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Andy Taylor, guitarist with British New Romantic group Duran Duran on the peak of their fame, is battling stage 4 prostate most cancers.
The band made the announcement on Saturday as they had been inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame throughout a ceremony on the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
Taylor, who didn’t be part of his former bandmates John Taylor, Simon Le Bon, Roger Taylor and Nick Rhodes on the Class of 2022 celebrations as a result of ongoing therapy, wrote a letter to mark the event.
Within the word, elements of which had been learn out by frontman Le Bon, Taylor disclosed that he had obtained his prognosis 4 years in the past and spoke of his delight at being inducted into the corridor of fame.
“There’s nothing that comes near such recognition. You possibly can dream about what occurred to us however to expertise it, on one’s personal phrases, as mates, was past unimaginable,” Taylor wrote within the message relayed by Le Bon.
Referring to his well being points, the 61-year-old Taylor added: “Many households have skilled the gradual burn of this illness and naturally, we aren’t any completely different; so I communicate from the attitude of a household man however with profound humility to the band, the best followers a bunch may have and this distinctive accolade.”
Taylor joined Duran Duran in April 1980 and left in 1986 to pursue a solo profession. He then rejoined in 2001 for a string of profitable live shows and their 2004 album “Astronaut” earlier than quitting once more in 2006.
Taylor mentioned he was “massively dissatisfied” to overlook the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame present, which was set to be his first time performing with the group in 16 years, and that he had “purchased a brand new guitar” for the event.
“I’m so very happy with these 4 brothers, I’m amazed at their sturdiness, and I’m overjoyed at accepting this award,” Taylor mentioned. “I usually doubted the day would come. I’m certain as hell glad I’m round to see the day.”
Within the letter later shared in full on the band’s web site, Taylor mentioned his situation was incurable, however that he was receiving “refined life-extending therapy” that had allowed him to “simply rock on” till latest occasions when he suffered a “setback.”
“Though my present situation shouldn’t be instantly life-threatening there isn’t a remedy,” he mentioned.
In accordance with the American Cancer Society, about one in eight males might be identified with prostate most cancers throughout his lifetime.
Reacting to Taylor’s well being replace on Saturday, Le Bon mentioned: “It’s devastating information to know and discover out {that a} colleague… Not a colleague, a mate, a pal, one among our household shouldn’t be going to be round for very lengthy. It’s completely devastating. We love Andy dearly and you understand, I’m not going to face right here and cry. I don’t assume that will be very acceptable however that’s what I really feel like.”
Duran Duran shaped in 1978 and topped the US singles charts within the Nineteen Eighties with their hits “The Reflex” and “A View to a Kill.”
