Singerman describes the diagnosis.
Motörhead's manager revealed in an interview with Sky News more details about Lemmy's health before his death on the 28th. According to Todd Singerman, the Motörhead frontman was diagnosed with head and neck cancer on the 26th, and doctors estimated he had two to six months to live.
Singerman describes:
“He came home after the tour, we threw a party for him at the Whisky A Go Go. His friends came and played. Two days later I felt he wasn’t feeling well, so we took him to the hospital. He was released and then they found cancer in his brain and neck on his CT scan… The doctor came with the results a few days later… It was terminal.”
Musicians post messages in tribute to Lemmy.
“He took the news well. His only comment was, ‘Oh, only two months, then?’” In an interview with Rolling Stone, Singerman revealed that he intended to keep the illness a secret, but Lemmy insisted that the manager release a statement: “He said, ‘I want people to know it was cancer. It’s a bad thing, people should know.’”
Singerman comments: “Nobody had any idea. We had found out on Saturday that he had cancer and the doctor gave him two to six months to live. He passed away while I was making calls to Phil [Campbell] and Mikkey [Dee], telling them to come and say goodbye while he was still active and everything. He was feeling very down. It wasn't expected that he would go like that.”
Lemmy passed away on the 28th at the age of 70.
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