Even though she really didn't mention that she had cancer, I heard that she blamed it on 9-1-1. claiming that she inhaled dust and debris from the fall of the towers.
Back in 1979, we were catering a party, and they must have played her album 30 times until the Beverly Hills police stopped by and told the party goers to lower the volume. At the time, she had the number 1 and number 2 records on the charts.