RaquelWelch
Not long after Raquel Welch teamed up with Hair
U Wear to create the Raquel Welch Signature
Collection of wigs, the iconic actress realized she
could help women struggling
with the effects of chemo-
therapy. Since 2000, Welch and
Hair U Wear have donated more
than $1 million worth of wigs
annually to the American Can-
cer Society, which distributes them through re-
gional cancer centers—and which honored Welch
in 2009 for her generosity. “To chemo patients,
losing hair starts to represent losing,” says Welch,
69. “It doesn’t have to be that way.” —J.D.M.
ADVOCATE
FOR CANCER
SURVIVORS
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CaptainRichardPhillips
IF YOU CALL Captain Richard Phillips a
hero—he did survive five days at sea with
machine-gun-wielding Somali pirates—
expect him to put up a fight. “I was just
the idiot who got caught,” he says.
Most people would
disagree. From the
moment the crew of
the Maersk Alabama
noticed the bandits’
boat approaching, Phillips’s fast, fo-
cused thinking was critical. “By the time
the pirates boarded, we had disabled
the ship, secured the cargo, and got
almost all the crew into safe rooms,” he
says. He then convinced the pirates that
their best plan was to escort him off the
ship. Rescued after five days, Phillips,
54, is back home in Vermont, writing a
book and reflecting on what it means
to be a hero. “The real heroes are the
Navy SEALS who saved me,” he insists.
—Sarah Mahoney
RELUCTANT
HERO
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