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Ronnie Wood went through a battle with cancer during the pandemic, the 72-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist revealed in a new interview with the Sun.
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“I’ve had cancer two different ways now,” Wood said. “I had lung cancer in 2017, and I had small-cell more recently that I fought in the last lockdown.”
Thankfully, he added, “I came through with the all-clear.”
Wood also talked about his struggles with addiction and the difficulty of recovery.
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“I’m going through a lot of problems now, but throughout my recovery, you have to let it go. And when you hand the outcome over to your higher power, that is a magic thing,” he said. “That brings you back to the (AA and NA’s) Serenity Prayer: ‘Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.’ That’s incredible. What will be will be, it’s nothing to do with me.”
He added, “All I can do is stay positive in my attitude, be strong and fight it, and the rest is up to my higher power.”
ET Canada has reached out to Wood’s rep for comment.