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"Bleeding Love" singer Leona Lewis is a spokeswoman for Shunburn, whose motto is "Love the Sun, Respect Your Skin."
In 2001, former U.S. President Bill Clinton had a cancerous growth removed from his back, which turned out to be basal cell carcinoma. In 1996, he had a precancerous lesion removed from his nose.
Josie Bissett, 38, who played Jane on the FOX series "Melrose Place," understands the importance of taking care of her skin - her brother-in-law had melanoma. He has since recovered, but Bissett remains cautious.
Kristen Bell will return to the NBC series "Heroes" this fall, but she is also shunning the sun for skin cancer awareness. She has joined Jergen's 'Glow in the Dark' campaign, and vowed to obtain her tan from a bottle. "It's an oxymoron to say you've got a healthy tan," Bell told the Associated Press in April. "You want to glow."
Marcia Cross, who plays Bree on ABC's "Desperate Housewives," is also a part of Jergen's 'Glow in the Dark campaign. Cross said she wears sunscreen everyday, rain or shine. "I don't want sun spots or even freckles anymore," she told the Associated Press. Cross said she had two family members stricken with melanoma.
Presidential hopeful and Republican John McCain, 71, has been struck with melanoma three times. All of the cancer was removed surgically and is in remission.
In 2002, Elizabeth Taylor, then 70, was treated for basal cell carcinoma.
Actress and model Pamela Anderson was quoted by Famous People Magazine as saying she had a "near-death experience" in a tanning bed, which is why she now stays away from them. "I remember seeing a bright white light and heard voices," she said.
Actress Michelle Trachtenberg, 22, of "Gossip Girl" fame told Allure Magazine in May 2007 she felt the pressure from beauty advisors to darken her skin. "'And I�m like, �No, I�m going to embrace the pale.'"