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Saturday Night Live alum Victoria Jackson reveals ‘inoperable tumor’ that can ‘suffocate her to death’ in cancer battle
By Phillip McDonald,
3 hours ago
SATURDAY Night Live alum Victoria Jackson has revealed she has an inoperable tumor that could suffocate her to death as she battles with cancer.
On Wednesday, the actress, a cast member on SNL from 1986 to 1992, provided a health update in an Instagram post.
Victoria Jackson revealed she has an inoperable tumor as she battles with cancer YouTube/Victoria Jackson Jackson, seen here with Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Kevin Nealon, Jan Hooks, Jon Lovitz, Dennis Miller, and Nora Dunn, was a part of the SNL cast from 1986 to 1992 NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Victoria Jackson often appeared on the show’s weekly Weekend Update segment Getty
Jackson revealed she has “34.8 months to live” with the post, joking, “If I don’t get hit by a meteor, shot by a MAGA hater, get Covid again or WWIII breaks out.”
In the video, Jackson revealed she has an inoperable tumor in her windpipe.
“They cannot operate and cut out the marble in my chest that is laying on my windpipe, and eventually would suffocate me to death,” Jackson said.
She continued, “They’re giving me a magic pill. It’s going to be delivered to my front door within the next 12 hours.
“It’s based on Ribociclib, and it will shrink the marble, hopefully.”
Ribocicilib is a type of cancer growth blocker.
It aims to slow or stop the growth of the cancer, per Cancer Research UK.
“I looked up the pill on Google and it says people who take this have 32.6 months to live – something like that,” the actress said while explaining her prognosis.
A fan provided a hopeful outlook in the post’s comment section, telling the actress, “I have cancer don’t Google stuff. They told me I had two years to live 14 years later. I’m still here and feeling fabulous.”
In the video, she stated, “I’ve had a fantastic life,” but mentioned several things she’d like to witness before passing away.
Jackson gave herself 34.8 months to live after googling the life expectancy of people prescribed the same medication she was recently prescribed YouTube/Victoria Jackson Jackon said she’s ‘had a fantastic life’ before listing off things she hopes to see before her death YouTube/Victoria Jackson
“I’d like to see my grandson born, his name is Jimmy, in October and get to know [him] a little and I would like to see my daughter Aubrey have a baby.”
Jackson was previously diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016 and underwent a double mastectomy, an experience she wrote about on her website .
JACKSON’S CAREER
Jackson’s career as a comedian and actress began in 1981 when she left Auburn University during her senior year of college and moved to Los Angeles.
Her first big break was an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, where the former gymnast recited poetry while doing a handstand.
She would appear on the late-night show 20 times before Carson retired.
Jackson appeared in the pilot for Walter, a Mash spin-off, in 1984, and the short-lived 1985 television series Half Nelson before receiving an offer to audition for the cast of Saturday Night Live.
Though her audition went poorly, she was later invited to join the regular cast of SNL after sending Lorne Michaels a tape of her performing several impressions on The Tonight Show.
A cast member until 1992, Jackson often appeared on the show’s weekly Weekend Update segment as a correspondent who couldn’t help but go off-topic, reciting poetry and doing backbends and handstands on the desk.
She was also known for recurring skit roles where she impersonated Roseanne Barr , Sally Struthers, and Zsa Zsa Gabor.
Phil Hartman as Phil Donahue, Jan Hooks as Phyllis Sykes, Victoria Jackson as Elaine Poldask, Nora Dunn as Dr. Norma Hoeffering during Donahue kit on October 10, 1986 Getty Dana Carvey, Julia Sweeney, Phil Hartman, Chris Farley, Dennis Miller, A. Whitney Brown, Victoria Jackson, Chris Rock, Kevin Nealon, and Mike Myers on September 18, 1990 Getty Victoria Jackson at a taping of Saturday Night Live on October 28, 1989, at NBC TV Studios at Rockefeller Center in New York City Getty
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