Photo Essays
Stalking a Silent Killer: Photos From the Early Fight Against Cancer
Angelina Jolie’s bombshell announcement that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy in hopes of minimizing her risk of breast cancer still has,...
When Celebrities Battle Cancer: Photos of 20 Inspiring Survivors
Tuesday’s announcement by Angelina Jolie, that she elected for a double mastectomy in the face of overwhelming odds that she would develop breast cancer, made...
Angelina Jolie: Humanitarian
It was while she was in Cambodia in 2001, shooting Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, that Angelina Jolie became aware of the suffering of the people in that war-ravaged...
Babe Ruth: Color Photos of a Yankees Legend
Baseball Renders Tardy Tribute to a Great Man Now Old and Sick — Headline from the May 12, 1947, issue of LIFE magazine In April 1947, the most famous and,...
Gypsy Rose Lee: LIFE With a Burlesque Legend
Ask anyone today under the age of, say, 40, “Who was Gypsy Rose Lee?” and chances are pretty good that the reaction will be utter bewilderment. “Gypsy Rose who?”...
Venezuela Mourns the Death of Hugo Chavez
Following the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, scores of mourners took to the streets of Caracas to mourn his death. Chavez died at 58 following after...
The Landscape of Cancer Treatment
As photographer Jeff Jacobson underwent his own rounds of chemotherapy, he began exploring the painfully beautiful scenes where the battle against cancer is...
Rise of Chavez: The Late Venezuelan President’s Path to Power
Born in poverty, Hugo Chavez rose through the military and survived a failed coup to become one of the most influential figures in Latin America. The socialist...
Cancer Survivors' Inspirational Stories
Participants at a Lance Armstrong LIVESTRONG Challenge in Philadelphia reflect on ways their battle with the disease has changed their lives. Photographs...
I Was in LIFE: Kim Novak Remembers
In the early 1950s, right around the time she stole scenes as a pretty young thing driving Jack Lemmon nuts in the oddly titled 1954 comedy, Phffft!, Kim Novak...
Faces of Breast Cancer
Portraits of survivors attending a summit on the disease organized by Susan G. Komen for the Cure, photographed by Tamas Dezso for TIME
Joe Frazier, Champion and Competitor
Muhammad Ali's most famous opponent, and a boxing legend of his own making, died of liver cancer at age 67. A look back at the fighter's life in pictures
Joe Paterno, 1926-2012: A Football Life in Pictures
The legendary Penn State football coach has died from lung cancer, his family said in a statement
Control of Life: Pictures From a Medical Revolution, 1965
The pursuit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Or rather, the result of that pursuit can be dangerous. Even deadly. But where do we draw the line between...
And Then There Were Two
Saying goodbye to George: More than 20 years after bandmate John Lennon was felled by a bullet in New York City, Beatle George Harrison succumbs to cancer in Los...
Joe Frazier: Remembering a Warrior
The universe of sport is built on rivalries. It doesn’t really matter if the rivalry involves two teams (Michigan and Ohio State, Liverpool and Man U), countries...
Remembering Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze, the star of runaway hits like Ghost and Dirty Dancing, died Sept. 14, 2009, of pancreatic cancer at the age of 57
LIFE With Jackie Kennedy: Birth of a Legend
It was in those brief, heady years — or perhaps it was really just one year, during the campaign and election of 1960 — when John F. Kennedy and his young,...
LIFE With Ingrid Bergman: A Woman in Full
More than most stars of her rare magnitude, Ingrid Bergman was an actress who went her own way. A Hollywood luminary for decades, from the Thirties well into the...
Seve Ballesteros 1957 - 2011 — A Spanish Master
The charismatic golfer was one of the most inspirational figures to ever play the game, and won majors, Ryder Cups and the hearts of millions of fans over the...
