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– A cancer awareness advocate and fundraiser known as the unofficial mayor of West Seattle and who for the past decade has branded herself as a cancer patient and survivor may have faked her illness the entire time, KOMO reports. A rep from Susan G. Komen headquarters in Dallas confirmed the organization was informed by a family member that not only does Tracy Dart not have cancer now, she never did. "Komen was notified of this situation last week and has been in contact with Tracy's family," an email statement to the West Seattle Herald reads. "We are sad for Tracy and her family and hope that she, and they, will find healing in the days ahead." Dart's family reportedly found out she had lied about her cancer when she had to go to the hospital recently for a liver problem and the hospital couldn't find records of her supposed three bouts with the disease, "reliable sources" tell the paper. Members of the group Dart founded to raise money for Komen are stunned. "The first words were 'she doesn't have cancer,'" Team Tracy participant Matthew Welch tells KOMO. "'She never had cancer' were the second words, and it just blew my mind." But he notes Team Tracy, which has now been dissolved over the news, did a lot of good—and the Komen statement, which points out Dart never personally received money from the group, says Team Tracy's California and Seattle members raised more than $414,000 for Komen since 2006, while Dart herself raised more than $28,000. "I wouldn't say we're angry," Welch tells KOMO. "I would say she needs help, and I hope she gets it." A Seattle Police Department rep tells the New York Daily News that they're in the loop, but it's unclear whether an investigation has been opened to look into possible illegal activity. (A beauty queen was accused of faking leukemia.)
A Seattle woman who said she survived breast cancer three times and helped raise over $400,000 for charity never had cancer, reports revealed Saturday. 
  
 Tracy Dart led fundraising efforts for her “Team Tracy” for a decade before officials in a local Susan G. Komen office found out last week she hasn’t been diagnosed with cancer. 
  
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 A Volkswagen dealership owner who has partnered with Dart in charity work told KOMO-TV that someone from Team Tracy gave him the news Friday. 
  
 “The first words were, ‘Tracy doesn’t have cancer,’” said Matthew Welch of Auburn Volkswagen. He replied, “‘Hooray, she’s cured,’” Welch told the TV station. 
  
 Tracy Dart, 41, never got diagnosed with cancer once but raised money for charity by talking about three different breast cancer bouts, reports revealed Saturday. (VIA KOMONEWS.COM) 
  
 “‘No, she’s never had cancer’ were the second words,” he said. “It just blew our mind.” 
  
 Officials in Komen’s Puget Sound, Wash., office have been in contact with Dart’s family after learning Dart hasn’t had cancer, said spokeswoman Christi Ball Loso. Dart, who was never paid by the breast cancer foundation, raised over $28,500 for Komen personally and Team Tracy members in Seattle and California took in more than $414,000 for the charity, Loso said. 
  
 “We are sad for Tracy and her family and hope that she, and they, will find healing in the days ahead. The Team Tracy community has been a steadfast supporter of our mission to end breast cancer since 2006,” Loso said in an email. “This money has been used as intended - for Komen's research and community health programs.” 
  
 A representative for the Seattle Police Department told the Daily News that police are aware of the situation but didn’t know if they had opened an investigation into Dart. 
  
 Dart helped raise over $400,000 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. (via komonews.com) 
  
 It wasn’t immediately clear whether Team Tracy collected other donations, and efforts to reach Dart were unsuccessful. Dart is a marketing business partner whose personal story and fundraising have helped her become something of a local celebrity. 
  
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 “It’s hard sometimes to come back and be like, ‘Wow, I’m battling it again,” Dart, 41, told KOMO at an event earlier this year. 
  
 Her personal Twitter account still listed her as a “3x breast cancer survivor” Monday, but a link to a blog for Team Tracy was locked from uninvited users. Facebook pages for Team Tracy, We Heart Tracy Dart and the marketing company, Brand Baby, had been disabled Monday. 
  
