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| Angelina Jolie 'moved' by support over surgery | Angelina Jolie 'moved' by support over surgery |
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| Hollywood star Angelina Jolie says she feels "moved" by the support she has received from fans since announcing she had had a double mastectomy. | Hollywood star Angelina Jolie says she feels "moved" by the support she has received from fans since announcing she had had a double mastectomy. |
| Speaking at the London premiere of fiance Brad Pitt's film World War Z - her first red carpet event since the announcement - Jolie, 37, said she felt "wonderful" and "very grateful". | |
| Pitt said the experience had "certainly brought our family tighter together". | Pitt said the experience had "certainly brought our family tighter together". |
| The mother-of-six had surgery to reduce her chances of getting breast cancer. | The mother-of-six had surgery to reduce her chances of getting breast cancer. |
| 'Wonderful father' | 'Wonderful father' |
| "I get moved to talk about it," she told reporters. | "I get moved to talk about it," she told reporters. |
| She said she had been "very happy just to see the discussion about women's health expanded and that means the world to me". | She said she had been "very happy just to see the discussion about women's health expanded and that means the world to me". |
| "After losing my mum to these issues, I'm very grateful for it and I've been very moved by the kind support from people." | "After losing my mum to these issues, I'm very grateful for it and I've been very moved by the kind support from people." |
| She said Pitt had been "just extraordinary" and praised him as "a wonderful man and a wonderful father and I'm very, very lucky". | |
| Pitt, meanwhile, said: "I mean the beautiful thing is that, for us, life will go on." | Pitt, meanwhile, said: "I mean the beautiful thing is that, for us, life will go on." |
| He said it had been a "very moving experience" and he tended to "get a little emotional about it". | He said it had been a "very moving experience" and he tended to "get a little emotional about it". |
| Of his fiancee's decision to go public, he said: "It's something she felt she wanted to share and it's important for her that other people know that this is available." | |
| BBC entertainment reporter Lizo Mzimba said some fans had been waiting in Leicester Square since early in the morning for Jolie and Pitt. | BBC entertainment reporter Lizo Mzimba said some fans had been waiting in Leicester Square since early in the morning for Jolie and Pitt. |
| The couple arrived together and were greeted with a huge amount of warmth and affection by members of the crowd, he said. | The couple arrived together and were greeted with a huge amount of warmth and affection by members of the crowd, he said. |
| They posed for photographs together before signing autographs separately and left together shortly after the film started. | They posed for photographs together before signing autographs separately and left together shortly after the film started. |
| In May, Jolie explained her reasons for having the surgery in an article for the New York Times. | In May, Jolie explained her reasons for having the surgery in an article for the New York Times. |
| She said her doctors estimated she had an 87% risk of breast cancer and a 50% risk of ovarian cancer. "I decided to be proactive and to minimise the risk as much I could," she wrote. | She said her doctors estimated she had an 87% risk of breast cancer and a 50% risk of ovarian cancer. "I decided to be proactive and to minimise the risk as much I could," she wrote. |
| Jolie, who said the process began in February and was completed by the end of April, explained that her mother fought cancer for nearly a decade and died at the age of 56. | Jolie, who said the process began in February and was completed by the end of April, explained that her mother fought cancer for nearly a decade and died at the age of 56. |
| Last week, her aunt, Debbie Martin, died of breast cancer, | Last week, her aunt, Debbie Martin, died of breast cancer, |
| Jolie missed her funeral to be at Sunday's premiere. | Jolie missed her funeral to be at Sunday's premiere. |