Kathryn Joosten's Final Interview Before Her Passing 👼

Kathryn Joosten gave a 3-hour long interview a few weeks before her death. Joosten died of a recurrence of lung cancer on June 2, 2012 - 20 days after her Desperate Housewives character, Karen McCluskey, died of cancer onscreen. 💔🕊️

Joosten was a strong advocate of lung cancer awareness and research; a disease she battled twice but was always outspoken on the dangers of smoking and the importance of educating others. Her advocacy was even paralleled into her role as Karen McClusky on “Desperate Housewives” after she convinced creator Marc Cherry that Karen suffer lung cancer to call attention to the disease.

Later, it was Marc Cherry who came to her and asked if he could reintroduce lung cancer; this time to be fatal, to her character for the final season and she stated, “Yes, but you have to get it right!”

She went on to say, “I have no fear of delving into this storyline. This is a terrific idea to get the word out there and bring lung cancer awareness into the spotlight.”

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