Bryant Gumbel, the host of HBO’s “Real Sports” and the former head anchor of “The Today Show” announced on “Live with Regis and Kelly” that he has lung cancer. He explained the surgery live on TV and was pretty open about it. He says he kept the lung cancer to himself and wanted to make the news public on TV.
More on it here:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/08/bryant.gumbel.lung.cancer/
Cancer sucks. Get well soon Bryant and fight it!
Kev
Bryant Gumbel has announced that he is leaving the NFL Network after 2 years being a play by play announcer for the show. Bryant Gumbel is still currently hosting “HBO’s Real Sports” on HBO.
Those who don’t know who Bryant Gumbel is, he is the former head news anchor for the “Today Show”, he retired from the “Today Show” way back in 1997, that’s when Matt Lauer took his place.
The Hollywood Reporter reports:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i46134a1126b9535090433c143df3cde4
Just thought I’d let you know for those who watch sports out there.
Kev
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