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Doctor in 1999 South Pole Rescue Dies in Mass.

Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from the South Pole a decade ago, has died after the disease recurred. She was 57. (June 24)

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