Dustin Lance Black Grateful for Holiday Prayers

Neal Broverman

Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.

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December 25 2011 12:45 PM EST

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Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black and his brother, Marcus, are thankful for the well-wishes they received as Marcus battles cancer.

The siblings traveled to Virginia to see their mother for the Christmas holiday. Greginhollywood reports that Black posted an update on Marcus:

"More than a few times over the past week, between packing and doctor's appointments I stopped, opened up my laptop and read my brother some of the kind words folks have written. He can't always say what he's feeling, but more times than not tears rolled down his cheeks. Those wishes and prayers have given him renewed resolve to keep fighting this thing. Hell, he even walked into the house this morning on his own two legs -- no wheelchair, no walker, no cane -- so maybe that Christmas miracle has begun.
Thank you all so much.
Merry Christmas, Lance"