Music icon dead at 54 after breast cancer battle: ‘A true original’

Life & CulturePublished: Aug. 14, 2026, 2:30 a.m.Cat Dowling has died.Getty ImagesBy Brian Linder | blinder@pennlive.comPop singer Catherine “Cat” Dowling has died.She was 54.The Irish Star said that a cause of death has not been reported, but Dowling was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017. The Star called Dowling an

The lessons she received from playing tennis and from surviving breast cancer now intersect on the courts of Ra’anana, where the 50-year-old law professor and competitive tennis player trains.