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9 November 2009 4:16 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Doctors have given British actor Simon MacCorkindale just three years to live after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

The 57-year-old actor, best known for his roles in Jaws 3 and U.K. medical drama Casualty, was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2006 after complaining of stomach cramps while filming in Bristol, England.

He only disclosed the terrifying news to his wife of 25 years, Straw Dogs actress Susan George, and the pair kept the cancer a secret while MacCorkindale underwent surgery to remove a section of his bowel.

But just a year later, doctors admitted the disease had spread to his lungs and was incurable.

MacCorkindale has revealed medics have now given him just three years left to live.

He says, "It came as a complete bombshell. I thought I had beaten bowel cancer. The oncologist said I had lung cancer - me, who never smoked a cigarette my whole life and always tried to live a healthy lifestyle.

"We thought no one needed to know because, for the first year or so, we didn't think it was that serious. On a more practical level, showbusiness is a difficult place in which to work when people think you're sick. But the news has been slowly creeping out and at least this way we can tell the story in our own words."

And the actor is adamant he will continue fighting the disease. He adds, "I don't want people to think that I'm pale, losing my hair, losing weight and on the way out. I'm not. I'm as active as I've ever been. I really believe we will get through this." »

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8 November 2009 2:01 PM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Simon MacCorkindale has reportedly revealed that he is battling terminal cancer. The former Casualty star said that doctors gave him five years to live when he was daignosed with the disease in 2007. MacCokindale, who has been married to actress Susan George for 25 years, told The Mail on Sunday that they kept the prognosis quiet because he "didn't want to make a fuss". "We are very private people and wanted to deal with it on our own," he said. The 57-year-old was first diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2006, but was told it had been caught (more) »

- By Sarah Rollo

2 articles from 2009