Don Imus Has Cancer

Don Imus, the (in)famous longtime morning DJ, announced on his radio show this morning that he has stage II prostate cancer. During "Imus in the Morning" (now on WABC 770 AM), he sounded optimistic saying, "I have great confidence in my doctors. I'll be fine. If I'm not fine, I won't be fine. It's not a big deal. The prognosis couldn't be better." The 68-year-old Imus said that he thought stress could be a factor, something he hasn't been lacking in recent years. He shared few details on his diagnosis or treatment, but did add, "The day you find out is fine. But the next morning when you get up, your knees are shaking. I didn't think I could make it to work."

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By Billy Parker in Arts & Entertainment on March 16, 2009 1:01 PM

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Clarice City

Hmmmm...maybe he'll have an epiphany and start being a nice person. Nah.

NannyState

Can a stage IV cancer get stage II cancer?

CR

Is it possible for Zombies to get cancer? If not, then how did Imus get it? He's been the unholy living dead for about the past 20 years...

nyrangers

a vegan diet reverses cancer

theevilone

Yet you cared enough to comment...twice.

rcltrh

On behalf of all the "freaks" who were "whacked" by serial killer Andrew Cunanan and all the "nappy headed ho's", I for one could care less.

austin5454

rcltrh supports the death penalty for those whose job title is "shock jock," but cross the line between shocking and offensive. Real classy rcltrh.

rcltrh

About as classy as the hate speech this guy has dished out to anyone who is not white anglo-saxon protestant heterosexual republican for all those years.

Gothamist_Cynic

The Tobacco industry laughs the bank.

Rocknrope

Does smoking give you prostate cancer?

schadenfreudian mensch

Does smoking give you prostate cancer?

Only if you smoke out of your ass, which a lot of people do these days.

Rfive

wonderful description of Imus' career: smoking out of his ass. schadenfreudian ftw.

mocanlagunas

depends how you smoke...

Wza

I wish him well.

austin5454

What a great outlook to have on his unfortunate situation: "I'll be fine. If I'm not fine, I won't be fine. It's not a big deal." I hope if I am ever in a situation like that I can be as positive as Imus.