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Edward Helmore

Ben Sasse, ex-Republican senator, says he has terminal pancreatic cancer

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Ben Sasse in Washington DC in 2020. Photograph: Erin Schaff/Pool via Getty Images

Ben Sasse announced on Tuesday that he has terminal stage-four pancreatic cancer. The former Republican senator revealed his diagnosis in a post on X, calling it a “death sentence”.

“Friends - This is a tough note to write, but since a bunch of you have started to suspect something, I’ll cut to the chase: Last week I was diagnosed with metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer, and am gonna die,” he wrote.

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