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From: Creed Discussion List [mailto:CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM] On Behalf Of Nikki Rau
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 10:56 PM
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Subject: NCR - Eddie Van Halen

Info on Eddie if anybody is intersted

Nikki 

Guitarist/bandleader says he is 'healthier than ever and beating' the

>disease. Eddie Van Halen acknowledged for the first time on Thursday that he

>has cancer, and said he's winning his battle against the disease.The Van

>Halen leader and guitar virtuoso said in a message posted on his band's

>official Web site (www.van-halen.com) that "although it's hard to say when,

>there's a good chance I will be cancer-free in the near future.""I'm sorry

>for having waited so long to address this issue personally. But cancer can be

>a very unique and private matter to deal with. So, I think it's about time to

>tell you where I'm at," Van Halen said in the statement. "I was told that I'm

>healthier than ever and beating cancer." — Eddie Van Halen  

>"I was examined by three oncologists and three head and neck surgeons at

>Cedars-Sinai just before spring break and I was told that I'm healthier than

>ever and beating cancer."Van Halen, who is 46, did not divulge what kind of

>cancer he has. A publicist for the band at Warner Bros. Records confirmed the

>Web site statement came from the guitarist, but could provide no additional

>information.Toshia Johnson, a spokesperson for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in

>Los Angeles, said she could not say whether Van Halen had been treated at the

>hospital.Last May, a spokesperson for M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston

>denied reports that Van Halen had cancer, but said the guitarist was being

>treated in a cancer prevention program at the hospital.The spokesperson, Jane

>Brust, said Friday that Van Halen continued that program over the last year,

>but hasn't been at the cancer center for several months. Doctors at that

>hospital have never diagnosed him with cancer, Brust said.Former Van Halen

>singer David Lee Roth, who announced last week that he had recorded with Van

>Halen in July but hasn't heard from him since, said Friday that he was

>shocked to find out the guitarist is ill."I was stunned this morning to learn

>that Eddie Van Halen has cancer," Roth said in a statement posted on his

>official Web site (www.davidleeroth.com). "My condolences. You can whip this,

>champ. See ya down the road." — Brian Hiatt

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