The Facts of Life star Mindy Cohn said she is again battling .
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Mindy Cohn Faces Cancer Battle Again
The Facts of Life star Mindy Cohn said she is again battling cancer.Cohn, 59, took to Instagram on Sunday with a picture of herself recovering in a hospital roo...
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Cohn, 59, took to Instagram on Sunday with a picture of herself recovering in a hospital room as she updated her followers on her health battle.
'Have been off social media for awhile' cuz i had to go kick cancer’s ass,' said Cohn, who played the role of from 1979–1988.
Cohn tagged the Santa Monica, California-based hospital Providence Saint John’s Health Center, thanking staffers at the medical facility for their care.
'I did so with the extraordinary help of Providence Saint John's hospital staff, especially my nurses Finja, Patty and Courtney and my hero, the phenomenal oncology surgeon @antonbilchik,' said Cohn.
She continued, 'Thank you to my family especially my cherished @tarakarsian @johnwstewart @gregoryzarian who have been my advocates and always on the ready to help me when it's "my turn."'
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The Facts of Life star Mindy Cohn, 59, said she is again battling cancer with a picture of herself in a hospital room as she updated her social media followers on her health battle
Cohn said she will be focusing on 'recouping for another couple of weeks' at which time she will be 'ready for [her] next adventure.'
Cohn at the Critics Choice Association's Inaugural Celebration of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television at Fairmont Century Plaza on June 7, 2024 in LA
(L-R) Kim Fields, Lisa Whelchel, Nancy McKeon, Charlotte Rae and Cohn in a cast shot
'I kept that secret for a long time,' Cohn said in a 2017 People piece. 'I've always been an optimist, but the cancer metastasized.
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Cohn, appearing on Jeff Lewis Live in 2024, said that talks to reboot the show with the late Norman Lear prior to his 2023 passing fell apart due to one of her co-stars.
'It wasn't me, I'll put it that way,' Cohn said. 'One of the girls went behind our backs to try to make a separate deal for a spinoff deal just for herself and devastated the rest of us.
'I'm just saying, for a 40-year friendship and sisterhood, there was a tidal wave of emotion around it.'
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