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Bobby Womack fighting cancer

By | Published on Tuesday 27 March 2012

Bobby Womack

Bobby Womack has been diagnosed with colon cancer, according to Bootsy Collins, who spoke to the soul veteran over the weekend.

Writing on Facebook, Collins confirmed Womack was in hospital fighting pneumonia, later adding: “I just spoke to our friend Bobby Womack. He wanted you all to know that he loves you & thxs for the prayers. Docs says he is in 1st stage of colon cancer, he is very up beat about his future, we laughed & joked before we hung up”.

As previously reported, Womack is set to release his first new material since 1994 later this year, with a new album called ‘The Bravest Man In The Universe’, produced by Damon Albarn and Richard Russell and released via the latter’s XL Recordings label.



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