Radio Host Don Imus Is Battling Cancer
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(March 16) - Controversial radio host Don Imus announced on the air Monday that he is battling stage II prostate cancer. WABC reports that Imus told listeners he has full faith "his doctors will beat it," but he would not reveal when he was starting treatment.
Skip over this content"The day you find out is fine," he said. "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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There is no word on the prognosis for the 68-year-old entertainer, who said he was diagnosed last Wednesday. The National Cancer Institute defines stage II prostate cancer as "cancer that began in the prostate and is more advanced than stage I, but has not grown outside the prostate."
WABC reports that Imus wore black sunglasses and slumped behind his microphone while delivering the news to his audiences and speculated that the cancer may have come from stress.
The always-outspoken Imus found himself in the center of a media storm in 2007 after he called members of the Rutgers Women's Basketball team "nappy-headed hos." He apologized, but the once prominent broadcaster was fired by CBS and MSNBC over the controversy.
Imus returned to the airwaves later in 2007 when he was hired by ABC Radio Networks and cable's RFD-TV.
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