Betty Rollin
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Betty Rollin (b. January 3, 1936, New York City), is a former NBC News correspondent who wrote about her struggle with cancer in her most famous book, First, You Cry.
Betty Rollin was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1975, and again in 1984, each time losing a breast to the disease. Rollin's battle with cancer was reported on for public awareness and to give encouragement to others facing this disease.
At around the same time, her mother, Ida, was diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. Rollin helped her mother end her life in 1983. One of Rollin's friends told her of a doctor in Europe who supported voluntary euthanasia, whom she contacted and was able to obtain the needed pills. When she revealed this Rollin was criticized in certain quarters by those who oppose assisted suicide[citation needed].
Betty Rollin is the author of five other books, including Last Wish. She and her husband, Dr. Harold Edwards, a mathematician, live in Manhattan. They have no children.
[edit] Books
- First You Cry (1976) ISBN 0-06-095630-5
- Last Wish (1985) ISBN 1-891620-01-0
- Am I Getting Paid for This?: A Romance About Work (1986) ISBN 0-451-14442-2
- Here's the Bright Side: Of Failure, Fear, Cancer, Divorce, and Other Bum Raps (2007) ISBN 978-1400065653
