Bobby Womack diagnosed with colon cancer

9:34 a.m. CDT, March 26, 2012

(Reuters) - U.S. singer-songwriter Bobby Womack has been diagnosed with colon cancer, according to a message posted by his longtime friend Bootsy Collins on Facebook.

Funk bassist Collins said he had spoken to the soul musician over the weekend.

"He Wanted You All to Know That He Loves You & Thxs for the Prayers," Collins wrote. "Docs Says He Is In 1st Stage of Colon Cancer, He is Very Up Beat About His Future, we laughed & joked before we hung up."

Representatives for Womack could not immediately be reached for comment.

Womack, 68, was rushed to hospital in Houston, Texas earlier this month due to severe shortness of breath, and was scheduled to undergo "a minor heart procedure".

His best-known songs as a vocalist include "Woman's Gotta Have It" and "If You Think You're Lonely Now", and he also wrote hits for many other acts.

Womack's "It's All Over Now", which the Rolling Stones covered in 1964, gave the rock band its first British number one.

In 2010, Womack collaborated with British band Gorillaz on their album "Plastic Beach" and is due to release a new studio album "The Bravest Man in the Universe" in June.

He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009.

(Reporting by Mike Collett-White, Editing by Christine Kearney)


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Just read this...:( I love his "It's All Over Now". It's just crazy wild good.

I WAS encouraged to read that they caught it early---now, I know he has {and HAS had} other medical issues, but....here's hoping for the best for him.

get well bobby!!!

Damn! Cancer sucks. Get better soon we hope!
Saw him, War, and a band name Kindred, with Santana in the early 70's, Blew me and my buddy's  away, when the Harry Hippie Song was big. It was the first time we smelled That Evil Weed, Bobby did not rely on his, at the time "hit song"  that night and played all his great songs. I've been a fan of his since.
In case anyone missed the post on his recent birthday, on the Day in rock post:
Bobby Dwayne Womack 3.4.1944 Cleveland Ohio
The Stones connection: Their first #1 hit with Bobby Womack's hand-clapping, Chuck Berry-like blues-rocker "It's All Over Now."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtSRD9i1Vyg