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Cancer's like the ultimate excuse. Who's gonna say, 'Oh, no, you have to show up for this one?' 'Hey, I got cancer. I can't be there.' It's the ultimate eraser.

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