Music Legend Barry Manilow to Undergo an Operation for Lung Cancer.

Barry Manilow announced that he was diagnosed with lung cancer and is set to have surgery.

Spot Found in Initial Phase

The 82-year-old singer, famous for his series of upbeat chart-toppers from "Mandy" has made him one of pop music’s most beloved showmen, will have a procedure to extract a portion of his lung in an effort to combat the illness, which is at an early phase.

“As many of you know, I recently went through six weeks of a bronchial infection followed by a recurrence of another five weeks.

“Although I was over the bronchitis and back on stage for my residency, my excellent physician ordered an MRI just to be certain that all was clear.

“The MRI discovered a malignant lesion on my left side that requires removed. It’s incredible chance (and a great doctor) that it was found so early.”

Postponed Performances

He has rescheduled a string of planned concerts, but suggested he would be returning to perform by the February holiday for his long-running concert series in Las Vegas.

He continued: “The physicians do not believe it has traveled and I’m undergoing further tests to confirm their diagnosis. So, that’s it. No chemo. No radiation. Just rest and recuperation and I Love Lucy reruns.

“I’m counting the days until I rejoin my second home at the Westgate Las Vegas for our special weekend performances.”

Decades in the Spotlight

Manilow is presently in his 16th year of a concert series in Nevada. The singer has been in the public eye and revealed he is gay in 2017, after wedding his longtime partner and manager privately in 2014.

The duo were in a discreet romance for in excess of 35 years. Last year, Manilow discussed how important his husband had been to him during his rise to peak fame in the 1970s.

“When my fame skyrocketed, it was just overwhelming. And, you know, coming home to an lonesome hotel suite, you can land in a lot of trouble if you, you know, you’re alone evening after evening,” he said.

“But I met Garry right around when it was blowing up. And I was spared from having to go back to those empty hotel rooms. I had a partner to share sorrows with or to celebrate with.

“I wish that aspiring artists don’t have to go back to those suites by themselves, because you might succumb to pitfalls. I never did. But it was pretty lonely until I met Garry. And then it was fun.”