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'Facts of Life' star Mindy Cohn says she beat cancer again

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News on

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“The Facts of Life” star Mindy Cohn is assuring fans that she won her rematch with cancer and is on the mend.

“I have been off social media for awhile ‘ cuz i had to go kick cancer’s ass,” the 59-year-old actor posted on Instagram Sunday.

Cohn played girls’ boarding school student Natalie Green on more than 200 episodes of NBC’s coming-of-age sitcom “The Facts of Life” between 1979 and 1988. Cohn played the same character on a couple episodes of the 1980s hit sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes,” according to IMDb.

The Los Angeles native told People in 2017 that she was cancer free after a quiet 5-year battle with breast cancer that included a double mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation.

She didn’t specify what type of cancer she most recently fought in her post thanking oncologists at California’s Providence Saint John’s Health Center for their efforts.

“Recouping for another couple of weeks and then ready for my next adventure. onwards!” Cohn wrote. “F**K Cancer!”

 

Her famous friends Helen Hunt, Ryan Phillippe, Octavia Spencer, Chelsea Handler, Nicole Eggert, Allison Janney, Holly Robinson Peete, Josh Lucas and Andy Cohen posted messages of support on Instagram.

Cohn’s IMDb page indicates the former child star has worked steadily since her “The Facts of Life” heyday thanks to a steady stream of sitcom appearances and made-for-TV movies.

She also voiced the Velma Dinkley character in dozens of episodes of the animated “ Scooby-Doo” children’s series between 2002 and 2015.

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