Ladd made the announcement during her 50th anniversary reunion event with “Charlie’s Angels” stars Jaclyn Smith and Kate Jackson.

Charlie’s Angels star Cheryl Ladd reveals she ‘was bald’ after ‘aggressive’ breast cancer: ‘A humbling experience’

Ladd made the announcement during her 50th anniversary reunion event with "Charlie's Angels" stars Jaclyn Smith and Kate Jackson.

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*Charlie's Angels* actress Cheryl Ladd has announced that she was previously diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer.

Ladd made the reveal Monday during a 50th anniversary cast reunion with *Charlie's Angels* costars Jaclyn Smith and Kate Jackson, who accompanied her on stage at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles as part of PaleyFest.

“Mine was an aggressive form," the 74-year-old told attendees, adding that she "had wonderful doctors" who treated her for the disease, per **'s sister publication, PEOPLE.

Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd on 'Charlie's Angels'.

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"I was bald. It was a humbling experience, and yet I have a wonderful husband," Ladd explained at the event, according to the outlet. "He was there for me at every turn. Eventually, I started to get little sprouts of hair. It was a long, long, hard road, but you just get on with it."

Ladd's costars — including Farrah Fawcett, whom she replaced on season 2 of *Charlie's Angels* in 1977 — also battled various forms of cancer in the past.

Smith, 80, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002, while Jackson, 77, had the disease in 1987. Fawcett died in 2009 at age 62 after being diagnosed with anal cancer in 2006.

Smith told the audience that  “the first thing I did was send her my wigs," and called her friend and former costar "so brave" for battling cancer the way she did.

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Ladd further urged the audience, “If you find a little something in your breasts, do not ignore it."

EW has reached out to representatives for Ladd for more information.**

Elsewhere at the *Charlie's Angels* reunion, the stars reflected on their TV legacy and their bond that's lasted more than 50 years.

Ladd called the PaleyFest event "a long overdue get-together," while Jackson praised her costars as "my sisters" as she fought back tears. "It feels like it was yesterday," she continued.

'Charlie's Angels' stars Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith, and Cheryl Ladd reunite for 50th anniversary.

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"We were all such individual women, but women who really cared for each other. Just as the show was, we were there for each other," Ladd told *Good Morning America* at the event.

*Charlie's Angels*' popularity lasted long after the show concluded in 1981, including when Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, and Cameron Diaz fronted the first *Charlie's Angels *movie in 2000. Following the trio's return for a sequel in 2003, actress Elizabeth Banks directed a standalone sequel in 2019 starring Kristen Stewart, Ella Balinska, and Naomi Scott.

ABC launched a television reboot starring Annie Ilonzeh, Minka Kelly, and Rachael Taylor in 2011, though it was quickly canceled.

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