Kathy Bates Tweets That She Had A Double Mastectomy

    The actress surprised her fans when she took to Twitter to announce that she was diagnosed with breast cancer and had surgery. But she was in good spirits about it.

    Stacy Lambe
    by Stacy Lambe

    BuzzFeed Staff

    Via Twitter: @MsKathyBates
    Via Twitter: @MsKathyBates
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    Unfortunately, this is not the first time the star of Harry's Law has had cancer. In 2003 she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer but it wasn't revealed to the public until 2009.