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The Office actress Lucy Davis diagnosed with ‘incurable’ breast cancer

Fadingsecond windCoverage went quiet for 9 days, then returned with 3 more reports - 23 voices in all.
After publishing: 4 headlines quietly rewritten4 changes
  1. rollingstone.comseen 14 Aug, 08:19headline rewritten

    Lucy Davis of 'The Office' Reveals 'Incurable' Cancer Diagnosis'The Office' U.K. Star Lucy Davis Reveals 'Incurable' Cancer Diagnosis

  2. aol.co.ukseen 16 Aug, 06:43headline rewritten

    The Office star Lucy Davis reveals she's been diagnosed with terminal breast cancer aged 53The Office star Lucy Davis reveals she's been diagnosed with incurable breast cancer aged 53

  3. mirror.co.ukseen 25 Aug, 00:40headline rewritten

    Lucy Davis' emotional message in first appearance since sharing cancer diagnosisThe Office star Lucy Davis shares emotional message to world after cancer news

  4. aol.co.ukseen 25 Aug, 00:42headline rewritten

    'We need a bit more niceness in the world': Lucy Davis shares emotional message in first appearance since revealing cancer diagnosisThe Office star Lucy Davis shares emotional message to world after cancer news

original reportingcopies
Tue, 11 August 2026peak 18 reports on Tue, 11 August 2026Mon, 24 August 2026

After the peak, new reports halved every 25 hours so far - this story is still being covered, so the figure moves as reports arrive.

What it is about

Lucy DavisJasper CarrottHilda SpellmanRicky GervaisInstagramOffice Lucy DavisOffice ImageUnited KingdomLucy Davis InstagramMartin FreemanLucy Davis Lucy DavisBritishNetflixLucy DaviesThe OfficeBRITANSKAVarietyNBC NewsBBCThe Telegraph

Who published it, and when

original reportcopyedited after publishingfirst to report
lynnnews.co.uk1 original report
dailystar.co.uk1 original report
express.co.uk1 original report
aol.co.uk1 original report - 1 copy echoing lynnnews.co.uk - edited after publishing1 copy echoing mirror.co.uk - edited after publishing
liverpoolecho.co.uk1 original report
hellomagazine.com1 original report
Index.hr (Croatia)1 original report
Google News - Top Stories3 original reports
q961.com1 original report
The Guardian World1 original report
rollingstone.com1 original report - edited after publishing
dailymail.com1 original report
fox35orlando.com1 original report1 original report
ABC News (Australia)1 copy echoing The Guardian World
cambridge-news.co.uk1 original report
dailypost.co.uk1 copy echoing cambridge-news.co.uk
radiox.co.uk1 copy echoing The Guardian World
ABC (Spain)1 original report
11 Aug, 15:04over 13 days24 Aug, 11:10

+ 6 more outlets · 3 reports left out of the cascade - too little in common with the story to place

How it spread - 27 original reports, 5 reprints

  1. Tue, 11 August 2026

    16 reports
  2. Wed, 12 August 2026

    9 reports
  3. Sat, 22 August 2026

    1 report
    • mirror.co.uk19:17edited after publishing

      previouslyLucy Davis' emotional message in first appearance since sharing cancer diagnosis

      The Office star Lucy Davis was in good spirits as she reflected on her life and career with close pals Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, days after revealing she is living with incurable stage four breast cancer.

      1 reprint
  4. Mon, 24 August 2026

    1 report

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