Jeanette Lee

Mrs. Jeanette Lee, a resident of Carriere, Miss., passed away Saturday, June 18, 2022, in Poplarville, Miss., at the age of 78. Mrs. Lee is survived by her son, Brian S. Lee (Melody); two grandchildren, Lyndsey and River Lee; a brother, Joel D. (Patti) Thigpen; and three sisters, Brenda Walker, Sue (James E.) Whittington and Bonnie Hebert. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.

Tuesday during Disney’s highly anticipated 2022 upfronts, it was announced that ESPN Films has started production on two new 30 for 30 documentaries, one about “The Black Widow” and one about the black and purple NFL team that dominated the 2000 season. The first announcement was for...

Jeanette Lee, the woman who earned the nickname Black Widow because, at the pool table, she was known to “eat her opponents alive,” sat in a New York hospital bed, turned on Facebook live and gave 180,000 people who hung on her every word an update. January 2022,...

Jeanette Lee – nicknamed “The Black Widow” — revealed in February that she has stage 4 ovarian cancer. Jeanette Lee, a professional pool player often known by her nickname "The Black Widow," is proving nothing can hold her down — not even cancer. The 50-year-old announced her terminal diagnosis of...

At age 49, Jeanette Lee — dubbed the Black Widow — is battling a grim diagnosis: stage 4 ovarian cancer that has metastasized throughout her body.

Billiards legend and former Indianapolis resident Jeanette Lee, also known as the “Black Widow,” announced this month that she has been diagnosed with stage four ovarian cancer. “I intend to bring the same resolve I brought to the billiards table to this fight. Jim Valvano so eloquently told us to...

Billiards champion Jeanette “Black Widow” Lee, a top-ranked player in the world in the 1990s, revealed in a news release Thursday that she has been diagnosed with Stage 4 ovarian cancer. Lee’s agent Tom George confirmed the news by phone after a GoFundMe online fundraiser was publicized by the Asian...

Jeanette Lee is not backing down from her fight against ovarian cancer. News broke of billiards legend's diagnosis when a GoundFundMe page was created by her friends. "The Black Widow" then released a statement confirming the news. “I intend to bring the same resolve I brought to the billiards table...

Sad news was revealed on Thursday regarding former pool player Jeanette Lee, who was best known as the “Black Widow” in the billiards world. Lee’s representatives revealed that the former pool star has Stage 4 ovarian cancer. Her agent described Lee’s prognosis as “dire.”. The 49-year-old rose to fame in...

Jeanette Lee, the famous billiards player who earned the nickname “The Black Widow,” is in a fight for her life. Lee, 49, has been diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer, she announced Wednesday. Her close friends started a GoFundMe page that revealed doctors said she had a few months to a year left to live.

NEW YORK - Jeanette Lee, the iconic former No. 1-ranked billiards master whose moves were ubiquitous on ESPN's pool broadcasts in the 1990s, has announced that she has advanced ovarian cancer. Lee, a Brooklyn native whose friends gave her the nickname the Black Widow, has stage 4 ovarian cancer, according...

"I intend to bring the same resolve I brought to the billiards table to this fight," Jeanette Lee says of her diagnosis. Jeanette Lee, a professional pool player often known by her nickname "The Black Widow," is battling stage 4 ovarian cancer. Lee, 49, announced her terminal diagnosis Wednesday in...

Famous billiards player Jeanette Lee, who's known as The Black Widow," revealed she has terminal cancer. Lee unveiled that she was diagnosed with Stage 4 ovarian cancer in a statement per the American Poolplayers Association. “I intend to bring the same resolve I brought to the billiards table to this...