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Miranda Lambert Reveals Her Mother Survived Breast Cancer

In a just-released People magazine interview, Miranda Lambert revealed that her mother Beverly has beaten breast cancer. After being diagnosed with breast cancer last September, Beverly June Lambert is now…

Miranda Lambert Reveals Her Mother Survived Breast Cancer
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In a just-released People magazine interview, Miranda Lambert revealed that her mother Beverly has beaten breast cancer.

After being diagnosed with breast cancer last September, Beverly June Lambert is now cancer-free. Miranda says in the new interview, "She's been through a whole lot, but she's doing really well, and she's ready to roll."

She added, "I was able to be with her through the hardest parts. She's unstoppable. She's just been so strong and positive through the whole thing. It's a good lesson for people to take away from a journey like that: Even though it's a really scary place to be, the more positive, the better."

Beverly told People, "There were big milestones and pools of tears on some days, yet we stayed hand in hand and did the entire walk together as a family. One thing that was really important to us, and to me especially, was keeping the friend and family base in the loop regarding updates."

She added, "Miranda stayed as steady as a rock. She was home a lot during my chemo rounds and held things — and me — together. When she wasn't here in Texas, we talked by phone or FaceTime so she could see how I was."

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Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.