Battling Cancer

Singer Kylie Minogue has returned to the studio for the first time since being diagnosed with cancer last May.

The Australian popstar has been working on a new album for a week, after deciding she is finally well enough to sing again.

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Ebert revealed Thursday he will have an operation June 16 to remove a cancerous growth on his salivary gland.

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“It is not life threatening, and I expect to make a full recovery,” Ebert told the Chicago Sun-Times, where he has been reviewing films since 1967. “I’ll continue to function as a film critic during this time.”

Source: Canada.com - Roger Ebert diagnosed with cancer again

Former rock groupie JO JO LAINE, ex-wife of WINGS guitarist DENNY LAINE, has been diagnosed with liver cancer.

The brunette beauty, 53, is reeling after the recent diagnosis, but hopes to fight it. Jo Jo, whose former boyfriends include JIM MORRISON and ROD STEWART, says, “Doctors tell me they have found a tumour. “In two weeks, I begin chemo so I’ll lose my hair like KYLIE MINOGUE. “But that’s a small price to pay as long as I’m alive. I’m on 11 pills a day and frequently visit Addenbroke’s Hospital in Cambridge (England). I couldn’t have better doctors.”

Source: NEWS JO JO LAINE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER Music, movie & Entertainment News

Rocío Jurado, a well-known and much loved Spanish singer from Andalucía, died at her Madrid home early on Thursday morning after a long illness. The 61-year-old singer had been diagnosed with cancer of the pancreas two years ago and had been treated at Houston, Texas.Her brother and manager, Amador Mohedano, visibly affected by his sister’s death, made the announcement to the media waiting outside the singer’s home at La Moraleja. He added that she had died “peacefully” and “surrounded by her family as she wished”.

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