Michael Douglas refused to help cancer patient cousin

Michael Douglas, who knows about oncology firsthand, because he defeated the throat cancer, showed himself not on the best side. The Hollywood actor refused to help a cancer-sick cousin.

Ugly story

About his diagnosis, 63-year-old Terry Danigen learned last fall. Doctors diagnosed her lung cancer, and she immediately turned for advice and help to her famous brother.

For ten months, 71-year-old Michael Douglas has never called Terry and, despite the pressure of the family on the part of his father, refuses to help his cousin financially. The actor, whose fortune exceeds $ 300 million, only once sent Danigan a check for 2.5 thousand.

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Michael and Terry were very close to his marriage to Catherine Zeta-Jones. At the wedding of lovers in 2000, which was attended by Danigen, there was an unpleasant episode that crossed out their long-standing friendship.

Clumsy sister Douglas accidentally stepped on the attire of the bride, which led Catherine into a frenzy. Since then, Michael has stopped talking with Terry. Even his sister's illness did not cause him simple human sympathy ...