Melanie Shatner Gretsch received chemotherapy for stage 4 breast cancer. Meanwhile, In June 2023, William Shatner was diagnosed with stage 4 malignant melanoma that had spread to his lungs and brain. Shatner had surgery to remove the tumor on his face, then two years of immunotherapy for the cancer in his lungs and brain. In late 2024 both were declared cancer-free. <\/p>\n
Both are now set to launch a podcast called No Time but Now<\/a>, on which they interview health experts and other survivors. \u201cI\u2019m healthier now than I\u2019ve been in years,” Shatner said. “The brain is like a muscle. It feeds on activity.”<\/p>\n It was recently revealed that the team behind current Star Trek show, Strange New Worlds, have tried to get Shatner himself back for a guest appearance ever since the series launched<\/a> \u2014 despite the fact the last played the character when he was 60 years old, in 1994\u2019s Star Trek Generations (the movie that killed Kirk off). The idea was that Shatner would play a version of Kirk who stayed in Depression-era New York with Joan Collins’ Edith Keeler following the events of the episode The City on the Edge of Forever.<\/p>\n<\/a>William Shatner and his daughter Melanie in 2006. Photo by Barry King\/WireImage.<\/p>\n