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I'm one of those people that will say, 'My cancer was a gift.'

Melissa Etheridge

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Melissa Etheridge
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: May 29
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
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Singer-Songwriter
Leavenworth
Kansas
Melissa Lou Etheridge
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Cancer
Gift

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