Clare Oliver (25 August 1981 – 13 September 2007) was an Australian woman whose own health crisis prompted her to become an activist, garnering wide media coverage, seeking to ban the use of tanning beds. She wished to become a journalist and wrote a story before dying which was published in newspapers all over the country. Oliver's melanoma was first discovered as part of a health check-up shortly after she had been employed by SBS Television up...
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Clare Oliver (25 August 1981 – 13 September 2007) was an Australian woman whose own health crisis prompted her to become an activist, garnering wide media coverage, seeking to ban the use of tanning beds. She wished to become a journalist and wrote a story before dying which was published in newspapers all over the country. Oliver's melanoma was first discovered as part of a health check-up shortly after she had been employed by SBS Television upon completion of a media degree.
Clare was diagnosed at the age of 22. She gained publicity on 22 August 2007 by announcing in an open letter that she only had days to live due to melanoma and stating her goal was to reach her 26th birthday. She did, and celebrated at Luna Park in St Kilda, Victoria. Less than three weeks later, she died 8am EST, on 13 September at the Caritas Christi Hospice in Kew.
Oliver campaigned in her last days against the lack of regulations governing solariums, however, whilst she believed it a major factor in her...
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