 Local car dealership owner, Matthew Welch, stressed that Team Tracy had done a lot of good in spite of Dart's faked cancer. (via komonews.com) 
  
 The West Seattle Herald published a profile of Dart in 2010, when she said she had been in her latest bout for two years and had put together a team of 21 people for Komen’s annual Race for the Cure. 
  
 “I've tried so hard to find a good reason why I had to go through this, why this has this happened to me, and why I am now having to go through this a second time,” Dart said. “All I can think of is that I am meant to get out and spread the word that breast cancer doesn't just affect older women.” 
  
 Welch, the car dealership owner, stressed that Team Tracy had done “so much good” in his interview with the TV station. 
  
 “I wouldn’t say we’re angry,” Welch said. “I would say she needs help. And we hope that she gets it.” 
  
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 A spokesperson from Komen headquarters in Dallas said a family member told them Tuesday Tracy Dart has never had cancer. Word of the cancer claim sent shock waves through West Seattle where Dart has been a fixture. 
  
 For more than 10 years, Tracy Dart has been a champion of cancer awareness. Over the years she presented herself as a cancer patient, survivor and a fierce fundraiser. 
  
 Komen said Dart and her team raised $414,000 since 2006 and that Dart herself donated $28,000. 
  
 West Seattle businesses not only know her, but some donated to her cause. Everyone at West 5 restaurant knows Dart. 
  
 Rumors of the cancer claims started circulating on Friday, that's when West 5 bartender Bobby Wright heard about it. 
  
 "It was a shock to find out," said Wright. 
  
 Dart is such a fixture in West Seattle that one couple lunching at West 5 said they consider her the unofficial mayor of West Seattle. 
  
 "She was a regular for a while, last time I talked to her she said the cancer metastasized to her bones and she wasn't going to make it, so i felt horrible for her, " said Wright. "Then I hear all this." 
  
 Questions surfaced last week when a spokesperson for Susan G. Komen headquarters in Dallas said the organization got a call from Dart's family. Spokesperson Andrea Rader said a family member told them Dart never had cancer. 
  
 Rader said the family said it made the discovery after Dart was admitted to the hospital recently for an unknown reason. 
  
 News spread quickly among Team Tracy, a team formed by Dart to raise money for Komen to use for research and services, with the hope of finding a cure for cancer. 
  
 Matthew Welch, who helped raise money for Team Tracy said he was dumbfound when he heard the news from a Team Tracy member over the weekend. 
  
 "The first words were 'she doesn't have cancer," Welch said. "'She never had cancer' were the second words, and it just blew my mind." 
  
 He stressed it's important to remember all the good that's come from Dart's efforts. 
  
 Team Tracy members told KOMO on Saturday they immediately dissolved the group. Komen insists all money raised by Team Tracy went to research and services, not Dart. 
  
 A West Seattle business owner, who wants to remain anonymous, says she had a fundraiser 2 years ago for Dart. 
  
 "After it was all said and done, I wrote her a check and gave her money from sales to the party," said the business owner. "It's baffling. Obviously the second I heard it, at first I was like, this doesn't seem right, then my mind went to where did the money go that I donated, but it's more heartbreaking to me that there is no cure for cancer than that someone would fake that they had cancer." 
  
