Overview
- The 82-year-old detailed the ordeal in a PEOPLE interview Tuesday, confirming he is cancer-free after a December lobectomy that removed one lobe of his left lung.
- He spent seven days in the ICU and says he did not need chemotherapy or radiation.
- Doctors found the cancer only because a hip visit and two bouts of bronchitis led to a lung scan that spotted a small “dot.”
- He postponed the first leg of his farewell arena tour and is scheduled to resume April 13 at UBS Arena, though his surgeon warned he may not yet manage a 90-minute show.
- He is rebuilding breath and stamina with vocal drills and treadmill work, as new music rolls out with a March top 10 single and a June 5 album, What a Time.