When Pamela Anderson was diagnosed with hepatitis C in the late ’90s, there was no cure. “It was a death sentence. That’s what my doctor told me — that I probably had around 10 years to live,” the “Baywatch” star recalled in a moving speech at the amfAR Gala in Venice.
Source: [Variety](https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/pamela-anderson-hepatitis-c-amfar-venice-not-victim-1236853854/)