I am the only one here who watched Desperate Housewives, but Kathryn Joosten, who played Mrs. McCluskey, passed away of lung cancer. Apparently she had it about 10 years ago, thought it was gone, and it came back.
What makes it interesting and, I think, more sad is, in the storyline, she had cancer and was on her last days. The series ended just 3 weeks ago with her character dying of cancer.
TIS
http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/tv/tvguide/a...-72-3604745.php