In Texas, more than 4,500 people will hear those dreaded words “you have pancreatic cancer” this year alone. Sadly, only about a quarter of them are expected to make it through, according to the Pancreatic Cancer Network, also known as PanCAN.

Willie Garson, who played Stanford Blatch on TV’s “Sex and the City” and its movie sequels, has died at the age of 57.