sentences:  In January 1992 Stone was diagnosed with throat cancer, at the same time as her fellow "Bandstand" regular, Peter Allen.Both Stone and Allen were operated on the same day by the same surgeon.In June Stone was still in recovery when she learned of Allen's death, she recalled that after the operation "He came into my room to see me because he was going back to the States and I just wanted to give him a big hug — he looked so ill."
  
  On the Queen's Birthday Honours List of June 2006, Stone was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia, with the citation, "For service to the community as an entertainer at fundraising events for a range of charitable organisations, and as a singer."