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May 27, 2021 · JILL IRELAND’S DEATH. After being in remission for a few years, doctors discovered in April 1989 that her cancer had returned, and it had spread to her lungs, hip, femur, and thyroid. On May 18, 1990, about six months after Jason’s death, Jill Ireland passed away at 54 years old.
Death and legacy. Ireland was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1984. [ 4] After her diagnosis, Ireland wrote two books, chronicling her battle with the disease. At the time of her death, she was writing a third book and became a spokeswoman for the American Cancer Society. [ 4]
May 19, 1990 · Jill Ireland, the British-born movie actress who chronicled her long battle against breast cancer in a best-selling book, died of cancer yesterday at her home in Malibu, Calif. She was 54 years...
May 18, 1990 · Jill Ireland, the British actress whose courageous five-year battle against breast cancer brought hope and inspiration to the ailing and the healthy, died today from the disease. She was 54.
May 19, 1990 · Jill Ireland, the British-born actress who bore her private agonies publicly in order to help others, succumbed Friday at her Malibu home to the spreading cancer she had fought for six years....
Oct 17, 2005 · Jill Ireland, the British-born actress who helped others by writing books about her battle with cancer and her son's addiction to drugs, died Friday at her Malibu home.
May 19, 1990 · Jill Ireland, the British-born actress who bore her private agonies publicly in order to help others, succumbed Friday at her Malibu home to the spreading cancer she had fought for six years.
May 19, 1990 · Actress Jill Ireland, who for years fought against cancer, died Friday at her home surrounded by her family. She was 54. Ireland had been confined to her bed for the past week and by early Friday had slipped into a coma. A family spokesman, Lori Jonas, said she died at 11:30 a.m.
Jill Ireland, the British-born actress who helped others by writing books about her battle with cancer and her son's addiction to drugs, died Friday at her Malibu home. She was 54. She slipped into a coma early Friday and succumbed at 11:30 a.m. to the spreading cancer she had fought for six years.
Ireland was presented with the award by President Ronald Reagan. Tragically, she lost her battle with the disease after it metastasized and died at her home in Malibu, California, on May 18, 1990, aged only 54.