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Article: Cosmo's 11 fun, fearless forces.(Cosmopolitan's 1998 Fun, Fearless Females)
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- Cosmopolitan
- Article date:
- February 1, 1998
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1998 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Karen "Duff" Duffy
Lean, Mean, Fighting Machine
In September 1995, Duff was on a professional high: She had just signed a contract with Revlon, had scored juicy parts in two big films, and had a Disney sitcom in the works. She was single and happy. But Duff awoke one morning with an excruciating headache and, at age 30 was diagnosed with a rare and dangerous illness: a lesion on the base of her brain stem and spinal cord was rapidly affecting her central nervous system. Surgery might have paralyzed or killed her. Her only option was grueling chemo and steroid therapy to shrink the lesion. Duff scared? Fuggeddaboutit. With dignity, courage, and a ...
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