Lauren Elizabeth Terrazzano (March 28, 1968 - May 15, 2007) was an American

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best known for her "Life, With Cancer" ''

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'' column and other writings about her illness with

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.Haberstroh, Joe (May 16, 2007). Newsday columnist loses battle with cancer. ''

Biography

She was born on March 28, 1968. Terrazzano graduated from high school in

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. In 1990, Terrazzano earned a

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from

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. After graduating from the

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in 1994, Terrazzano worked at ''

The New York Daily News The ''Daily News'' is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, New Jersey. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson in New York City as the ''Illustrated Daily News''. It was the first U.S. daily printed in tabloid format, and rea ...

'' and ''

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'' before joining ''Newsday'' in 1996. She was part of a team of reporters who won the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the TWA Flight 800 crash in 1996. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in August 2004, although she was not a smoker. She died of

lung cancer Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that begins in the lung. Lung cancer is caused by genetic damage to the DNA of cells in the airways, often caused by cigarette smoking or inhaling damaging chemicals. Damaged ...

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK or MSKCC) is a cancer treatment and research institution in Manhattan in New York City. MSKCC is one of 72 National Cancer Institute– designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers. Its main campus is ...

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on May 15, 2007.Associated Press (May 17, 2007). Lauren Terrazzano, 39, Reporter, Dies.

References

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