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Calvert County Native Who Divulged Silver Lining Of Cancer Diagnosis Dies, 41 Calvert County Native Who Divulged Silver Lining Of Cancer Diagnosis Dies, 41
Calvert County Native Who Divulged Silver Lining Of Cancer Diagnosis Dies, 41 Rachel Hegarty, an Arlington photographer, has died after battling cancer for more than a year. Hegarty, 41, passed away peacefully on May 1, 2024 surrounded by her family, according to her obituary on the Murphy Funeral Homes website. Pic by Cait Kramer Photography Makeup by Carla Pressley - Makeup/Hair Stylist Hair by CUTTING EDGE BY MORA Posted by Rachel E.H. Photography on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 Hegarty had been diagnosed with Stage 3 cervical cancer on Valentine's Day of 2023. Last year, she told Daily Voice that the silver living of her diagnosis is that it brought her closer…

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Cancer Diagnosis Is Lesson In Love For Newly-Engaged Chesapeake Beach Native Cancer Diagnosis Is Lesson In Love For Newly-Engaged Chesapeake Beach Native
Cancer Diagnosis Is Lesson In Love For Newly-Engaged Chesapeake Beach Native Support is surging for an Arlington photographer whose life was turned upside-down following one unexpected cancer diagnosis, and then another. As of Wednesday, Nov. 8, more than $20,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe page for Rachel Hegarty, who was recently diagnosed with Stage 3 cervical cancer that then spread to her lymph nodes. The 40-year-old Chesapeake Beach, MD native says she felt something was off for months. It began in January 2022 with unusual discharge, which Hegarty chalked up to minor infections, or possibly something thyroid related. At the time, she was working non-stop…

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by Cecilia Levine