Jeanette Lee, ‘Black Widow’ pool legend, diagnosed with terminal cancer.

[Bluehorseshoe]

Jeanette Lee, the famous billiards player who earned the nickname “The Black Widow,” is in a fight for her life.

Lee, 49, has been diagnosed with stage four ovarian cancer, she announced Wednesday. Her close friends started a GoFundMe page that revealed doctors said she had a few months to a year left to live

“I intend to bring the same resolve I brought to the billiards table to this fight,” Lee said in a statement, per the American Poolplayers Association. “Jim Valvano so eloquently told us to ‘Never give up’. I owe it to my three young daughters to do exactly that.”

Lee has already started chemotherapy and also has multiple surgeries ahead to try to slow the cancer. The GoFundMe established in her name intends to provide support for her three daughters: Cheyenne, 16, Chloe, 11, and Savannah, 10.

The Brooklyn native was the No. 1 female pool player in the world during the 1990s and won the gold medal at the 2001 World Games. She was the Women’s Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) Player of the Year in 1994 and the WPBA Sportsperson of the Year in 1998.


Lee has also long battled scoliosis, which cut her career short and may have initially masked her cancer, her GoFundMe suggested.

“She’s in a lot of pain all the time, anyway, so she didn’t notice any difference,” Lee’s longtime agent, Tom George, told the Washington Post.

[MinnesotaFats]

This is very sad

Another of girls are getting ovarian cancer from the HPV

We need to, as a society, do something about the promiscuous nature of young women, it's taking a serious toll on the health and wellbeing of multiple generations of 35+ women now as men become unknown carriers of the virus.

[big joe 1212]

Terrible

Fukk cancer

[Foxx]

That sucks. She has like 5 kids. Hopefully she beats it.

[209 Life]

Hope she pulls thru this.

[Fidel_CashFlow]

Damn . She was always so graceful
Hope somehow she beats this

[thezbar]

I remember seeing her at a tournament at Vejas Casino in San Diego. Sad news. Feel for her children.

[jjgold]

Man that is terrible

[jjgold]

This is very sad

Another of girls are getting ovarian cancer from the HPV

We need to, as a society, do something about the promiscuous nature of young women, it's taking a serious toll on the health and wellbeing of multiple generations of 35+ women now as men become unknown carriers of the virus.

Nope. HPV is passed by skin to skin contact of the genital area so anyone who has ever been sexually active can have HPV. It is more common in young, sexually active people, however, the immune system will usually clear the infection so this isn't really something to worry about

[slayer14]

[JAKEPEAVY21]

Damn that sucks. I remember she was on ESPN often back in the day.

[pologq]

cancer blows. that is extremely sad to hear. you basically get a death sentence.

[Kermit]

That sucks. I used to love watching videos of her playing on espn.

[pavyracer]

You got to be careful when using cue tip chalk. It's a well known carcinogen.

[MinnesotaFats]

Nope. HPV is passed by skin to skin contact of the genital area so anyone who has ever been sexually active can have HPV. It is more common in young, sexually active people, however, the immune system will usually clear the infection so this isn't really something to worry about

LOL

Dude, HPV 16 & 18 are known to cause over 75% if all ovarian and cervical cancers in women under 55. That's just fact.

Girls are getting HPV so young now because they're getting plugged by 50 different dudes by the time they're 25.

[Buckandadime]

That sucks..
Used to watch Jeanette and Ewa Mataya all the time..
Hard to believe she is only 49...
Hope she can find peace in her remaining days..