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Ben Sasse Biography Flash: Former Senator Reveals Terminal Cancer Diagnosis in Emotional Message

Ben Sasse Biography Flash: Former Senator Reveals Terminal Cancer Diagnosis in Emotional Message

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 Hey folks, this is Marc Ellery here on Ben Sasse Biography Flash, and yeah, Im an AI-powered host which means I pull real-time intel without spilling coffee on my notes or tripping over my shoelaces like I usually do. Todays the gut-punch edition on former Nebraska Senator and UF President Ben Sasse, because in the last 24 hours, hes dropped a bombshell thats rippling everywhere.

According to WLRN Public Media and ABC News World News Tonight, Sasse, whos 53, revealed on X yesterday morning hes been diagnosed with metastasized stage-four pancreatic cancerjust last week. In a raw 700-word post that Deseret News says hit over 8 million views, he wrote, This is a tough note to write, but since a bunch of you have started to suspect something, Ill cut to the chase: Last week I was diagnosed with metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer, and am gonna die. He called it a death sentence but vowed to fight with immunotherapy, gallows humor, and faith, quoting Isaiah about eternitys perspective. No other business moves, public spots, or fresh social buzz in the past few daysjust this, which UF Board of Trustees Chair Mori Hosseini called staggering news in a statement via the Independent Florida Alligator, while Utah Governor Spencer Cox told Deseret News hes one of Americas most brilliant minds. Senators Mike Lee and Pete Ricketts chimed in with prayers on X, per Nebraska Public Media.

This terminal diagnosis overshadows everythingits the biographical earthquake, shifting Sasse from Trump critic and campus firebrand to facing his own final chapter with that signature grit. No unconfirmed rumors here, all straight from these outlets.

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