 The Dart family has declined repeated requests for comment. |||||
Skriv en artikel baserad på denna sammanfattning: – En cancermedveten förespråkare och insamling känd som den inofficiella borgmästaren i West Seattle och som under det senaste årtiondet har stämplat sig som cancerpatient och överlevare kan ha fejkat sin sjukdom hela tiden, rapporterar KOMO. En representant från Susan G. Komen huvudkontor i Dallas bekräftade organisationen informerades av en familjemedlem att inte bara Tracy Dart inte har cancer nu, det gjorde hon aldrig. "Komen informerades om den här situationen förra veckan och har varit i kontakt med Tracys familj", läser ett e-postmeddelande till West Seattle Herald. "Vi är ledsna för Tracy och hennes familj och hoppas att hon, och de, kommer att finna helande under de kommande dagarna." Darts familj fick veta att hon hade ljugit om sin cancer när hon fick åka till sjukhuset nyligen för ett leverproblem och sjukhuset kunde inte hitta några uppgifter om hennes förmodade tre anfall med sjukdomen, "tillförlitliga källor" berättar tidningen. Medlemmar i gruppen Dart som grundades för att samla in pengar till Komen är bedövade. "De första orden var 'hon har inte cancer,'" Team Tracy-deltagaren Matthew Welch berättar för KOMO. "'Hon hade aldrig cancer' var andra ordet, och det bara slog mig." Men han noterar Team Tracy, som nu har upplösts över nyheterna, gjorde en hel del gott – och Komen uttalande, som påpekar Dart aldrig personligen fått pengar från gruppen, säger Team Tracys Kalifornien och Seattle medlemmar samlat in mer än $ 414 000 för Komen sedan 2006, medan Dart själv samlat in mer än $ 28 000. "Jag skulle inte säga att vi är arga", säger Welch till KOMO. "Jag skulle säga att hon behöver hjälp, och jag hoppas att hon får den." En representant från Seattles poliskår berättar för New York Daily News att de är i loopen, men det är oklart om en utredning har inletts för att undersöka eventuell olaglig verksamhet. (En skönhetsdrottning anklagades för att fejka leukemi.)
Write an article based on this summary: – A cancer-conscious advocate and fundraiser known as the unofficial mayor of West Seattle and who over the past decade has labeled himself a cancer patient and survivors may have faked their disease all the time, reports KOMO. A representative from Susan G. Komen headquarters in Dallas confirmed the organization was informed by a family member that not only Tracy Dart does not have cancer now, she never did. "The come was informed of this situation last week and has been in contact with Tracy's family," reads an email to the West Seattle Herald. "We are sorry for Tracy and her family and hope that she, and they, will find healing in the coming days." Dart's family learned that she had lied about her cancer when she had to go to the hospital recently for a liver problem and the hospital was unable to find any record of her supposed three seizures with the disease, "reliable sources" the paper tells. Members of the Dart group founded to raise money for Komen are stunned. "The first words were 'she doesn't have cancer,'" Team Tracy participant Matthew Welch tells KOMO. "'She never had cancer' was the second word, and it just hit me." But he notes Team Tracy, who has now disbanded over the news, did a lot of good – and Komen's statement, pointing out Dart never personally received money from the group, says Team Tracy's California and Seattle members raised more than $414,000 for Komen since 2006, while Dart himself raised more than $28,000. "I wouldn't say we're angry," says Welch to KOMO. "I'd say she needs help, and I hope she gets it." A representative of the Seattle Police Department tells the New York Daily News that they are in the loop, but it is unclear whether an investigation has been launched to investigate any illegal activity. (A beauty queen was accused of faking leukemia.)
