy and living in the present.

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