Pat Croce talks cancer fight, helping others through 'HEALED' movement

When we think of Pat Croce, we picture him courtside. It's been 20 years now since Croce, Allen Iverson and Larry Brown took the Philadelphia 76ers to the NBA Finals.

Philadelphia fell in love with the former 76ers owner's fiery energy, his passion and his zany personality. Now? Let's just say we had to take the Action News van up a dirt road and then another dirt road to find him, and what a story he has to tell.

"At the end of last year it wasn't COVID that touched me, it was T-cell lymphoma that touched me," said Croce.

The pirate fanatic is left with his own "x" marks the spot: a 58-stitch scar across his chest after surgery and radiation.

"I believe I was graced with cancer, it wasn't a curse," he says.
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