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 Sylvia Millecam got her own show "The Sylvia Millecam Show" and several years later "Miss Millecam" both on RTL4.
In 1999 Millecam was diagnosed with breast cancer. However, although she visited numerous of regular doctors she never underwent regular treatment and instead sought second opinion with several paranormal and alternative healers. 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 the last Sacraments were imparted.
