Anne Thompson NBC Age: Does She Have A Breast Cancer?

Publish date: 2024-05-07

The 67 years old NBC journalist Anne Thompson is a founder of the Thompson on Hollywood blog. Stick to this article to know about her.

Anne started her journalism career in 1979 after joining WNDU-TV based in South Bend, Indiana. She worked there for four years till 1983.

She later became a consumer reporter for NBC affiliate KSDK-TV based in Saint Louis, Missouri. She held the position till 1986.

Her health declined a few years ago. She was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Anne Thompson NBC Age – Her Height and Weight

Anne was born in 1954, this makes her 67 years of age as of now. The NBC journalist’s exact date of birth is not shared.

She stands 5 feet 5 inches tall in height i.e. approximately 1.65 m. And she is of average stature, her weight is not revealed.

Does Anne Thompson Have A Breast Cancer?

Yes, the American journalist got Breast Cancer. In 2006, she was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer.

She wanted to keep her diagnosis private. She didn’t want her to be a story for people. She said;

“If my appearance changed dramatically and I didn’t look good, I didn’t want to be on air because that would detract from my story.”

But the chemotherapy let her hair loose, eyebrows, and eyelashes too. For this, she used to wear two wigs and nicked named “Mata Hari”.

The brave journalist then decided to speak publicly about her diagnosis. Her article on cancer was published in Coping magazine in 2007.

After conquering the battle with cancer, she still did so well in her profession. She won the Rachel Carson Award in 2017.

She also won the News & Documentary Emmy Award for outstanding Live coverage of a Current News Story -Long Form.

Anne Thompson Health Condition – Know about her illness

Anne Thompson beat cancer. She might have understood how life is unpredictable with illness.

So she now is doing things she might have done earlier like climbing Australia’s Sydney Harbour Bridge though she is scared of heights.

However, she accepts that the fear of cancer hitting her again is always there. But still, she is trying and realizing life can’t be lived in fear.

She says, “I decided that instead of living with fear, I was going to live fearlessly.

Meet Anne Thompson’s Family and Partner

She was born to her parents in New York City, United States. She has a sibling who is Mary Thompson.

Despite being covered in Wikipedia, there is no information on her parents, their names, and whereabouts.

A prominent and successful journalist who holds a high position on the NBC channels is yet keeping her personal life secret.

The journalist doesn’t seem to post much on her personal life on her social media as well.

You can follow her on Instagram @akstanwyck. She has over 1K followers. And even her IG, she has kept private.

Besides she is on Twitter with the username @akstanwyck. She has accumulated 74.8K followers.

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