Stone spoke about the financial hit she tool while urging attendees to make donations to cancer research during a speech for the Women’s Cancer Research Fund.
Still, fears of spreading contagion prompted a run on regional banks and significant stock plunges this week, raising the possibility that her losses could be tied to the selloff that has occurred in the days since the banks failed.Stone, who received the Courage Award from the nonprofit, gave an emotional account of her own battle with breast cancer and praise for other survivors in the room. The speech ended in a standing ovation.
Sharon Stone grew emotional during the speech at the Women’s Cancer Research Fund’s star-studded fundraising gala.Terry Schmitt/UPI/Shutterstock Stone also made reference to her brother, Patrick, who died last month at age 57 from heart disease, according to the Hollywood Reporter. “My brother just died, and that doesn’t mean that I’m not here. This is not an easy time for any of us,” Stone said. “This is a hard time in the world, but I’m telling you what, I’m not having some politician tell me what I can and cannot do. How I can and cannot live, and what the value of my life is and is not. So stand up. Stand up and say what you’re worth. I dare you. That’s what courage is.”
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