En kvinna i Seattle som sade att hon överlevde bröstcancer tre gånger och hjälpte till att samla in över 400.000 dollar för välgörenhet hade aldrig cancer, rapporter avslöjade lördag. Tracy Dart ledde insamlingsinsatser för sitt ”Team Tracy” i ett decennium innan tjänstemän på en lokal Susan G. Komen kontor fick reda på förra veckan hon inte har diagnostiserats med cancer. GEORGIA SJUKSKÖTERSKA BEHANDLAS EFTER FAKTA CANCER I SCAM En Volkswagen återförsäljare som har samarbetat med Dart i välgörenhetsarbete berättade KOMO-TV att någon från Team Tracy gav honom nyheterna fredag. “De första orden var, ‘Tracy har inte cancer,’” sade Matthew Welch av Auburn Volkswagen. Han svarade, “’Hooray, hon är botad,’” Welch berättade för TV-stationen. Tracy Dart, 41 år, fick aldrig diagnosen cancer en enda gång utan samlade in pengar till välgörenhet genom att tala om tre olika bröstcancerbouts, rapporter avslöjade lördag. (VIA KOMONews.COM) “”Nej, hon har aldrig haft cancer” var de andra orden,” sade han. “Det bara slog vårt sinne.” Tjänstemän i Komen’s Puget Sound, Wash., kontor har varit i kontakt med Dart familj efter att ha lärt Dart inte har haft cancer, sade taleskvinna Christi Ball Loso. Dart, som aldrig fick betalt av bröstcancerfonden, samlade in över 28 500 dollar för Komen personligen och Team Tracy-medlemmar i Seattle och Kalifornien tog in mer än 414 000 dollar för välgörenheten, sade Loso. — Vi är ledsna för Tracy och hennes familj och hoppas, att hon, och de, skall finna helande i de kommande dagarna. Team Tracy gemenskapen har varit en orubblig anhängare av vårt uppdrag att avsluta bröstcancer sedan 2006,” Loso sade i ett e-postmeddelande. “Dessa pengar har använts som avsett - för Komens forskning och samhällshälsoprogram.” En representant för Seattlepolisen berättade Daily News att polisen är medveten om situationen men visste inte om de hade öppnat en utredning om Dart. Dart hjälpte till att samla in över 400 000 dollar till Susan G. Komen Foundation. (via komonews.com) Det var inte omedelbart klart om Team Tracy samlade in andra donationer, och ansträngningar för att nå Dart misslyckades. Dart är en marknadsföringsaffärspartner vars personliga berättelse och insamling har hjälpt henne att bli något av en lokal kändis. 8 Brott som begås av medlemmar av den medicinska profession “Det är svårt att ibland komma tillbaka och vara som, “Wow, jag kämpar det igen,” Dart, 41, berättade KOMO vid en händelse tidigare i år. Hennes personliga Twitter-konto listade henne fortfarande som en "3x bröstcancer överlevande" måndag, men en länk till en blogg för Team Tracy var låst från objudna användare. Facebooksidor för Team Tracy, We Heart Tracy Dart och marknadsföringsföretaget, Brand Baby, hade blivit inaktiverade måndag. Lokal bilhandlare, Matthew Welch, betonade att Team Tracy hade gjort mycket gott trots Darts fejkade cancer. (via komonews.com) The West Seattle Herald publicerade en profil av Dart 2010, då hon sade att hon hade varit med i sin senaste match i två år och hade satt ihop ett team på 21 personer för Komens årliga Race for the Cure. — Jag har försökt så svårt att finna en god anledning till varför jag måste gå igenom detta, varför detta har hänt mig, och varför jag nu måste gå igenom detta en andra gång, sade Dart. ”Allt jag kan tänka på är att jag är menad att komma ut och sprida ut ordet att bröstcancer inte bara drabbar äldre kvinnor.” Welch, bilhandlaren, betonade att Team Tracy hade gjort ”så mycket gott” i sin intervju med TV-stationen. — Jag skulle inte säga att vi är arga, sade Welch. — Jag skulle säga, att hon behöver hjälp. Och vi hoppas att hon får det.” Följ på Twitter @tobysalkc på en MOBILE DEVICE? Titta på videon här. SEATTLE -- Tjänstemän från Susan G. Komen bekräftade måndagen att de lärde sig en välkänd canceröverlevare och förespråkare från West Seattle kan ha fejkat sjukdomen. En talesman från Komen högkvarter i Dallas sa en familjemedlem berättade tisdag Tracy Dart har aldrig haft cancer. Ryktet om canceranspråket skickade chockvågor genom västra Seattle där Dart har varit en fixtur. Tracy Dart har i mer än 10 år varit en förkämpe för cancermedvetenhet. Under årens lopp presenterade hon sig som cancerpatient, överlevare och en häftig insamling. Komen sade att Dart och hennes team samlat in 414 000 dollar sedan 2006 och att Dart själv donerat 28 000 dollar. West Seattles företag känner henne inte bara, men några donerade till hennes sak. Alla på West 5 restaurang känner Dart. Ryktena om canceranspråken började cirkulera på fredag, det var då