Tommy Chong
Chong, a hardcore marijuana advocate and one half of the comedy duo Cheech and Chong announced in 2012 that he was battling prostate cancer, having first noticed symptoms about eight years earlier while incarcerated for selling drug paraphernalia. In a CNN interview, Chong described the cancer as a slow stage one he’d had for a long time. In 2013, Chong told The Guardian he beat the disease with a combination of cannabis and a special diet. “That’s right, I kicked cancer’s ass!” Chong told CelebStoner.com.
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