'Live, Reach, Celebrate' at Anderson Network's 20th Anniversary Patient and Caregiver Conference

WEBWIRE – Friday, July 04, 2008 Cancer Patient and Actor Gerald McRaney Takes the Podium as Keynote Speaker Gerald McRaney has played a farmer and a hit man, an old West gunfighter and a corrupt Southern sheriff, as well as his popular TV roles as a private investigator in "Simon and Simon" and a no-nonsense military man with children in "Major Dad" But the role he recently faced at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - lung cancer patient - wasn’t one for which he had studied or auditioned. However, "Live, Reach, Celebrate" the theme of this year’s Anderson Network conference for patients and caregivers on Sept. 4-6, were actions McRaney learned early in life. When he injured his knee playing football in junior high, he joined the drama club. And while his path to stardom was a constant challenge, he kept... [read full story]