6 Male Celebrities Who Were Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

In 1966, Edward Brooke became the first African-American elected to the Senate. In September of 2002, Brooke was diagnosed with breast cancer.

He originally assumed that the pain he was feeling, just under his right nipple, was a pulled muscle from gardening.

Did He Survive? Yes. He underwent a double mastectomy, and remained cancer free until his death in January 2015 at age 95.