Warren Zevon has terminal lung cancer

[Guest Youth N Asia]

LOS ANGELES –– Singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, best known for quirky hits like ``Werewolves in London,`` has been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, a spokeswoman said Thursday.

 

``I`m OK with it,`` Zevon, 55, said in a statement. ``But it`ll be a drag if I don`t make it until the next James Bond movie comes out.``

 

Zevon`s more than three-decades long career began with ``Wanted Dead or Alive`` in 1969. His 1976 album, ``Warren Zevon,`` produced by Jackson Browne, won critical praise, and his career soared with 1978`s ``Excitable Boy,`` featuring the single ``Werewolves of London,`` which became his signature song.

 

He ended a five-year recording absence in 2000 with ``Life`ll Kill Ya.``

 

Spokeswoman Diana Baron said Zevon, who was told of the diagnosis by doctors last month, is spending time with his grown children, as well as writing and recording. He`ll be in the recording studio next week, she said.

 

Rhino Records will release ``Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon`` on Oct. 15.

 

Zevon`s most recent album, ``My Ride`s Here,`` released this year, features contributions from Irish poet Paul Muldoon, journalist Hunter S. Thompson and author Carl Hiaasen, as well as a cameo from talk-show host David Letterman.

 

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Tis a sad thing...the guy's definatly my favorite artist of the 70s

[Guest kkktookmybabyaway]

Woah, that would suck finding that out -- here's hoping 007 makes it to the Silver Screen before he's six-feet under...

[Guest Vern Gagne]

It comes out around Thanksgiving.

 

That's too bad. Werewolves of London is a great song.

[Guest meanmaisch]

I like Excitable Boy, but Werewolves of London is decent too. His illness is such a shame, considering he's one of the most intelligent and most humorous artists in the music business. He definitely will be missed when he goes.

[Guest mesepher]

this year sucks so far...

[Guest converge241]

I cant beleieve hes locking himself in the studio to make some final recordings, but i guess he wants to die how he lived, making music