🔗 Share this article Music Legend Barry Manilow to Undergo an Operation for Lung Cancer. Barry Manilow announced that he has been diagnosed with cancer of the lung and will undergo surgery. Early-Stage Diagnosis The legendary 82-year-old artist, whose parade of upbeat chart-toppers from "Mandy" established him as one of pop music’s cherished showmen, will have a procedure to extract a portion of his lung in an effort to fight off the disease, which is in its early stages. “As my fans are aware, I recently went through six weeks of a severe cough followed by a relapse of another five weeks. “Even though I was past the infection and back on stage for my residency, my attentive medical team requested an MRI just to make sure that there were no issues. “The MRI detected a cancerous spot on my left side that requires removed. It’s pure luck (and a great doctor) that it was discovered so early.” Rescheduled Shows He has postponed a string of planned shows, but indicated he would be back on stage by the February holiday for his long-running concert series in Las Vegas. He went on to say: “The medical team do not believe it has spread and I’m undergoing further tests to confirm their diagnosis. So, that’s it. No chemo. No radiotherapy. Just home remedies and I Love Lucy reruns. “I’m counting the days until I rejoin my second home for our Vegas run for our Valentine’s weekend concerts.” Decades in the Spotlight Manilow is now in the 16th year of a concert series at the Westgate Las Vegas. The singer has enjoyed a career spanning many years in the public eye and revealed he is gay in 2017, after wedding his longtime partner and manager privately in 2014. The pair were in a clandestine relationship for in excess of 35 years. Last year, Manilow discussed how important his husband had been to him during his explosion in popularity in the 1970s. “When my fame skyrocketed, it was just overwhelming. And, you know, coming home to an lonesome hotel suite, you can find yourself in a lot of problems if you, you know, you’re alone repeatedly,” he said. “But I encountered my future husband right around when it was taking off. And I no longer had to go back to those isolated suites. I had a partner to be vulnerable with or to enjoy success with. “I desire that young people don’t have to go back to those rooms by themselves, because you can make poor choices. I never did. But it was very solitary until I met Garry. And then it was joyful.”
Barry Manilow announced that he has been diagnosed with cancer of the lung and will undergo surgery. Early-Stage Diagnosis The legendary 82-year-old artist, whose parade of upbeat chart-toppers from "Mandy" established him as one of pop music’s cherished showmen, will have a procedure to extract a portion of his lung in an effort to fight off the disease, which is in its early stages. “As my fans are aware, I recently went through six weeks of a severe cough followed by a relapse of another five weeks. “Even though I was past the infection and back on stage for my residency, my attentive medical team requested an MRI just to make sure that there were no issues. “The MRI detected a cancerous spot on my left side that requires removed. It’s pure luck (and a great doctor) that it was discovered so early.” Rescheduled Shows He has postponed a string of planned shows, but indicated he would be back on stage by the February holiday for his long-running concert series in Las Vegas. He went on to say: “The medical team do not believe it has spread and I’m undergoing further tests to confirm their diagnosis. So, that’s it. No chemo. No radiotherapy. Just home remedies and I Love Lucy reruns. “I’m counting the days until I rejoin my second home for our Vegas run for our Valentine’s weekend concerts.” Decades in the Spotlight Manilow is now in the 16th year of a concert series at the Westgate Las Vegas. The singer has enjoyed a career spanning many years in the public eye and revealed he is gay in 2017, after wedding his longtime partner and manager privately in 2014. The pair were in a clandestine relationship for in excess of 35 years. Last year, Manilow discussed how important his husband had been to him during his explosion in popularity in the 1970s. “When my fame skyrocketed, it was just overwhelming. And, you know, coming home to an lonesome hotel suite, you can find yourself in a lot of problems if you, you know, you’re alone repeatedly,” he said. “But I encountered my future husband right around when it was taking off. And I no longer had to go back to those isolated suites. I had a partner to be vulnerable with or to enjoy success with. “I desire that young people don’t have to go back to those rooms by themselves, because you can make poor choices. I never did. But it was very solitary until I met Garry. And then it was joyful.”