High profile men and prostate cancer

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High-profile men and prostate cancer

Famous men and prostate cancer

Falcons owner Arthur Blank announced Tuesday, Feb. 9 that he has been receiving treatment for prostate cancer.

Braves General Manager John Schuerholz is a prostate cancer survivor.

FILE - In this June 16, 2013 file photo, Dr. Drew Pinsky arrives at the 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Pinsky says he had his prostate removed earlier this year after discovering he had cancer. The host of HLN's "Dr. Drew on Call" wrote Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, on the network's site that he returned to work in 10 days after having a robotic prostatectomy in July. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Archbishop Wilton Gregory, seen in a February 2013 photo, had surgery for prostate cancer in 2007.

Actor Dennis Hopper died in May 2010 at the age of 74, due to complications from prostate cancer. Hopper had been diagnosed with advanced stages of cancer in October 2009.

Country musician Eddie Montgomery, one half of the duo Montgomery Gentry, said in 2010 that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

The legendary civil and human rights pioneer Reverend Dr. Joseph E. Lowery has survived prostate cancer, throat surgery, and Jim Crow. He turned 90 in 2011.

Andrew Young, a a prostate cancer survivor and the former United Nations ambassador and Atlanta mayor, announced in November 1999 that he had early-stage prostate cancer.

Clark Howard was initially diagnosed at 53 with early stage prostate cancer. At 56 he reports that a recent analysis of 12 samples taken in Los Angeles at Cedars-Sinai during his annual biopsy showed no cancer whatsoever.

A lot of famous men have been diagnosed with prostate cancer. They survived. Here are some of them, including former U.S. Senator Bob Dole. He was one of the first who "went public" with the cancer in 1992. (Sources: Urological Sciences Research Foundation)

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani

Former New York Yankees Manager Joe Torre

Legendary entertainer Harry Belafonte

Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell

Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, died on Dec. 5, 2013 at age 95.

Professional golfer Arnold Palmer

U.S. Senator John Kerry.

Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Warren Buffett, the country's second richest man, explained to stock holders in a April 17, 2012, letter that he has stage 1 prostate cancer. The 81-year-old indicated his condition "is not remotely life-threatening or even debilitating in any meaningful way."

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Falcons owner Arthur Blank announced Tuesday, Feb. 9 that he has been receiving treatment for prostate cancer.

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