West 5 bartender Bobby Wright hörde talas om det. »Det var en chock att få reda på det», sade Wright. Dart är en sådan fixtur i West Seattle att ett par lunchar på West 5 säger att de anser henne vara den inofficiella borgmästaren i West Seattle. "Hon var regelbunden ett tag, sist jag pratade med henne sa hon att cancern metastaserade till hennes ben och hon skulle inte klara sig, så jag tyckte synd om henne," sa Wright. "Då hör jag allt det här." Frågorna dök upp förra veckan när en talesperson för Susan G. Komen högkvarter i Dallas sa att organisationen fick ett samtal från Darts familj. Talare Andrea Rader sa att en familjemedlem sa att Dart aldrig hade cancer. Rader sa att familjen gjorde upptäckten efter Dart togs in på sjukhuset nyligen av en okänd anledning. Nyheter spreds snabbt bland Team Tracy, ett team bildat av Dart för att samla in pengar till Komen att använda till forskning och tjänster, med hopp om att hitta ett botemedel mot cancer. Matthew Welch, som hjälpte till att samla in pengar till Team Tracy sa att han var dumfunnen när han hörde nyheten från en Team Tracy-medlem under helgen. "De första orden var 'hon har inte cancer," Welch sade. "'Hon hade aldrig cancer' var andra ordet, och det bara slog mig." Han betonade att det är viktigt att komma ihåg allt det goda som kommit från Darts insatser. Team Tracy-medlemmar sa till KOMO på lördagen att de omedelbart upplöste gruppen. Komen insisterar på att alla pengar som Team Tracy samlat in gick till forskning och tjänster, inte Dart. En affärsägare i West Seattle, som vill vara anonym, säger att hon hade en insamling för två år sedan för Dart. "Efter att allt var sagt och gjort, skrev jag henne en check och gav henne pengar från försäljning till festen," sade affärsägaren. "Det är förbryllande. Så fort jag hörde det, till en början tyckte jag att det här inte verkade rätt, sedan gick mitt sinne vart pengarna tog vägen som jag donerade, men det är mer hjärtskärande för mig att det inte finns något botemedel mot cancer än att någon skulle fejka att de hade cancer." Familjen Dart har avböjt upprepade förfrågningar om kommentarer. Â°°
A Seattle woman who said she survived breast cancer three times and helped raise over $400,000 for charity never had cancer, reports revealed Saturday. Tracy Dart led fundraising efforts for her “Team Tracy” for a decade before officials at a local Susan G. Komen office found out last week she has not been diagnosed with cancer. GEORGIA NURSE TREATMENT AFTER FACT CANCER IN SCAM A Volkswagen dealer who has collaborated with Dart in charity work told KOMO-TV that someone from Team Tracy gave him the news Friday. “The first words were, ‘Tracy doesn’t have cancer,’” said Matthew Welch of Auburn Volkswagen. He replied, “‘Hooray, she is cured,’” Welch told the television station. Tracy Dart, 41, was never diagnosed with cancer once but raised money for charity by talking about three different breast cancer bouts, reports revealed Saturday. (VIA KOMONews.COM) “”No, she’s never had cancer” were the other words,” he said. “It just hit our mind.” Officials in Komen’s Puget Sound, Wash., office has been in contact with Dart family after teaching Dart has not had cancer,” said spokeswoman Christi Ball Loso. Dart, who was never paid by the breast cancer fund, raised over $28,500 for Komen personally and Team Tracy members in Seattle and California raised more than $414,000 for the charity, Loso said. “We are sorry for Tracy and her family and hope that she, and they, will find healing in the coming days. Team Tracy community has been an unwavering supporter of our mission to end breast cancer since 2006,” Loso said in an email. “This money has been used as intended – for Komen’s research and community health programs.” A representative of the Seattle Police told the Daily News that police are aware of the situation but did not know if they had opened an investigation into Dart. Dart helped raise over $400,000 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. (via komonews.com) It was not immediately clear if Team Tracy collected other donations, and efforts to reach Dart failed. Dart is a marketing business partner whose personal story and fundraising has helped her become something of a local celebrity. 