DEAR STACY: Can you tell me how celebrity chef Sandra Lee is doing these days? — NancyT-O

DEAR NANCYT-O: The celebrity chef and author announced that her doctors told her she is now breast cancer free after undergoing a double mastectomy earlier this year. She also said that her partner, Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York, was at her side throughout the ordeal.

STACY: We enjoyed watching "Scrooged" the other day. Carol Kane was hilarious in that movie! What is she up to lately? — Gene H., White Plains, New York

DEAR GENE: The 63-year-old actress, who always seems to be busy, is seen as Kimmy and Titus' landlord on Netflix' "The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," and was on Fox's "Gotham" last year as the mother of super villain The Penguin. In addition, she has been appearing in various productions of "Wicked" as Madame Morrible since 2005.

DEAR STACY: I heard that comedian Amy Schumer is a cousin of Senator Chuck Schumer. Can you verify this, and elaborate on the connection? — JMY of San Diego

DEAR JMY: Amy's father is second cousins with the senator.

DEAR STACY: What was finally decided to be the cause of Cory Monteith's death? — Abby N., Oceanside, California

DEAR ABBY: The 31-year-old "Glee" star died in 2013 of a toxic mixture of heroin and champagne. He had been fighting his drug addiction and had been clean for some time before his death. The coroner on his case suggested that Monteith may not have realized his capacity had changed. Thus the overdose.