
Victoria Jackson, who was a cast member on “Saturday Night Live” from 1986 to 1992, revealed on social media that she has been diagnosed with an inoperable tumor in her windpipe. She said doctors “cannot operate and cut out the marble in my chest that is laying on my windpipe, and eventually would suffocate me to death.”
“They’re giving me a magic pill,” Jackson added about her treatment. “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…I looked up the pill on Google and it says people who take this have 32.6 months to live — something like that.”
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Jackson told her follows that she’s had a “fantastic life” and named some of the milestones she’d like to still see happen when she’s alive. She previously disclosed a breast cancer diagnosis in 2016.
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“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,” she said.
Jackson made regular appearances on “Weekend Update” during her time on “Saturday Night Live” and was known for doing various impressions, from Roseanne Barr to Zsa Zsa Gabor. Her acting credits also includes episodes of “The X-Files,” “In the Heat of the Night,” “Sesame Street” and more. Jackson’s film appearances included “Family Business” and “The Matchbreaker,” among other titles.
Watch Jackson’s full video message on Instagram below.
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