Barry Manilow announces he’s been diagnosed with cancer aged 82
Through Instagram, Manilow has announced that he’s been diagnosed with lung cancer. He wrote that during a recent MRI, a “cancerous spot” in his left lung was discovered. Meanwhile, his physicians “do not belive it has spread.”
“As many of you know I recently went through six weeks of bronchitis followed by a relapse of another five weeks,” Manilow wrote. “Even though I was over the bronchitis and back on stage at the Westgate Las Vegas, my wonderful doctor ordered an MRI just to make sure that everything was OK.”
The MRI discovered a cancerous spot on my left lung that needs to be removed. “It’s pure luck (and a great doctor) that it was found so early. That’s the good news.”
Manilow continued, “The bad news is that now that the Christmas Gift Of Love concerts are over I’m going into surgery to have the spot removed. The doctors do not believe it has spread and I’m taking tests to confirm their diagnosis. So that’s it. No chemo. No radiation. Just chicken soup and I Love Lucy reruns.”
