Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor has stage 4 metastatic prostate most cancers.
Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor has stage 4 metastatic prostate most cancers
The 61-year-old was identified 4 years in the past and his bandmate Simon Le Bon fears he won’t be “round for very lengthy”.
Duran Duran broke the information at their induction into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame on Saturday (05.11.22) on the Microsoft Theatre, Los Angeles.
Andy had been because of reunite with singer Simon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes, bassist John Taylor and drummer Roger Taylor on the occasion however mentioned he had been hit with a “setback” that made travelling from his home in Ibiza to LA too bodily and mentally taxing.
The band learn out a letter on the ceremony from Andy during which he revealed he had undergone life-extending therapy for his most cancers.
It mentioned: “Simply over 4 years in the past I used to be identified with stage 4 metastatic prostate most cancers.
“Many households have skilled the sluggish burn of this illness and naturally we aren’t any totally different; so I converse from the attitude of a household man however with profound humility to the band, the best followers a gaggle might have and this distinctive accolade.
“I’ve the ‘Rodgers and Edwards’ of medical doctors (Duran Duran producers Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards) and medical therapy that till very just lately allowed me to only rock on.
“Though my present situation will not be instantly life-threatening there is no such thing as a treatment.
“Just lately I used to be doing OK after some very subtle life-extending therapy, that was till per week or so in the past after I suffered a setback, and regardless of the distinctive efforts of my workforce, I needed to be sincere in that each bodily and mentally, I might be pushing my boundaries.”
Simon, 64, mentioned: “It’s completely devastating information to search out out {that a} colleague, no not a colleague, a mate, a pal, one among our household, will not be going to be round for very lengthy.
“We love Andy dearly and I’m not going to face right here and cry. I feel that may be inappropriate however that’s what I really feel like.”
