- Sylvia Millecam
Sylvia Millecam (
Boxmeer ,February 23 ,1956 –August 19 ,2001 ) was a Dutchactor andcomedian .Millecam was born in
The Hague and later moved toBoxmeer . Millecam became famous after appearing in popular television shows like "Ook Dat Nog" (based on "That's Life! " on theBBC ) and "Buitenlandse Zaken", a show with sketches and political satire.She was named most popular Dutch
television personality hosted by the Tros (a Dutch broadcasting company) twice in a row (beatingLinda de Mol who would come second on these occasions).Sylvia posed for "Playboy" twice, once in 1989 and a second time in 1994. In 1994 she had her own show, "The Sylvia Millecam Show", and several years later "Miss Millecam", both on RTL4.
In 1999 Millecam was diagnosed with possible
breast cancer . Her condition was confirmed in 2000. (Before this, and probably unrelated, Millecam had suffered rupturedbreast implant s.) Although she visited several regular doctors, she chose to forego regular treatment and instead sought second opinions from several paranormal and alternativehealer s including the Dutchnew age guru ,Jomanda . Millecam's condition steadily worsened, and she was eventually moved to a regular hospital at a time when the tumor was so large as to be beyond medical treatment. She died in the hospital inNijmegen two days later, after receiving thelast rites .On June 19, 2007, three physicians who were involved in alternative therapies of Millecam, were prohibited to continue their work as physicians. Two of them permanently, the other for one year.
Sources
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* [http://krant.telegraaf.nl/krant/archief/20010827/teksten/bin.sylvia.zoals.vrienden.html Sylvia's funeral] (article in Dutch)
* [http://www.beeldengeluid.nl Dutch television history archive] (in Dutch)
* [http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/328/7438/485-c Netherlands to crack down on complementary medicine] BMJ, 28 February 2004
* [http://www.nrc.nl/binnenland/article725862.ece/Artsen_Millecam_uit_hun_vak_gezet Physicians put out of their position]
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