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Doctors in France have diagnosed Marianne Faithfull with breast cancer.
The singer and former partner of Mick Jagger has been forced to call off her world tour but was told the disease is in its "earliest stages".
She had been due to start performing next month and has promised to return next year.
"I have absolute faith and confidence in my fantastic medical team and of course I will be well again, if not better than ever," she commented. "Next year’s tour, I want to assure fans, will be one big celebration."
Her spokesman concurred that prospects for her fight with the disease were good. "The disease has been quickly discovered by doctors in France - where Marianne stays when not at home in Ireland," he explained. "The prognosis for a return to full health is excellent."
The 59-year-old has been famous since her teens and was once arrested dressed just in a rug at a Rolling Stones party in the 1960s.
The singer and former partner of Mick Jagger has been forced to call off her world tour but was told the disease is in its "earliest stages".
She had been due to start performing next month and has promised to return next year.
"I have absolute faith and confidence in my fantastic medical team and of course I will be well again, if not better than ever," she commented. "Next year’s tour, I want to assure fans, will be one big celebration."
Her spokesman concurred that prospects for her fight with the disease were good. "The disease has been quickly discovered by doctors in France - where Marianne stays when not at home in Ireland," he explained. "The prognosis for a return to full health is excellent."
The 59-year-old has been famous since her teens and was once arrested dressed just in a rug at a Rolling Stones party in the 1960s.
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