Rod Stewart revealed at the weekend that he has been affected by prostate cancer.
The popular rock icon came with the surprising announcement at a charity event:
- No one knows it here, but I thought it was about time that I told it to everyone. I'm healthy now, simply because I discovered it early. I get tested all the time, said Stewart, according to the newspaper The Mirror
Rod Stewart, who reaches the age of 75 in January, explained that he was diagnosed two years ago.
The british singer believes that a positive attitude has helped in the course of the disease:
- If you are positive, and you work through it and have a smile on your face ... I have worked in two years, and I've just been happy, and the Lord has taken care of me, " said the veteran.
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He revealed the news during a speech at an event to collect money for the Prostate Project and exercises the European Tour Foundation.
Among the other attendees was one of Rod Stewart's former colleagues in the Faces guitarist Ron Wood, who themselves have been affected by lung cancer.
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In his speech, called Rod Stewart all men to be checked for the dreaded disease.
For a year since the death of Kim Larsen, who you know by just prostate cancer.
Rod Stewart on stage in the Uk in the spring, where he also gave a concert in Herning, denmark. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix
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