Cancer battle
On June 5, 2020, Linda Evans shared a heartfelt Instagram post of herself walking her dog for Hope Walk Week. In the caption, she opened up about something deeply personal: both of her parents and two of her sisters had battled cancer. She wrote about the unimaginable pain and challenges the disease brings — but also about the sweetness of love and kindness when you don’t face it alone. While she had already lost three loved ones, she revealed that her younger sister was still fighting, and her walk that day was for her sibling and for everyone touched by cancer.
Heartbreak struck again in February 2022. Just one day after Valentine’s Day, Linda posted a photo of her sister Charlie smiling behind a birthday cake. Alongside it, she wrote, “My beloved sister Charlie, forever in my heart,” mourning her sister’s passing after a long battle with cancer.
But illness didn’t just strike her family — Linda herself has faced enormous struggles. Years earlier, she endured a slipped disc that caused excruciating pain, so severe that she admitted she once considered suicide.
She explained that the agony was so overwhelming, she finally understood why some people felt that simply being alive was unbearable. Cortisone treatments damaged her hair, forcing her to wear a wig for a time, and she also battled waves of depression.
A low point
In 2014, another low point came when she was pulled over in Washington state and cited for reckless driving. She insisted she hadn’t been drinking or using drugs, but admitted she was in intense pain and shouldn’t have been on the road.
Later, she explained that her blood test only showed traces of a prescribed sleeping pill she had taken the night before. For Linda, that scary incident became a wake-up call about the importance of making better choices when struggling physically.
Thankfully, she eventually found relief. After undergoing laser treatment and multiple surgeries, she said she was finally pain-free for the first time in years. Her hair grew back, and so did her resilience.
