Former Republican Sen. Ben Sasse announced Tuesday that he’s been diagnosed with “metastasized, stage 4 pancreatic cancer, and am gonna die.”

“Advanced pancreatic is nasty stuff; it’s a death sentence. But I already had a death sentence before last week too — we all do,” Sasse, 53, wrote on X.

  • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    He resigned as university president last year to focus on taking care of his family after his wife was diagnosed with epilepsy.

    Well that’s a pretty shitty turn of events.