# Maureen Lipman becomes first patron of Myeloma charity

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/06/19/maureen-lipman-becomes-first-patron-myeloma-charity/
- Published: 2004-06-19T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Actress and author Maureen Lipman CBE has become the first honorary patron for
the International Myeloma Foundation (UK).**

Ms Lipman’s husband, the renowned playwright Jack Rosenthal, died as a result of
myeloma

last month. “Myeloma is a less than well known cousin to leukaemia that has a devastating
affect on patients and their families – it has to ours”, explained Ms Lipman. “I
want to help raise awareness of the disease, treatment and research in the hope 
of finding a permanent cure. I don’t want anybody to go through what we have gone
through because of this little known and violent disease. I will do whatever I can
to further to aims of IMF (UK).”

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Ms Lipman will be attending and speaking at a reception in the House of Commons 
next week as part of the IMF (UK)’s annual Awareness week, held from 21 to 28 June.

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