Pamela Anderson candidly reflected on her diagnosis with hepatitis C in the late 1990s, when there was no cure for the virus. “It was a death sentence,” the “Baywatch” alum told the crowd at the 2026 amfAR Gala Venezia, an event to raise funds for medical research, in Venice, Italy, on Sunday, per Variety. “That’s what my doctor told me — that I probably had around 10 years to live.” Anderson, now 59, admitted that the diagnosis may have “colored and corrupted [her] decisions.” “It was not fear of death, but fear of what might happen to my young children,” she added, referring to her kids, Brandon Thomas, 30, and Dylan Jagger, 28, whom she…









