Sylvia Millecam
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Sylvia Millecam (February 23, 1956 – August 19, 2001) was a Dutch actress and comedienne.
Millecam was born in The Hague and later moved to Boxmeer. Millecam became famous after appearing in popular television shows like Ook Dat Nog (based on That's Life! on the BBC) and "Buitenlandse Zaken", a show with sketches and political satire.
She was named most popular Dutch television personality hosted by the Tros (a Dutch broadcasting company) twice in a row (beating Linda de Mol who would come second on these occasions).
Sylvia posed for Playboy twice, once in 1989 and a second time in 1994. In 1994 she had her own show, The Sylvia Millecam Show," and several years later Miss Millecam, both on RTL4.
Millecam suffered ruptured breast implants and in 1999 was diagnosed with breast cancer. However, although she visited numerous regular doctors, she chose to forgo regular treatment and instead sought second opinions from several paranormal and alternative healers including the Dutch new age guru, Jomanda. Millecam did not recover and eventually visited a regular hospital where she learned that the tumor was beyond medical treatment and that she only had several weeks to live. She was moved to the hospital in Nijmegen and died two days later after receiving the last rites.
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- Sylvia Millecam at the Internet Movie Database
- Sylvia's funeral (article in Dutch)
- Dutch television history archive (in Dutch)
- Netherlands to crack down on complementary medicine BMJ, 28 February 2004
