The Facts of Life star Mindy Cohn has been diagnosed with cancer for a second time.
The 59-year-old actor was previously diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012 and was in remission by 2017.
On Sunday, Cohn took to Instagram to share a photo from her hospital bed, revealing she took a break from social media to “go kick cancer’s ass.”
She went on to thank her doctors and the “extraordinary” staff of Providence Saint John’s Hospital.
“Recouping for another couple of weeks and then ready for my next adventure. onwards! F*** Cancer!” the Scooby-Doo voice actor concluded.
Cohn did not disclose the type of cancer in her post.
In the comments section, numerous stars shared their well-wishes and messages of support.
The Carol Burnett Show alum Vicki Lawrence wrote: “Love you, Mindy. Damn it… F*** CANCER.”
Oscar winner Helen Hunt said she was “Sending Love your way,” as did Emmy winner Sarah Paulson.
Cohn opened up about her last bout of cancer, which lasted five years, in 2017, revealing she underwent a double mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation.
“I kept that secret for a long time,” she told People at the time. “I’ve always been an optimist, but the cancer metastasized. It kept spreading and coming back. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop, and then it would. And then I’d wait for another shoe to drop, and it would. I was frustrated and enraged. I couldn’t control any of this. I couldn’t fix it.”
Cohn is best known for starring Natalie Green in the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life from 1979 to 1988. She also voiced Velma Dinkley in the Scooby-Doo franchise from 2002 to 2015, taking over from B. J. Ward before being succeeded by Kate Micucci.
In July 2024, Cohn claimed that she and the original cast of The Facts of Life had been working on a potential reboot before a “greedy” co-star sabotaged the project.
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She alleged that one of her castmates — whom she did not name — “went behind our backs” and attempted to make a separate deal for a different spin-off “just for herself.”
Confirming that the reboot is now “very dead,” she added: “A couple of people can’t move past it, don’t want to move past it. We are not as united. Let me put it that way. We were united for 40 years over not talking about each other, not doing dirty, not, you know, all for one, one for all. And this kind of wrecked that, which is sad. Really sad.”