8 Crimes committed by members of the medical profession “It’s hard to sometimes come back and be like, “Wow, I’m fighting it again,” Dart, 41, told KOMO at an event earlier this year. Her personal Twitter account still listed her as a "3x breast cancer survivor" Monday, but a link to a blog for Team Tracy was locked from uninvited users. Facebook pages for Team Tracy, We Heart Tracy Dart and the marketing company, Brand Baby, had been disabled Monday. Local car dealer, Matthew Welch, emphasized that Team Tracy had done much good despite Dart's fake cancer. (via komonews.com) The West Seattle Herald published a profile of Dart in 2010, when she said she had been in her last game for two years and had put together a team of 21 people for Komen's annual Race for the Cure. “I’ve tried so hard to find a good reason why I have to go through this, why this has happened to me, and why I now have to go through this a second time,” Dart said. “All I can think about is that I am meant to come out and spread the word that breast cancer not only affects older women.” Welch, the car dealer, stressed that Team Tracy had done “so much good” in his interview with the TV station. “I wouldn’t say we’re angry,” Welch said. “I would say she needs help. And we hope she gets it.” Follow Twitter @tobysalkc on a MOBILE DEVICE? Watch the video right here. SEATTLE -- Officials from Susan G. Komen confirmed Monday that they learned a well-known cancer survivor and advocate from West Seattle may have faked the disease. A spokesman from Komen headquarters in Dallas said a family member told Tuesday Tracy Dart has never had cancer. Rumors of the cancer claim sent shock waves through western Seattle where Dart has been a fixture. Tracy Dart has been a champion of cancer awareness for more than 10 years. Over the years, she presented herself as a cancer patient, survivor and a fierce fundraiser. Komen said Dart and her team raised $414,000 since 2006 and that Dart himself donated $28,000. West Seattle's company not only knows her, but some donated to her cause. Everyone at West 5 restaurant knows Dart. Rumors of the cancer claims began circulating on Friday, that's when West 5 bartender Bobby Wright heard about it. "It was a shock to find out," Wright said. Dart is such a fixture in West Seattle that a couple of lunches at West 5 say they consider her the unofficial mayor of West Seattle. "She was regular for a while, the last time I talked to her she said the cancer metastasized to her legs and she wouldn't make it, so I felt sorry for her," said Wright. "Then I hear all this." The questions surfaced last week when a spokesperson for Susan G. Komen headquarters in Dallas said the organization received a call from Dart's family. Speaker Andrea Rader said a family member said Dart never had cancer. Rader said the family made the discovery after Dart was admitted to the hospital recently for an unknown reason. News quickly spread among Team Tracy, a team formed by Dart to raise money for Komen to use for research and services, hoping to find a cure for cancer. Matthew Welch, who helped raise money for Team Tracy said he was dumfnung when he heard the news from a Team Tracy member over the weekend. "The first words were 'she doesn't have cancer," Welch said. "'She never had cancer' was the second word, and it just hit me." He stressed the importance of remembering all the good that came from Dart's efforts. Team Tracy members told KOMO on Saturday that they immediately disbanded the group. Comen insists that all the money that Team Tracy raised went to research and services, not Dart. A West Seattle business owner, who wants to remain anonymous, says she had a fundraiser two years ago for Dart. "After everything was said and done, I wrote her a check and gave her money from sales to the party," said the business owner. "It's puzzling. As soon as I heard it, at first I thought this didn't seem right, then my mind went where the money went as I donated, but it's more heartbreaking to me that there's no cure for cancer than that someone would fake that they had cancer." The Darts have declined repeated requests for comment. <unk>