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Hard-living Hallyday, 73, broke the news himself, saying in a
tweet he was shocked by alarmist reports circulating on the
social networks.
"Let me assure you I am doing fine and am in good shape
physically," he said. "It's true that cancerous cells were
detected a few months ago and I am getting treatment."
The singer some call "The French Elvis" had a brush with death
when back surgery went wrong in 2009 but recovered and returned
to the concert circuit soon afterwards.
(Reporting by Brian Love; editing by Michel Rose)
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