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1 Mar. 2002
Washington, USA
-FILE PHOTO 29JUL98- Linda Tripp, a key figure in the [Monica Lewinsky sex scandal that engulfed the Clinton White House,] is suffering from breast cancer, her attorneys said on March 1, 2002. ["Mrs. Tripp is being treated for breast cancer at this time," attorney Stephen Kohn told reporters but gave no details about her condition. "She's facing a very difficult challenge."] Tripp is shown speaking to reporters outside the U.S. Courthouse in Washington in this July 29, 1998 file photo.