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NUPE4LIFE, I copied the article about Lou Rawls here. Pray the Lord takes care of him.

Lou Rawls' Last Days?

by Joal Ryan
Dec 16, 2005, 3:30 PM PT



A singing great "is not expected to live much more."

Grammy winner Lou Rawls is ailing from lung and brain cancer, the Arizona Republic first reported Friday. The paper cited statements made at a court hearing Thursday by the entertainer's estranged wife.

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Nina Rawls told a judge in Maricopa County, Arizona, that her husband's condition once was so grave that he had been given a one-month-to-live prognosis.

"By his doctor's own admission," a tearful Nina Rawls said, per the Republic, "he is not expected to live much more."

But Rawls, who turned 70 on Dec. 1, was well enough to take a phone call Thursday night from the newspaper in his Los Angeles hospital room.

"Don't count me out, brother," Rawls told the paper. "There's been many people who have been diagnosed with this kind of thing, and they're still jumpin' and pumpin'."

Rawls' publicist has not gone into specifics on his client's condition, noting only that Rawls has been diagnosed with cancer and is receiving "various treatments."

By Nina Rawls' account, the newspaper reported, the singer was diagnosed with lung cancer one year ago, and brain cancer about seven months ago.

The revelations about Rawls' health were made public in a hearing on the soul man's request for an annulment from Nina Rawls. The pair wed on New Year's Day 2004, per IMDb.com. According to the Republic, Rawls is accusing his bride of funny money business.

Rawls and Nina Rawls, 35 years his junior, are the parents of an infant son.

A onetime collaborator of rock/soul/gospel legend Sam Cooke, Rawls' recording career as a solo artist dates back more than 40 years. In all, he has released more than 75 albums. His distinctive deep voice has won him three Grammys, and scored a gold-record hit with the 1976 slow-dance groove, "You'll Never Find (Another Love Like Mine)."


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