🔗 Share this article Music Legend Barry Manilow Scheduled for an Operation for Lung Cancer. Barry Manilow announced that he received a diagnosis with lung cancer and will undergo an operation. Spot Found in Initial Phase The legendary 82-year-old artist, whose parade of upbeat chart-toppers from "Copacabana" cemented his status as one of pop music’s enduringly popular performers, will have an operation to extract a portion of his lung in an effort to treat the illness, which is at an early phase. “For those who have been following, I recently went through six weeks of a severe cough followed by a return of another five weeks. “Even though I was past the infection and performing again at the Westgate Las Vegas, my attentive medical team insisted on an MRI just to ensure that everything was OK. “The MRI detected a malignant lesion on my lung that requires removed. It’s sheer fortune (and a fantastic physician) that it was found so early.” Concert Delays He has rescheduled a string of planned shows, but stated he would be on stage again by mid-February for his longstanding residency at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino. He added: “The medical team do not believe it has spread and I’m taking tests to support their conclusion. So, that’s it. No chemo. Radiation therapy is off the table. Just chicken soup and classic TV. “I’m looking forward to until I come back to my familiar venue in Las Vegas for our Valentine’s weekend concerts.” Decades in the Spotlight Manilow is presently in his 16th year of a show at the Westgate Las Vegas. The singer has been in the limelight and publicly identified as gay in 2017, after tying the knot with his longtime partner and manager confidentially in 2014. The pair were in a clandestine partnership for over 35 years. Last year, Manilow spoke about how important his partner had been to him during his rise to peak fame in the 1970s. “During my rapid rise to fame, it was just crazy. And, you know, returning to an empty hotel room, you can get into a lot of problems if you, you know, you’re by yourself night after night,” he said. “But I met Garry right around when it was exploding. And I didn’t have to go back to those empty hotel rooms. I had a person to cry with or to enjoy success with. “I hope that aspiring artists don’t have to go back to those suites by themselves, because you get yourself in trouble. I never did. But it was very solitary until I met Garry. And then it was joyful.”
Barry Manilow announced that he received a diagnosis with lung cancer and will undergo an operation. Spot Found in Initial Phase The legendary 82-year-old artist, whose parade of upbeat chart-toppers from "Copacabana" cemented his status as one of pop music’s enduringly popular performers, will have an operation to extract a portion of his lung in an effort to treat the illness, which is at an early phase. “For those who have been following, I recently went through six weeks of a severe cough followed by a return of another five weeks. “Even though I was past the infection and performing again at the Westgate Las Vegas, my attentive medical team insisted on an MRI just to ensure that everything was OK. “The MRI detected a malignant lesion on my lung that requires removed. It’s sheer fortune (and a fantastic physician) that it was found so early.” Concert Delays He has rescheduled a string of planned shows, but stated he would be on stage again by mid-February for his longstanding residency at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino. He added: “The medical team do not believe it has spread and I’m taking tests to support their conclusion. So, that’s it. No chemo. Radiation therapy is off the table. Just chicken soup and classic TV. “I’m looking forward to until I come back to my familiar venue in Las Vegas for our Valentine’s weekend concerts.” Decades in the Spotlight Manilow is presently in his 16th year of a show at the Westgate Las Vegas. The singer has been in the limelight and publicly identified as gay in 2017, after tying the knot with his longtime partner and manager confidentially in 2014. The pair were in a clandestine partnership for over 35 years. Last year, Manilow spoke about how important his partner had been to him during his rise to peak fame in the 1970s. “During my rapid rise to fame, it was just crazy. And, you know, returning to an empty hotel room, you can get into a lot of problems if you, you know, you’re by yourself night after night,” he said. “But I met Garry right around when it was exploding. And I didn’t have to go back to those empty hotel rooms. I had a person to cry with or to enjoy success with. “I hope that aspiring artists don’t have to go back to those suites by themselves, because you get yourself in trouble. I never did. But it was very solitary until I met Garry. And then it was joyful.”