Fans of singer Morrissey knew the star had been ill after he canceled some U.S. tour stops in June, but it appears the performer has been battling cancer. "They have scraped cancerous tissues four times already, but whatever," Morrissey said in an interview with Spanish language outlet El Mundo. "I am aware that in some of my recent photos I look somewhat unhealthy, but that's what illness can do. I'm not going to worry about that." These stars have also faced their own cancer battle: 
Diem Brown, one of the stars of MTV's "The Challenge," was diagnosed with cancer for the third time in August. Last week doctors discovered a tumor blocking her kidneys, People.com reported, slowing her recovery. However, she's stayed upbeat in the face of her struggle. 
When former "Good Morning America" host Joan Lunden learned she was facing an "aggressive" form of breast cancer, she was determined to face her health battle head on. Knowing she would need chemotherapy, Lunden decided to remove her familiar blond hair before her locks could be affected by the treatment. "You know it's going to happen one of these days and you are wondering how or when," Lunden explained to People magazine, which she posed for without her wig in September. "So I just owned it." 
Hugh Jackman took to Instagram on May 8 to share a photo of his nose, which was bandaged because of treatment he had on basal cell carcinoma. 
Former "Dancing With the Stars" co-host Samantha Harris has breast cancer and will undergo a double mastectomy, according to People. Harris says she detected a lump during a self-exam and then followed up with a specialist after receiving a clean mammogram, the magazine reported. 
Actress Brittany Daniel of "Sweet Valley High" and "The Game" has been quietly dealing with stage IV non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Daniel recalls in an issue of People magazine that her 2011 diagnosis "happened so suddenly," but she's been able to face it with the support of her family. 
Famed journalist Tom Brokaw revealed in February that he's been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer which affects blood cells in the bone marrow. 
Getting a mammogram live on "Good Morning America" for cancer awareness month revealed to ABC's Amy Robach that she had breast cancer in November. 
Radio personality Robin Quivers quietly battled cancer for months, but she had happy news to share with "Howard Stern" listeners in September 2013. On the show, Quivers revealed that her doctors now believe she's cancer-free after receiving treatment, including chemotherapy. 
Singer Melissa Etheridge became an advocate for the use of medical marijuana after her 2004 breast cancer diagnosis. 
Sharon Jones held off plans to tour and release a new album with the Dap-Kings after being diagnosed with stage 1 bile duct cancer in 2013. 
Michael Douglas offered some interesting insight as to how he may have developed the throat cancer that he was diagnosed with in August 2010. Douglas later told the "Today" show that his tumor was gone. 
Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly has been diagnosed with cancer of the upper jaw bone. "Doctors have told me that the prognosis for my recovery is very good," Kelly said in a statement from his former club. Indeed, in August, Kelly was told that he was cancer-free. 
Actress Christina Applegate had a bilateral mastectomy in 2008. Doctors had diagnosed her with cancer in her left breast and offered her the options of either radiation treatment and testing for the rest of her life or removal of both breasts. 
In 2006, singer Sheryl Crow underwent minimally invasive surgery for breast cancer. In 2012, she revealed she had a noncancerous brain tumor. 
KISS band member Peter Criss sat down with CNN's Elizabeth Cohen in 2009, a year after his battle with breast cancer. The musician said he wanted to increase awareness of the fact that men can also get the disease. 
Cynthia Nixon not only joined the cast of Showtime's "The Big C," about a woman battling the disease, and portrayed a woman with cancer in the Broadway play "Wit" -- Nixon was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006. 
Zoraida Sambolin was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2013, and she chose to have a double mastectomy. Sambolin said that Angelina Jolie's New York Times opinion piece about undergoing the procedure gave her courage to share her story. 
"Good Morning America" co-host Robin Roberts had been cancer-free for five years in 2012 after beating breast cancer when she revealed she had been diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, also called MDS. 
"Three's Company" star Suzanne Somers spoke with CNN's Piers Morgan in 2012 about her stem cell surgery and her bout with breast cancer. She was diagnosed in 2001, which is when she began researching alternative methods to reconstructive surgery. 
Olivia Newton-John was diagnosed in 1992, and the singer has become an advocate for breast self-examination. 
E! co-host Giuliana Rancic underwent a double mastectomy in 2011 after a breast cancer diagnosis. 
Actress Kathy Bates didn't share news of her battle until 2012, eight years after she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. 
Australian singer Kylie Minogue was only 36 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005.
- Morrissey: "If I die, then I die"
- Singer says doctors have scraped cancerous tissues from him
- He's had many health issues recently
(RollingStone.com) -- It's been a rough year for Morrissey, as the laconic singer has endured everything from tour-canceling illnesses to possibly being dropped from his new label to bizarre allegations of a murder-for-hire plot.
However, in a new interview with El Mundo, the former Smiths singer reveals he's dealing with some health issues that make all those other troubles seem insignificant. According to Morrissey, he's had a cancer scare, although in talking about the disease, the singer doesn't seem that scared at all.
Morrissey talks about his health, sex appeal
"They have scraped cancerous tissues four times already, but whatever," Morrissey told the Spanish-language El Mundo (via a translation by the Guardian). "If I die, then I die. And if I don't, then I don't. Right now I feel good. I am aware that in some of my recent photos I look somewhat unhealthy, but that's what illness can do. I'm not going to worry about that. I'll rest when I'm dead."
Over the past few years, Morrissey has canceled tour dates for reasons like food poisoning, bleeding ulcers, pneumonia and a sickness he blamed on his opening act, but this is the first time the usually candid rocker has uttered the C-word aloud. In early 2013, Morrissey spent some time in a Michigan hospital after suffering from "a concussion, a bleeding ulcer and Barrett's esophagus."
Morrissey denies former bodyguard's allegations
After canceling six U.S. shows following his hospital stay, the singer penned a grim letter to fans where he discussed his own mortality.
"The reports of my death have been greatly understated," Morrissey wrote. "The positive from all of this is that there are now no known ailments left for me to try."
The singer also joked about an upcoming Las Vegas concert, writing, "If there's an audience of any kind in attendance, I just might die with a smile on my face, after all. If I am not there, I shall probably never again be anywhere. Equally, I am determined to play Flint [Michigan] if it kills me (which, on the face of it, it almost has)." He concluded the letter by signing off, "pause at my headstone, MORRISSEY."
Morrissey partners spar over cancellation
In a recent interview where Morrissey talked about his many health issues, he proclaimed that, "The worst was in June in Boston, when I was hospitalized with acute fever. I was delirious for six hours, talking absolute nonsense and unable to stop. I've never been so frightened in my life. Then, of course, you get these bitchy comments for having to cancel shows.... I've been to so many hospitals lately that there's hardly any point in my leaving."
At press time, Morrissey hasn't updated his fan sites about the cancer reports. Whatever the diagnosis, Morrissey is back out on the road, and NME reports that the singer's backing band is proudly donning shirts that say "F*** Harvest" as a nod to his record label after the label released Moz's new LP "World Peace Is None of Your Business."
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