Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus talked about his daughter Miley Cyrus’ growing up years within a famed and celebrity environment for a newspaper. The interview turned out to be much more than that when Ron Cyrus, Billy Ray’s father was mentioned. Ron Cyrus died of mesothelioma which he acquired as a result of working in the mills with asbestos. He was a steelworker long before he attended to his duties in the Kentucky House of Representatives for 21 years.

Mesothelioma and asbestos awareness is being acknowledged in the Kentucky State Legislature together with Ron Cyrus and other remarkable people who were victims of the disease. HB519 was presented as a resolution stating September 26 every year as Mesothelioma Awareness Day in Kentucky and would be called as “The Ron Cyrus and Todd Hall Mesothelioma Awareness Act of 2009”. The same bill was brought up to the senate as SB58 where it was passed with a 36-0 vote in favor of the bill.

Source: Billy Ray, Miley Cyrus Draw attention to mesothelioma

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